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