Spring in Lao Xa village

In spring, Lao Xa village changes its clothes with peach and pear blossoms blooming among the rammed earth houses and stone fences of the Mong people.

In recent years, Lao Xa, a small village deep in the Sung La valley, about 6 km from the center of Sung La commune, has gradually become known to many tourists for its wild and peaceful beauty. Spring is the most beautiful time of Lao Xa when this village located near the border changes its appearance. Pink peach blossoms, white pear blossoms and yellow mustard flowers bloom on the rocky slopes and in the gardens of households, attracting many tourists to take photos and relax.

Lao Xa village has more than 100 Mong households living there. In the village, there are still some houses with yin-yang tile roofs and three-room architecture, surrounded by fences and stone walls, and peach and plum trees in the yard. Each traditional house is like a closed architectural complex with four directions, in the middle is a garden, low wooden doors and surrounded by stone walls.

The first time he came to Lao Xa in the spring, Mr. Nguyen Van Ngo, Hanoi, was impressed by the rammed earth houses and stone fences that the locals still preserved. Thanks to that, spring in Lao Xa is not only beautiful but also has the ancient and unique features of the Mong ethnic group. Mr. Ngo spent 3 days exploring the surrounding village, capturing photos of flowers blooming on this rocky plateau.

Lao Xa is located about 130 km from Ha Giang city, you can travel by motorbike or car to the village.

Following the paths leading deep into the village, the images Mr. Ngo encountered most were peach and pear blossoms in full bloom.

As an economically developed village of Sung La commune, Lao Xa people are conscious of preserving and protecting the unique cultural features of their ethnic group. In addition to the naturally growing trees scattered along the roadside and on the hillsides, Lao Xa people also plant peach and plum trees in their gardens and next to their houses to make the spring colors here more vivid, creating an impression on tourists.

Peach blossoms in Lao Xa start blooming from mid-February and last until the end of March, said Nguyen Van Trai, a local who works in tourism in Ha Giang. This year, Lao Xa is one of the places where peach blossoms bloom earliest in Ha Giang. Starting from the end of February, many tourists have come here to see peach blossoms, the symbol of spring in the Ha Giang rocky plateau.

Mixed with the peach blossom season is the white pear blossom season, lasting until the end of March. The blooming trees with the background of earthen walls and yin-yang tiled roofs have become a typical image of Lao Xa in particular and the Mong villages in Ha Giang in general.

In the past, Lao Xa had a famous photo corner with a peach blossom tree growing in front of a stone wall about a meter high, behind which was a rammed earth house. "Unfortunately, that photo corner no longer exists," said Nguyen Sy Duc, who has been working in tourism in Ha Giang for 5 years.

Arriving here on February 18, Lao Xa impressed Ms. Mai Nguyen, Hanoi (pictured) at first sight with its beauty combining nature, culture and people. "In the highlands, which are mainly dry soil and rocks, perhaps only in spring can one feel the vitality clearly overflowing," she shared.

Lao Xa is not only beautiful because of its natural scenery but also because of the simplicity and honesty of its people. The locals are friendly and the children are innocent like their age, "there is not much commercialization like some other places", Mr. Ngo and Ms. Mai commented.

To have more time to explore the village, Mr. Ngo recommends that visitors stay overnight in an ancient house in the village for 300,000 - 500,000 VND per night. The homestay owner is a local, so the furniture, decorative details, and scenery all bear the cultural identity of the Mong ethnic group. Visitors can touch the earthen walls stained by time, see each moss-covered yin-yang tile, and live and work like the locals.

(According to 24h, March 13, 2024)

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