At 1600 meters above sea level, the atmosphere is as cool and peaceful as the Sa Pa brother. But this place is hidden with a wild and simple character.
One day, we said goodbye to the bustling city, got in the car and headed straight for Si Ma Cai to satisfy our curiosity and longing. Far from the crowded and crowded streets of the city, people also quietly descended into the space of the mountains and forests. The road to Si Ma Cai winded, winding on the side of the mountain, sometimes caught the floating clouds, making us feel strange lifting and lifting. Song lyrics Tinh Si Ma Cai, musician Trong Hung "Meet the top of the mountain ... where the sun rises ... around the road to the back of the cloud, like appointing someone here ..." resounding in our hearts eagerly, Looking forward to exploring this borderland. And then set foot in Si Ma Cai, in the middle of a vast blue color, sometimes he would insert into some cat ears, looming in the clouds of a few roofs far away in the middle of the mountain. Zooming out of sight only sees a green of plants, surprisingly quiet. But Si Ma Cai not only has silence, weekly busy sessions wake the "fairy" Si Ma Cai up.
A lucky thing for us, came to Si Ma Cai on Saturday - the meeting of Can Cau market. The huts are temporarily built by people in paintings and bamboo to sell agricultural products made by themselves. The local noodle soup was smoked. All seem to retain the wildness of the old days. The happiest is probably the buffalo selling area. The seller of the buyer mixed with hundreds of buffaloes creates a strange and fascinating scene. Perhaps in this northwestern mountain, this is the largest buffalo market. Buffalo not only buys labor, but people also bring it back.
Leaving the market crowded with joy, we headed to Sin Cheng. Pieces of terraced fields twist softly around the slopes. The bright yellow of ripe rice brightens up the space of the mountains. Looming on the field, people began reaping the first season's rice. An interesting thing in Sin Chieng makes us extremely excited that the houses with earth walls are built with yin and yang tiles. The building of the earth wall is still much on this misty land of Si Ma Cai. But the yin and yang tile is probably rare. The village is located on the mountain side, surrounded by soft terraced fields. It has created a peaceful space of old time. The sunset gradually descended, the slight rays of sunlight at the end of the day shone in the golden rice fields, shining on the gray-brown yin and yang roofs, creating a beautiful and enchanting scenery. This is probably the priceless gift that Si Ma Cai has donated to distant travelers like us.
Despite the dizzying change of modern life Si Ma Cai retains its own wild, rustic features. Not as splendid and glamorous as Sa Pa's brother, but Si Ma Cai has strange charm. The name "Si Ma Cai" sometimes sounds like a feeling of distant, wild, enchanting. Those who have not come are curious and wish once to explore. Who once came to want to come again to immerse themselves in the vast space of the mountains and forests, feel the time on this land.
Nguyen Thuy