1. When is the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival held?
Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival is part of Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Week. Considered a major festival held annually during the ripening rice season in early September every year with many new and attractive activities.
Mu Cang Chai terraced fields national scenic spot is a major festival held annually in Yen Bai
The festival aims to introduce and promote tangible and intangible cultural values โโand unique tourism products of Yen Bai to domestic and international tourists. Thereby, the festival will contribute to promoting local economic and social development; At the same time, create links to develop sustainable tourism between localities in the province and provinces in the Northwest region, creating a supply chain of high-quality tourism products unique to Yen Bai province with new criteria. cool, unique, attractive, friendly.
By 2007, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ranked terraced fields in La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and De Xu Phinh communes as national landscape relics. Since then, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province, has opened an annual terraced field festival to show gratitude to heaven and earth for giving farmers a good harvest.
Mu Cang Chai terraced fields is one of the famous landmarks of the Northwest region, known to many people for its majestic beauty. When settling in Mu Cang Chai, the Mong people took farming as the main farming method. Therefore, terraced fields occupy most of the area in Mu Cang Chai, bringing a prosperous life to the people here.
Around this time, the rice is ready to be harvested, and the yellow color spreads across the hillsides, creating an enchanting landscape picture. Mu Cang Chai terraced fields have a captivating beauty, formed based on the combination of nature and skillful hands, the industriousness and diligence of the people, creating cultural masterpieces. bearing the identity of the Mong people.
2. Activities at Mu Cang Chai terraced field festival
- Opening location: Nghia Lo town and Mu Cang Chai district
- Content of activities:
+ In Nghia Lo town: Organize the opening of the Muong Lo Cultural and Tourism Festival associated with the announcement of the Decision to recognize a cultural - tourist town; Photo gallery; Muong Lo trade and culinary fair; Experience community tourism in Sa Ren and Deu villages.
+ In Mu Cang Chai district: Organize the opening ceremony of the Mu Cang Chai Rice Terraces National Cultural, Sports and Tourism Festival and announce the Prime Minister's Decision recognizing the Rice Terraces Scenic Spots Mu Cang Chai is ranked as a special National Monument; Paragliding Festival "Flying over the golden season"; The first Mu Cang Chai Mong Khen Festival; goat fighting festival; photo exhibition about Mu Cang Chai terraced fields and Mong ethnic cultural identity; rural market space for highland specialties; Experiential activities with people on terraced fields in communes: La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha, Nam Khat; Traditional cultural and artistic activities of the Mong ethnic group on Saturday and Sunday nights of the week of the festival.
+ Response activities: In Van Chan district: Organizing Tu Le green rice pounding contest, Suoi Giang tea tree worshiping ceremony; In Tram Tau district: Organize adventure tourism experience activities at Ta Xua village, Ban Cong commune; resort tourism, community tourism for tourists at Tram Tau hot spring area, Eo Gio pine hill, Tram Tau town, Luu village - Hat Luu commune, Cu Vai village - Xa Ho commune.
In addition, Mu Cang Chai terraced field festival also has folk games bearing the mark of the Northwest high mountains. There are shuttlecock throwing, bamboo jumping, dice throwing, pound throwing, seesaw,... a variety of games that bring refreshing laughter and fun. The cheers and cheers contributed to bringing a bustling atmosphere to the festival. In addition to the highland market selling ethnic items or specialties unique to this region, tourists can also participate in art photo exhibitions with many attractive themes that change over the years.
3. Mu Cang Chai tourist paradise
Mu Cang Chai is a highland district in the west of Yen Bai province, 180km from Yen Bai city center and more than 300km northwest of Hanoi capital.
Coming to Mu Cang Chai even once, visitors can feel the richness of nature here, the unique culture as well as the warmth of the high mountain people.
The road to Mu Cang Chai is difficult but full of excitement. The scenery changes continuously. Before you finish admiring the Thai stilt houses, you will reach the Muong Lo fields dyed white with banyan flowers and the winding roads on the slopes.
Admire the golden terraced fields high above
Nature bestows Mu Cang Chai with high and majestic mountain peaks covered in a sea of โโfloating clouds, and the climate is cool all year round. This is an extremely ideal place for tourists who like nature tourism, relaxation and love thrilling games. We can join the paragliding game to conquer the sky and freely admire and explore the beauty of majestic nature and Vietnam's sky and land.
Come with LV Travel to Mu Cang Chai in September to participate in the terraced field festival, immersing yourself in the unique local cultural space. Immerse your soul in the clouds and wind of the highlands, quietly admire the golden terraced fields, and experience extremely unique traditional cultures that any visitor will never forget.