Lan Village in Ha Giang Province

Lan Village in Ha Giang Province

Ha Giang Province located in Vietnam’s northern pole has many attractive destinations such as Quan Ba twin mountains, Dong Van Plateau, terraced fields in Hoang Su Phi… Visiting Ha Giang, tourists have opportunity to learn culture of 23 ethnic groups. One of the destinations is Lan Village in Yen Phu Commune, Bac Me District

From Ha Giang Town, following National Highway No 34 about 50km to center of Bac Me District’s town, keeping on going 1km and then turning left over 2km, tourists will reach Lan Village with charming houses on stilts among green fields

Lan Village has been established for many years with typical custom of Tay ethnic group. They concentrate in villages at foot of low mountains. Their typical house building is house on high stilts and roof, wall, stilt, stairs are made of wood

Lan Village’s traditional crafts are brocade weaving, wet rice and maize growing. Entering each house, tourist will see Tay people’s work tool such as steamer for glutinous rice cooking, rice mortar, rice-hulling mill … Place of ancestor worship is in the center of house, family’s activities take place around.

Tourists enjoy maize wine
Visiting Lan Village, tourist will feel villagers’ friendliness and hospitality. They always smile and converse with tourists, introduce about their village, habit and daily activities… Costume of Tay people has simple colour and pattern but still make charm of Tay girls stand out. Tourist don’t also miss enjoy local specialities such as Shan tuyet tea, maize wine, sticky rice, kind of rice-cake… If tourists want to learn about method of maize wine cooking, the villagers will introduce with pleasure and tourists can enjoy taste of this wine beside cooking fire

Visiting Lan Village in festive season, tourists have opportunity to hear the traditional songs of Tay people such as then song, coi song, luon song, umbrella dance…

With traditional culture and unique beauty, Lan Village attracting domestic and international tourists is one of 25 tourism-culture villages of Ha Giang Province.