Lao Cai



Lao Cai is a mountainous province in the North of Vietnam, has a favorable geographical location and has many other potentials favorable for the development of external economic and tourism



Overview
Area: 6,383,9 km²
East: border with Ha Giang province; the West borders on Son La and Lai Chau provinces; the South borders Yen Bai province, the North borders Yunnan province (China) with 203 km of border line.
Population: 626.2 thousand people (2010)
Ethnic groups: Vietnamese (Kinh), H’Mmong, Tay, Dao, Thai ...
Administrative unit: 1 Provincial capital (Lao Cai City), 8 districts: Muong Khuong, Bat Xat, Bac Ha, Bao Thang, Sa Pa, Bao Yen, Van Ban, Si Ma Cai.
Cultural resources
Cultural heritage
Currently, the province has a total of 26 recognized monuments, of which 11 are recognized at the provincial level, 15 monuments recognized at the national level.
Including many famous heritages, such as: Sa Pa terraced fields (Lao Chai commune, Ta Van commune, Hau Thao commune), Sa Pa district, ...

Intangible cultural heritages: The Giong Po Po festival of the Giay people, Sa Pa district; The Pu Tong ceremony of the Red Dao people in Sa Pa district; Silver Carving profession in Sa Pa district and Nghe Chang Slaw of the Nung Din in Muong Khuong district. With more than 20 ethnic groups living together, Lao Cai becomes a land rich in cultural identity, historical traditions, cultural heritages, ...







Sapa terraces





Currently, Lao Cai has collected 13,695 artifacts, relics and antiques, including 4,111 block objects with many valuable antiques such as: Vo Lao bronze drum in Van Ban district, ceramic pot in Muong Khuong district, blanket covered with sui bark in Cam Duong commune; thousands of ethnographic artifacts on tools of production, hunting, gathering, traditional musical instruments, costumes, jewelry, and ancient paintings ... of 13 ethnic groups and branches in Lao Cai.
Up to now, a number of cultural values ​​have gradually become Lao Cai's own brands such as: The pans won the Guinness Vietnam record, the traditional horse race in Bac Ha, the Sa Pa cloud festival. .
Performing Arts
Ethnic groups in Lao Cai have a unique heritage of dance and music, which is the product created from the production and daily activities of the ethnic groups in Lao Cai province, typically ethnic minorities. The Mong, Dao and Ha Nhi are the crystallization of the cultural traditions of each ethnic group. For example: Crushing dance, gong dance, sieve dance, khèn dance ... of the Mong people; dancing and catching ba ba, octagon dance, utp dance, bell dance ... of Dao people.







Ethnic groups in Lao Cai have a unique heritage of dance and music ...





In addition, ethnic dances, musical instruments and tunes are also studied and modified by musicians and choreographers to become folk art works, introduced to the public in and by the public. foreign.
Destination
Lao Cai has a lot of potentials for tourism development. The focus is on Sa Pa resort - one of the 21 tourist attractions of Vietnam
Lao Cai also has a system of miraculous caves that become attractive landscapes such as Thuy Tien cave (Bat Xat), Ta Phoi cave (Cam Duong), Tien-Trung Do cave (Bac Ha), Xuan Quang cave (Bao). Thang) ... Lao Cai nature also creates beautiful landscapes such as Ham Rong - a "Little Thach Lam" in Sa Pa with an ancient rocky beach of thousands of years with hundreds of various shapes of rocks, or Mount Phan The majestic Xi ​​Pang - the roof of the country is a living museum of endemic flora and fauna ...







Sapa love market





The culinary value in Lao Cai is also very rich and valuable, such as San Lung wine, yellow flower sticky rice in Bat Xat district; Xa Pho brocade people; embroidery of Hmong beeswax, medicinal herbs in Sa Pa district; Sep rice, chili sauce in Muong Khuong district ...
Being a highland and developing province, Lao Cai still maintains a diverse and clean landscape and environment. This will be an important thing to create an ideal tourist destination for domestic and foreign tourists.
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(Artwork. Internet source)