Ta Phin village is about 12km from the center of Sapa town to the east. It has a beautiful natural landscape, cultural features imbued with the national identity of the Red Dao people with the famous brocade craft and bath medicine profession.

Brocade embroidery craft of the Red Dao people

On the way to Ta Phin village, visitors will admire Ta Phin Monastery - the only monastic relic in Sa Pa, full of mystery, attracting the attention of researchers and satisfying the curiosity of tourists. visitor. Ta Phin Monastery was built in 1942 with mossy, mysterious features with French-style architecture. Although the monastery has been abandoned for a long time, the ancient, quiet and mossy lines are the highlight that attracts tourists to stop to take photos and learn about the origin of ancient Western architecture built on the highlands of Ta Phin. This has become an extremely hot check-in point for young people.

Ta Phin Monastery

At the beginning of Ta Phin village, you will be greeted by gentle and friendly locals. They warmly ask you, ask where you come from, ask where you want to go. In the journey to discover Ta Phin, you will definitely be led to the scenic Ta Phin cave - a national cultural heritage. Feeling full of excitement and adventure when you explore Ta Phin cave, you will feel the way up and down, the big and narrow places can only be passed by one person. Entering the cave, you can see stalactites hanging down with various shapes that bring interesting associations, some places like a woman holding a child, another place looks like nude fairies bathing, giant raspberry-like place. In the dim space, holding a lamp to find the mysterious things in the cave is an unforgettable experience.

Coming to Ta Phin at any time of the year, anywhere, be it in front of the house, on the fields or on the roadside, you can easily see images of groups of women sitting together. embroidery and fun chatting. Through the skillful hands and delicate aesthetics of the woman who embroidered and woven fabrics of all colors and patterns. The pattern lines shown on the brocade are the quintessence of the culture imbued with national identity, making Ta Phin brocade unmistakable with any brocade products of any region. The products made here are exported locally by selling directly to customers or can be sold indirectly to tourists by supplying these items to the brocade stalls in the cultural market. ethnic minorities, shops selling Sa Pa souvenirs. In particular, Ta Phin brocade is also ordered by many places in the country to sell to customers and export to a number of markets such as the US, France, Denmark... Therefore, Ta Phin village has another name as "" Ta Phin Brocade Village".

Visitors experience brocade embroidery

In addition to buying "genuine" brocade products, you can't miss enjoying the medicinal leaf bath service of the Red Dao people. The bath medicine of the Red Dao people in Ta Phin has more plants than those of other Dao groups, ranging from 10 to more than a hundred different types, depending on the purpose of use. Fresh or dried medicinal plants are chopped, put in a large pot and then boiled with firewood. Previously, this remedy was only used for family members when someone was tired, bone pain. joints, or postpartum women who want to recover quickly. However, when local tourism developed, this esoteric remedy was known by many people and wanted to experience the herbal bath service. Currently, Ta Phin commune has 1 company, 3 cooperatives and more than 10 households trading in traditional bath medicine of the Dao people.

Traditional bathing medicine

When your feet are tired of exploring the village, you need to find a place to rest. Currently, Ta Phin commune has 35 homestay businesses that annually welcome over 20,000 guests, you can choose any establishment to experience. It is also very interesting to stay at the local people's house here, you will be able to cook together with special dishes with bold traditional flavors of the people here such as braised pork belly, fried chicken with lemongrass, etc. Pork soup cooked with bamboo shoots... and listen to stories about the culture and life of the people here. You can also enjoy the performances performed by the sisters themselves, which are wedding ceremonies and love songs.

Duong Thuy