Marble Mountains is a group of five smaller mountains (1) _______ Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. It is also a travel itinerary linking Da Nang City to the ancient town of Hoi An and Hue City. As the name suggests the Marble Mountains used to be a place providing input (2) _______ for craftsmen in the village, but the local government banned marble exploitation (3) _______ that the five mountains could disappear.

Most of the marble for the village now comes from northern provinces such as Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa and Thai Nguyen. As a further step to diversify products, the marble fine arts village has (4) _______ marble from Pakistan.

As far as I know, the man who (5) _______ marble craftsmanship to the region came from Thanh Hoa, and most craftsmen in the village had handed down the craft from generation to generation. There are some 3,000 handicraft workers in Non Nuoc village. (6) _______, there are only 70 skillful craftsmen who can (7) _______ souls into marble sculptures after other workers have finished (8) _______ the Products.

In the shops along the highway, you can see different marble products in all shapes and sizes, from contemporary (9) _______ to religious sculptures. And of course you will have a chance to see craftsmen (10) _______ their art and turning soulless marble into sophisticated sculpture products.

Marble Mountains is a group of five smaller mountains (1) _______ Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth.