O Quy Ho pass

Pass or Pass O Quy Ho Hoang Lien Son is one of the supply lines pass long and dangerous and the most majestic mountain in northern Vietnam. Located on highway 4D cross the Hoang Lien Son mountain pass connecting the two provinces of Lao Cai and Lai Chau to pass peak is also the boundary between the two provinces.

The name

Deo O Quy Ho also called Pass the Hoang Lien, Hoang Lien Son Pass Pass pass by Hoang Lien Son mountain range, or by wearing all year atop clouds pass, but visitors to the Northwest of Vietnam is often said to pass under the name O Quy Ho. Legend in the mountains, the previous or present a bird cries skin, associated with the myth of the love story of a couple. Since then, over time the cry of a bird box provided for the lake had been set to the name for the wild mountain pass at an altitude of nearly 2000m this.

Characteristics

Deo O Quy Ho has also long crooked road passes on the highway nghoeo 4D, in which two thirds distance belonging Tam Duong, Lai Chau; third remaining located in the Sa Pa, Lao Cai. This is probably a record for the pass length in the mountains northwest Vietnam, with a length of nearly 50 km longer than the Pha Din Pass (32km long, situated in the frontier provinces of Son La and Dien Bien) or Khau Pha Pass (near 40 km, the Yen Bai). Height, the back cover and the length of the O Quy Ho pass that is known as unorthodox “North West Kings Pass”.

Pedestrians on the road from Sa Pa to visit Silver Falls with the stretch of road about 12km, pass port Hoang Lien Son National Park ranger station with the Sun, one of the online starting point for conquering Fansipan peak at 1940m high, a few km is already up to O Quy Ho pass summit at an altitude of nearly 2000m. O Quy Ho pass peak between untouched mountain clouds, also known under the name Heaven Gate.

The O Quy Ho pass before filling without dangerous, because few people dare cross the line too long to bring it more folklore makes people shudder go through, including a story about the tiger god snoop catch passersby. But today many roads to be upgraded to become a supply road vehicles traveling nuom nuop. To go from Hanoi to Lai Chau, many people choose to respond to Lao Cai train car and go beyond O Quy Ho pass. One side is deep and suck the remaining hun usually steep cliffs, O Quy Ho pass a test for long-distance drivers. The only hazard warning signs were erected around the container, and there have been many tragic accident occurred on the same road.

Climate

The height of the Hoang Lien Son mountain range climate also makes the two halves of the pass being assigned at Gate of heaven to become different. Winter, while the sky is the warmth Tam Duong Sa Pa, the party is bitterly cold winds cut meat all day covered by fog, visibility less than 2m and mountains were engulfed in clouds. In summer, if the Pass Sa Pa fresh cool climate, the party pass Tam Duong, the dry hot will burn the ground, stream water and dried grass in the sun barren.

The year’s cold, O Quy Ho pass peak can be covered ice.

Sapa Ancient Church

Sapa Ancient Church

Location: The ancient church in the heart of Sapa town of Sapa.

Bottom Line: A mark on the most perfect French architecture left here.

Old church in the heart of Sapa Sapa is the most perfect mark on French architecture left here.

Every day, ethnic focus in this crowded trading and barter. This is where the 7th floated weekly hours call your praise of the couple in the market situation is full of cultural and ethnic breath mountains.

At Christmas, most lay people are focused on here - Sapa parish to celebrate, pray and sing dance.

Muong Hum Market

Visitors up the northernmost province of Lao Cai border that bypass Muong Hum market session then it is unfortunately. Like other fairs here, Muong Hum Market meets on Sundays, the busiest day of Bat Xat mountains. From Lao Cai town, 20km away by car via asphalted road to Bat Xat district capital, and from here out further 24km road passes to the Muong Hum market.

