Quang Ninh has 43 ethnic groups, including 42 ethnic minorities (EM) with 162,531 people, accounting for 12.31% of the province's population . In recent years, closely following the orientation in developing the province's culture and people, the mountainous and ethnic minority localities of the province have proactively and gradually exploited effectively the potential of indigenous culture and national identity, creating a foundation for sustainable tourism development, contributing practically to improving people's lives and promoting local socio-economic development.
Promoting the role of the people as the subject
In recent times, localities with a large population of ethnic minorities such as Binh Lieu, Ba Che, Tien Yen, Hai Ha, Dam Ha, etc. have identified and promoted the cultural values of ethnic minorities along with the beautiful natural values of mountainous and border areas to build attractive and unique tourism products, attracting tourists to explore and experience. In particular, the role of the people is constantly being promoted. Not only are they creators, practitioners, performers, and preservers of culture, but ethnic minorities themselves are gradually spreading and bringing the unique traditional cultural features of their people to develop tourism.
Accordingly, ethnic people in all localities have actively and proactively carried out cultural, artistic and sports movements; participated in traditional folk dance and singing club models, taught traditional costume sewing and embroidery to the younger generation; developed community tourism models... On the occasion of festivals, cultural and sports festivals of Tay, Dao, San Chi, San Diu, ethnic minorities are also the main force participating in reenacting traditional rituals, performing arts, sports and folk games. In particular, from here, many cultural activities of ethnic minorities have been developed into unique tourism products of Quang Ninh, loved by tourists, such as: San Chi women's football in Binh Lieu, Tien Yen.
Contributing to the preservation, maintenance and promotion of cultural values and national identity, we must mention the role of outstanding ethnic minority artisans, such as: Mr. and Mrs. Luong Thiem Phu, Hoang Thiem Thanh, Hoang Thi Vien, Vi Thi Me (Tay ethnic group) in Binh Lieu; Ms. Nong Thi Hang (Tay ethnic group), Mr. Tran Van Sec, Mr. Ly A Sang (San Chi ethnic group), Mr. Hoang Van Hoa (Dao ethnic group) in Tien Yen; Ms. To Thi Ta, Truong Thi Choong, Truong Thi Truc (San Diu ethnic group) in Van Don; Mr. and Mrs. Ban Thi Vinh, Truong Thi Quy, Ly Van Ut, Truong Thi Hoa, Dang Van Thuong, Tran Xuan Bich, Dang Thanh Luong (Dao ethnic group) in Ha Long...
Not only dedicating love and pride to traditional culture, artisans have been cultivating and passing on to the younger generation every day so that up to now, many intangible cultural values have been evaluated and recognized as national and international intangible cultural heritage. Notably, the Then ritual of the Tay people in Quang Ninh, of which Binh Lieu is a typical representative, has been recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2013. In 2019, the Then Practice Heritage of the Tay, Nung, and Thai people in Vietnam (including the Tay people in Quang Ninh) was officially listed by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Care, adequate investment
On June 21, 2023, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 161/KH-UBND on piloting the construction, preservation and promotion of cultural identity values of 4 ethnic minority villages associated with the development of community tourism in mountainous areas, period 2023-2025. These are the Dao village in Po Hen hamlet, Hai Son commune (Mong Cai), the Tay village in Ban Cau hamlet, Luc Hon commune and the San Chi village in Luc Ngu hamlet, Huc Dong commune (Binh Lieu), the San Diu village in Vong Tre hamlet, Binh Dan commune (Van Don).
After more than 1 year of implementing the plan, localities have actively restored and preserved many unique cultural activities and festivals of ethnic minorities. For example, Mong Cai City has carried out a detailed plan at a scale of 1/500 for the Community Cultural Tourism Village in Po Hen village, Hai Son commune; restored Po Hen market, preserved culture associated with tourism development through the Border Sim Flower Festival in Hai Son commune.
Van Don district is implementing the construction consultancy dossier for the San Diu ethnic cultural village project, including the following items: Village gate, parking lot, expansion of internal village roads; construction of cultural house preservation architecture, display of artifacts, construction and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural spaces. Previously, the district also issued the Project "Preserving and promoting traditional folk cultural values of the San Diu ethnic group in Van Don district, Quang Ninh province".
Binh Lieu district, along with maintaining the organization of traditional festivals and festivals of the Tay, Dao, and San Chi ethnic groups, has prepared a dossier to propose recognition of National Intangible Cultural Heritage for the folk performing art of Soong Co singing of the San Chi people in Quang Ninh province and the new rice celebration ritual of the Tay people. Of which, Soong Co singing was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2023.
With the aim of restoring, preserving and promoting traditional cultural values; training and fostering cultural cadres; supporting cultural facilities and equipment for ethnic minority and mountainous areas to enhance cultural enjoyment for ethnic minorities associated with community tourism development, on May 10, 2024, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 125/KH-UBND on the implementation of the Project "Preserving and promoting fine traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities associated with tourism development" under the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021-2030, Phase I from 2021-2025 (implemented in 2024-2025).
In the 2024-2025 period, Quang Ninh will carry out 15 key tasks, including: Surveying, inventorying, collecting, and documenting traditional cultural heritages of ethnic minorities; organizing the preservation and promotion of typical traditional festivals of ethnic minorities, exploiting and developing products for tourism development; developing policies and supporting ethnic minority folk artisans and outstanding ethnic minority artisans in transmitting and popularizing traditional cultural activities and training and fostering successors. Along with that, supporting investment in building typical tourist destinations in ethnic minority and mountainous areas; supporting the dissemination and popularization of typical traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities combined with research and survey of tourism potential, selecting and developing typical tourism products for ethnic minority and mountainous areas....
In the immediate future, the Provincial People's Committee directs departments, branches and localities to focus on implementing and completing a number of contents: Assign the Department of Culture - Sports to prepare 3 dossiers of intangible cultural heritage to submit to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for inclusion in the list of national intangible cultural heritages, including: The San Chi ethnic crop praying ceremony, traditional costumes of the San Chay (San Chi) ethnic group in Quang Ninh province and traditional costumes of the Dao Thanh Y ethnic group.
Along with that, assign the People's Committee of Binh Lieu district to build a heritage model connected with the community heritage tourism journey of ethnic minorities in Binh Lieu district; assign the People's Committee of Van Don district to deploy the construction and display of the San Diu ethnic traditional room at the cultural house of Binh Dan commune (Van Don district); assign the People's Committee of Ba Che district to organize and promote the San Chay ethnic cultural festival (Thanh Son commune) associated with tourism development and repair of the Dao ethnic cultural house in Hai Son village (Nam Son commune).
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