According to many people, the place with the highest cultural expression is the market. So whether there is a need to trade or not, many tourists still go to the market to learn about the lifestyle, thinking and behavior of indigenous people. If you want to discover life and people in the highland town of Bac Ha, you should not ignore the fair of the ethnic people here such as Bac Ha market, Coc Ly market, Lung Phinh market, Ban Lien market. , Nam Thoi market.
Located about 70 km from Lao Cai city, Bac Ha cultural market is a big and very famous market of the border region, which is held every Sunday in the center of Bac Ha town. Although attracting a large number of tourists to visit, but Bac Ha Market still retains its original, rustic features.

When you are near the market, you have a glimpse of colorful dresses of the Mongolian flower girls who stand out among the green background of the mountains and when you reach the place before your eyes is a forest of flowers. Red, red and red are what you can see, sometimes just watching the ethnic girls you have found your trip interesting.
Bac Ha market is a place to sell all highland products and essential things in people's daily life such as plows, hoes, shovels, vegetables, honey, seedlings, chickens, ducks and buffaloes. ... But the busiest is probably the area where brocades and jewelry are sold. Here visitors can optionally choose beautiful small items as gifts such as hats, scarves or even brilliant dresses such as those of a queen of the Mong people.
The buffalo selling area is also a place that many tourists are interested in, it is a large area that can accommodate hundreds of people to buy and sell, all kinds of white buffalo, black buffalo, male, female, big and small. is enough. The buffalo market is noisier and noisy than any other area. When the market is over, it is the time when people are happy and happy to buy the buffalo like that, but there are also tired and sad people because the buffalo does not catch the eyes of any buyer.
Coming to Bac Ha market, besides visiting and participating in shopping activities, you can not ignore the place of selling traditional dishes. After going around the market, I was tired and turned into a restaurant and rewarded myself with a bowl of sour pho or a bowl of triumphant steam. At the same time calling a glass of sweet wine, sipping and chatting with honest people, you will surely feel here as a paradise do not want to leave.
In addition to the market in the center of Bac Ha town, Bac Ha district, there are a number of other markets such as Lung Phan market meeting on Sundays, Nam market. At the meeting on Saturday, Ban Lien market meets on Thursday, Coc Ly market meets. 3. Like Bac Ha market, these markets are the place for trading and exchanging sentiments of ethnic minorities. But each market has its own color that attracts tourists. If the Bac Ha market is a place to exchange and buy and sell of many ethnic groups such as Mong, Tay, Nung, Kinh ... Then at Lung Phinh market, mainly Phu La people, a few Mong people. Nam Thoi market mainly gathers Dao and Tay people. Ban Lien Market brings the Tay culture. Coc Ly market has the main cultural colors of the Dao, Nung and a few Mong people. One of the most prominent markets near Bac Ha is the Cau Can market (Si Ma Cai) meeting every Saturday. This is considered the largest buffalo trading floor in the Northwest of highland people.
Modern life with sophisticated machinery and technology, the lives of people have changed a lot, but the market still retains the wild features, simple, pure and most attractive to many visitors. visit, explore and learn.
HUONG GIANG