Muong Hum Market under the small valley, adjacent to a stream with clear water, surrounded by towering mountains clouds coincide. The weekend fair Muong Hum along streams, this is the place to meet, exchange, purchase and play of her children the Ha Nhi ethnic, Mongolia, United, Giay, Dao Oh, Dao Tuyen, Han …

Weekdays, who also likes to admire the charming Muong Hum, also on the fair visitors the most stunning coastal streams is the market. Beside a stream, pack horse owners wait on the market focus is sharp enough spring with feathers, sometimes they take wine makes the whinny charges paintings as more lively, very rarely seen elsewhere. The suspension bridge or a stone bridge spanning the stream always on lead horse back …

Inside Market noisy, crowded and guests could not help admiring the costumes before the “blinding” of the ethnic teenager. The girls, boys go shopping in the village where just to trade but also come to learn, to have fun, find partners, so anyone can do pretty much less attend the festival. The flower girl dress sexy Mongolia, the team added a wig of wool yarn dyed brilliant flowers look like a walking, sparkling blooming. Equally pressing is the Red Dao costume: the young women wear indigo black dotted pattern on the chest like the butterflies and wearing a red scarf is the far more silver jewelry, always sparkle. Both the Dao ethnic minority children, despite being helped on the back of her mother but also care little dresses, scarves and hats like they are watching most people ..

To Muong Hum market session, guests not only feel the beauty of natural scenery but also the human life where true peace, joy and desire to have the opportunity to return to this place.

Cat Cat village in Sapa

From Sa Pa town center is only 2 km to the Cat. It is the oldest of the Mongolian preserved traditional handicrafts such as cotton, linen and textiles crafted jewelry. Especially this place pretty much remains its unique traditions in other regions that have no, or no longer exists in original.

Through the looms, the Mongolian create colorful panels and brocade patterns simulated trees, leaves, flowers, animals … Stages associated with cotton weaving, dyeing and linen is embroidered in flowers, is popular indigo dyeing techniques, water staining and green ash forest herbs. Dyed fabric was finished by polishing with cloth rolled round logs on flat stones bees wax.

In the village of Cat Cat, craft crafted silver jewelry, and has longstanding and create sophisticated products. The process of the silver includes several stages. First, they take some money into the pot on the bellows heater until melted, then poured into the trough. Wait to cool retrieved using silver hammer, forging silver bars so that the size of large, small, long, short, square, triangular, round, flat or spun. Next, their filings for real smooth, and if necessary, use nails to decorate carved, creating patterns or surface and then bend the product. Finally, the labeling step, as white and shiny. Silver carving products in Cat Cat are plentiful, especially conscious women’s jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets, bar area, ring …

One thing attractions when the Mongolian Cat is still kept here quite a lot of unique traditions, such as to pull his wife. As her son knew and fell in love with a girl, he will hold to have invited friends and ask you to plan “pull” her home in an unexpected way, keep her for three days. Then, if she agrees to his wife, the boys will carry out formal wedding. If she refused to drink the cup of wine together they make friends and everything returned to normal without anything happening. Mongolian wedding in Cat Cat are usually held from 2 to 7 days.

Architecture of Mongolia Cat Cat village also shares many features: the three-po mu wood roof. The frame house has three columns horizontal truss. The columns are listed on the round or square stones. Walls are roofed with timber, with three doors: the door in the nave, two doors on either side of the house. Doors are always closed, only open when the big wedding, funeral offerings that on holidays. In the worship space, floor guard reserve food, sleeping, kitchen and a reception desk.

Cat Cat village is formed from the mid-19th century, the residence of households by mode of collective security: based on slopes and gather together, the roof separated by a few dozen meters. They grow rice on terraced fields, planting corn on the mountain by hand cultivation methods, the low yield. Most houses are simple, just a desk, a bed and cooking stove …

HUSBAND WIFE STONE STONE

Location: Stone rock husband and wife are in the ancient stone ruins Bai Sa Pa, valley of Muong Hoa, Hau Thao, Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province.

FEATURES: Stone rocks her husband is a pair of stone positions are toward each other, looking to each other. Two rock legends related to the faithful love of the couple overcoming hardships and challenges, seek to live together and be happy, but when about to meet, they were all of rock

The first ancient carved rocks beside the main road inter-communal (old) there was a rock under the swamp. Shaped stones lying prostrate, head back down to the lower districts. At the end of that rock, how about 2km, a large rock formation also lying prostrate, head back up, two rocks have the same shape.

Ethnic Hmong in the region around almost Thao - Ta Van is telling: From long ago, in the northern outback always happen destructive war between two tribes. The winner was a cruel patriarch, he also has a very powerful sorcerer advisor time. Advisor name appropriate time manh assembled to sole daughter of the patriarch

She was a beautiful lady - the patriarch daughter fell in love with the patriarch boys defeat in wars past. These days there are two tribes living love peace, How beautiful couple. Listening to contact the mastermind of the name Siam, war between tribes occurred. Still, the couple is determined to preserve the welfare and together they fled to the south expect to find happiness in a strange.

