Sin Cheng market, Si Ma Cai district, Lao Cai province is held every Wednesday.
Bustling Sin Cheng market
To get to Sin Cheng market most conveniently, we chose to travel by personal motorbike from Lao Cai city along Highway 70 to Bac Ha town, Bac Ha district, about 70 km away.
From Bac Ha town, we went straight to the center of Si Ma Cai town. Then, we traveled about 10 km more to reach Sin Cheng market.
Sin Cheng Market is located in the center of Sin Cheng Commune, Si Ma Cai District, Lao Cai Province. The market is held every Wednesday. The market is a gathering place for many ethnic groups in Si Ma Cai District and other districts of Lao Cai Province to exchange, trade and trade.
Brooms are made from sugarcane grown by people in Si Ma Cai district (Lao Cai) on their fields and brought to the market to sell.
Right along the way to the market, what impressed us were the strange brooms, and the many agricultural products and livestock sold by the people at the market.
Especially the nightingales chirping, attracting tourists and bird lovers to come and see.
Nightingales chirped at Sin Cheng market.
Ms. Giang Thi Mo, from Nan Sin commune, Si Ma Cai district, shared: The market only meets once a week, so I traveled a long way from early morning to get to the market very early.
Today I went to the market, I brought unique brooms made quite elaborately from local sugarcane flowers grown by people on rice and corn fields. The price of one broom is 50 thousand dong, it will last a long time.
Every market day, people sit together and drink a bowl of corn wine and tell each other stories about their economic activities...
According to Mrs. Mo, in this highland area, the bamboo tree is very rare, so people here mainly grow sugarcane (called cua dua in the Mong language) to get cotton to make brooms. This broom is quite elaborate to make, because the broom handle is woven very carefully, taking about an hour to complete one. Each time she goes to the market, Mrs. Mo sells from 20 to 50 sugarcane brooms.
Coming to Sin Cheng market, tourists and locals can also experience the unique cultural beauty of the ethnic groups here.
The market is also an opportunity for people to sit together and eat a bowl of pho, drink a cup of fragrant corn wine, share business stories, production and business experiences... after many days of hard work in the fields.
Mong ethnic costumes at the fair have a strong identity of the Si Ma Cai highlands.
Come to Sin Cheng market to enjoy ethnic cuisine
Besides, people who go to the market early in the morning also take the time to enjoy mixed rice with men men, a traditional dish of the Mong people since ancient times.
Ms. Sung Thi Sua, Sin Cheng commune, Si Ma Cai district (Lao Cai) said: Men men mixed rice is a favorite dish of ethnic groups in the Si Ma Cai highlands. Especially our Mong people, since ancient times when the economy and society were difficult, they mainly ate men men.
Now that the economy is developed and transportation is convenient, we no longer have to use horses to carry goods to the market like in the old days. However, the dish of men men stealing rice is still indispensable at this market.
Along with that, people and tourists take the opportunity to enjoy the specialties of the highlands such as thang co, pho...
Among the products at the fair, the Mong dresses and skirts bearing the identity of the Si Ma Cai highlands are indispensable. Local agricultural products grown by the farmers themselves are brought to the market to sell during the fair.
Ethnic brocade costumes embroidered by Mong women.
Mr. Vang A Vang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Sin Cheng commune, Simacai district, said: In 2000, after the State invested in infrastructure and facilities for the central market of Sin Cheng commune, the Sin Cheng market was opened every Wednesday.
After more than 20 years of operation, Sin Cheng market is not only a place for exchanging agricultural products of local people, a meeting place for young couples leading horses to the market, but Sin Cheng market has also become an attractive destination for many domestic and international tourists.
According to Mr. Vang A Vang, Sin Cheng market has many specialties imbued with the cultural identity of local people, such as: Areas selling buffalo, cows, horses; native black chickens, armpit pigs, native ducks; nightingales; wrinkled chili, long bell pepper; eggplant; vegetables, fruits... These are all agricultural products grown and raised by local people and brought to the market for sale.
Sin Cheng market is not only a place for people to exchange goods but also a destination for international tourists.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan, a tourist from Hanoi, shared: Every time I travel to the Si Ma Cai highlands, I have to visit the Sin Cheng market. This is one of the markets that attracts a large number of locals and tourists. We come here because we want to buy clean agricultural products from the locals to bring back as gifts...
Currently, along with the development of the market economy, in order for the Sin Cheng market to operate effectively, along with the propaganda to raise awareness for people to maintain environmental hygiene, Sin Cheng commune has established a market management team to regularly inspect and guide people to sell goods... in the right place.
Sin Cheng Market is an opportunity for people to show off their ethnic identity through traditional costumes, dishes, and the sound of flutes... This place has become an attractive destination, leaving many impressions on visitors.
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