18/02/2024
Bac Ha market has long been known as one of the special markets of Bac Ha, Lao Cai land with full traditional culture and life colors of ethnic groups Mong, Tay, Nung, Dao, Phu Le. This place is also an attractive tourist destination for domestic and foreign tourists every time they set foot in Bac Ha. Especially to Bac Ha market visitors will enjoy famous food, drink cups of corn wine fragrant with the sky, or sip the bitter, sweet taste of the teapots of flowers, tea...
Bac Ha Market on Sunday
Bac Ha Market is located in Bac Ha Town, Lao Cai Province, the market is 70km away from Lao Cai City, Bac Ha Market is located in the center of the town. This is a place of exchange, purchase, exchange and meeting of mountainous people, ethnic minorities. Every week, on Sunday is each delegation of people pulling together to Bac Ha town to hold a market, go to the market has become an indispensable cultural identity of the nation here ... From above looking down at Bac Ha cultural market as a colorful mobile flower garden of women’s dresses ethnic minorities wear to go to the market with the fresh colors of the stalls in the market. Previously, Bac Ha market met on a gentle hill, later the market was newly built on concrete and divided into each area, with many sales areas. The sale of livestock, poultry, grocery areas such as plows, hoes, shovels, knives. The area selling brocade, jewelry, the area selling vegetables, roots, fruits and agricultural products of relatives and the area eating booth with the winning pans trying to smoke up suspiciously, spreading the taste. Bui Van Vinh, head of Bac Ha District VHTT Department, said: We pay attention to the staff work to build and preserve the national cultural identity in Bac Ha District, Bac Ha Market is always evaluated by tourists as a unique cultural market and is evaluated by foreign magazines as the most distinctive market in Southeast Asia. Currently, cultural features are still preserved, but now due to the development of society, national cultures are gradually fading away, we have advised the Bac Ha District People's Committee to develop a plan to preserve traditional cultural features, at Bac Ha Market to organize competitions for singing, folk songs on Saturday night market. At the same time, we have also rearranged the booths at Bac Ha Cultural Market to suit the characteristics of highland markets.
Because the market is only held on a single day of the week, most tourists and indigenous people will also spend more time for themselves to go to the market, because this place is not merely a place to shop and trade, but visitors are also interacting with indigenous relatives, being immersed in the essence and unique characteristics of the culture here. What is special about blowing soul into the market here is the culture and customs of ethnic people living here. Having set foot in the market visitors can hardly ignore the dishes with national identity such as “winning” , “Phu chua Bac Ha” , “corn pie” , “Dude cake” And "the anvil cake." ... These are all famous specialties of the North Sea Plateau. The winning pans, or the smoking pho located in the market rows are characteristics that attract visitors when coming to this highland cultural market, especially in the winter weather in October until cold December we meet together, exchange and sip corn wine on the winning pan, in a warm heart. Walking around the market in the neighborhood will encounter stalls displaying Ban Pho corn wine, Ban Lien snow tea, Bac Ha famous chili sauce these are all products certified ocpop 3 stars provincial level in recent years and other vegetables and agricultural products of the locality. Another product that cannot be ignored the most prominent is the brocade market where brocade items sold by ethnic people here embroidered, embroidered, woven by hand with their own skillful hands. Here visitors can choose to buy some dresses, towels, bags, ... Small, brightly colored hanging in the booths as gifts for family and friends. Or visitors can visit, admire ethnic instruments, come here on the weekend is not difficult to hear the hum, flute, gentle lip music into the heart of people. Every Saturday night visitors also experience the “Bac Ha Night Market” Enjoy the folk songs, ancient ethnic groups, stick dance, dance dance of Mong people, Tay people under the performance of experienced artisans from Bac Ha White Plateau land. The visitors to the downstream here, especially foreign tourists are all very interested and want to be immersed in exploring, experiencing the characteristics, attractions about the life, customs of the people
For the first time to set foot in the beloved land Sunday isitors are not surprised by the beauty of Bac Ha mountains and forests, Nguyen Van Hai from Hanoi City excited to share: Usually on weekends I will take my family out and accidentally introduced by friends to Bac Ha land famous for many scenic and prominent attractions including Bac Ha highland market with many typical products of the people, I can choose and shop as gifts for my family, friends and I also Hopefully one day I will be able to return to the North Coast.
According to statistics from Bac Ha District from 2020 due to the influence of COVID-19, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Bac Ha reached only 90,000 and 150,000 in 2021, a significant decrease compared to the time when there was no epidemic. From the beginning of 2022 to now, the number of tourists coming to Bac Ha is estimated to reach 415,000, an increase of 138% compared to KH and 276% compared to 2021. To promote the service-tourism industry to develop further, including Bac Ha Cultural Market. Oriented in the coming time the district continues to implement the construction of many urban projects, expand the investment scale of works, 5* hotels, motels, homestays, expand, invest more booths selling specific products of Bac Ha, products with many ocop certifications 4*, 5* and strive in 2023 the number of tourists coming to Bac Ha reached and exceeded 5000 people, reaching over 50% of the delivery project. This is a good thing to help the land here increasingly change the urban appearance after 2 years of freezing the tourism service industry and soon make Bac Ha a type IV city by 2025. Talking to us, the head of the district health department added: 2022 after COVID-19 was basically controlled, from the beginning of the year, we advised the district to build Fetsival, Bac Ha White Highlands. , implementing 4 festivals according to each theme and this is also the first year Bac Ha District has successfully implemented 4 festivals since the implementation of tourism work. In the coming time we will continue to consult with the district to build Bac Ha into a special tourist area at the provincial and regional levels, with attention to promoting the construction of branded local products for domestic and foreign tourists to know about Bac Ha tourism land.
In the current trend of commercialization of highland markets, Bac Ha is one of the rare places still trying to preserve and preserve the national identity and unique characteristics of the old markets. Bac Ha market is bold in the community activities of ethnic people in the northwestern highlands of Lao Cai, helping people here retain their unique traditional cultural identity values. Currently, this market is still attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit./.