Be private, patriarchal mobilized troops chase. Advisor wizard frustrations vowed that "If the two children to escape into streams Jinhua night that he will choose the tenth failure. If the date is November through spring, but not the young couple will Jinhua petrified. "

Night the tenth couple to stream upstream Jinhua (now the land Ta Van - Almost Thao), the girl may not even fall down muddy beach boys overcame muddy yard, not that girl, the boy immediately back to look, run a distance, so tired, he fell down. Morning, he was petrified head back north - where the wife is there. The girl had turned to stone head south as trying to run with him. Thus, larger rock rock husband and wife and they have the same shape.

Elderly people in the area said two rocks seem to find one another once. At the right and left of the two rocks still exist two small forests, forests are both old trees and there are two shrines, one of the newspaper, a church of love ethnic Hmong general glass of boys and girls.

silver Falls

Silver Falls Sa Pa town about 12 km (7.5 miles). From the canyon hundreds of feet high, roaring waters pouring down, remove the white foam roll like flowers so called Silver waterfall. Distance heard rushing waterfall, the echo was repeated in the deep forests grew to feel wild and mysterious. Waterfall in near highway, very convenient for tourists. Distance voice heard floated each spring to chase down the Silver waterfall. The natural beauty make it's inspired so many travelers.

After nearly half an hour beyond the winding road, winding, breathing in the mountain wind, hear the birds echoed thousands, makes visitors feel like lightheadedness escape are lost in the realms to Penglai. Sa Pa fruit four seasons, four seasons are soon to unfurl dim mist. Silver is the fall area, will remain chilly summer.

Guests soak in the cool stream, wash all worries, talk freely relax under the shade of forest trails, to all sorrows Silver cascade downstream.

Ancient Stone SAPA

Sapa ancient carved rock spread out on the territory of three Ta Van commune, Hau and Use Pan Thao, located in Muong Hoa valley area about 8 km2. Located on the steep winding mountain road, ancient rock carving consisted of 159 small and large boulders in trees, near the right side of the road or water in rice paddies ... not initially impressed. But off the bus, guided walking tour to introduce and hear firsthand, examine the rocks, visitors can see period was amazed at how the artificial life that do not have any satisfactory answers worth 

The Sa Pa is not the only place found carved stones in the world because there are dozens of similar but for Vietnam, this is still a miracle, indicating ancient human its head was sticking firmly on the ground, tame nature to survive and grow. If only in terms of large concentrations of rock, the rock carving Ta Van deserve first rate. 159 Weather-stone oil ranges still impassive, was clearly etched graphics, feature writing in the form of primitive and advanced to complete, is such as 159 ancient stone stele in Vietnam. A careful look at the inscription, we can recognize the shapes such as square, rectangle, the line features single, double lines, parallel lines and cross lines, the human figures, birds pictures, scenes activities ... There are ways we can predict and explain which is the graphic, is the wealth of records, the weather, is the concept of ancient life ... free soul that is comfortable to imagine.

Recently, researchers focused on understanding the living scene carved on the rocks. In particular, the sex scenes between men and women to maintain and develop the breed is described by the familiar motifs, which features close to the paintings on bronze artefacts dating back 2500-2600 years ago was found in Vietnam. It is the express image to church "of the gas" to represent the traditional beliefs of a natural, pure-minded of the ancient Vietnamese. Thus, we can estimate the age of the carvings, drawing on rock in Sa Pa is around 2500 years. Thereby, one can see the hand, the Vietnamese mind when he was quite developed, strengthened review of the scientific community that Vietnam is one of the cradles of human civilization

How exciting is that ancient rock carving Sa Pa was only discovered in 1923 by the Indochina's famous French-Russia named Vichto Golubep (Victor Goloubev). After that, many Western researchers have come here to find out and introduced widely in the media. For foreign tourists, especially the French, once to Sa Pa, they often spend time hourly, meeting stayed to watch, compared with the carved stone monuments Sereda Capivara (Brazil) , at the Boyne (Ireland). Matopo (Zimbabwe) or at some point in the vast Sahara desert sand. For Vietnam, to visit Sapa ancient carved grounds for further facilitate comparison with figures carved in stone, on animal horn or metal objects on the cell has been