The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will hold a culture, sportsand tourism week highlighting terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai districtfrom September 26-29 to mark 55 years since President Ho Chi Minhvisited the province.
The event offers a chancefor ethnic groups in Mu Cang Chai in particular and Yen Bai province ingeneral to look back on their revolutionary tradition and heroic spiritduring struggles against the French colonists and American imperialists.
It also aims to promote Mu Cang Chai terracedfield, recognised as a national scenic site, as well as the uniquecultural identities of the Mong ethnic group to both domestic andforeign tourists.
A string of activities will beheld, including a sport festival, a photo exhibition themed “Mu CangChai – golden stairs”, a mountainous market, and contests of making Daycake (round cake from glutinous rice) and rice field ploughing.
Tours to the district’s communes will be offered during the event.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai are beautiful all the year round.Visitors in March are treated to the sight of glittering ponds. Localstransplant rice seedlings from April to May. After that, all hills arecovered by an everlasting green. The fields start to turn yellow withripe rice from early September.
The fields are visible fromvirtually everywhere in the district as they expand over 2,200ha,including around 500ha in Che Cu Nha, La Pan Tan and De Xu Phinhcommunes. The terraced fields in these villages were recognised as anational heritage in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism.
Rice fields are not only a source of food and income forthe Mong; they are an intrinsic part of their culture and of Mu CangChai, which is itself a quiet district on the bank of the Nam River.
Inaddition to terraced fields, Mu Cang Chai was blessed with beautifulflora and fauna and outstanding geographic features, including vastmountain ranges with high peaks which have protected the people forages.-VNA
The event offers a chancefor ethnic groups in Mu Cang Chai in particular and Yen Bai province ingeneral to look back on their revolutionary tradition and heroic spiritduring struggles against the French colonists and American imperialists.
It also aims to promote Mu Cang Chai terracedfield, recognised as a national scenic site, as well as the uniquecultural identities of the Mong ethnic group to both domestic andforeign tourists.
A string of activities will beheld, including a sport festival, a photo exhibition themed “Mu CangChai – golden stairs”, a mountainous market, and contests of making Daycake (round cake from glutinous rice) and rice field ploughing.
Tours to the district’s communes will be offered during the event.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai are beautiful all the year round.Visitors in March are treated to the sight of glittering ponds. Localstransplant rice seedlings from April to May. After that, all hills arecovered by an everlasting green. The fields start to turn yellow withripe rice from early September.
The fields are visible fromvirtually everywhere in the district as they expand over 2,200ha,including around 500ha in Che Cu Nha, La Pan Tan and De Xu Phinhcommunes. The terraced fields in these villages were recognised as anational heritage in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism.
Rice fields are not only a source of food and income forthe Mong; they are an intrinsic part of their culture and of Mu CangChai, which is itself a quiet district on the bank of the Nam River.
Inaddition to terraced fields, Mu Cang Chai was blessed with beautifulflora and fauna and outstanding geographic features, including vastmountain ranges with high peaks which have protected the people forages.-VNA
