Ta Van Giay

Location: The village of Ta Van Giay Ta Van Commune, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province.
Features: Coming here, tourists will have the opportunity to learn more about the style, lifestyle Giay traditional and modern.
From Sapa town, down the winding trail halfway up the mountain about 10km, you will reach Ta Van Commune. Continue traveling on a convoluted path, sloping down to the foot of Hoang Lien Son mountain, visitors will come to the Muong Hoa valley. Here, casting an eye towards the distance, visitors to glimpse the thin mist a suspension bridge spanning the stream perched Muong Hoa - Ta Van Giay Street in the village, with the two sides of the bridge as the dust mop, reed ; azalea ties ... are swinging in the wind and noteworthy was the shrine three times - where the Giay festival "Come Sewer", was built right at the top of the suspension bridge; mixed in natural surroundings, visitors will find their ear sound faintly murmuring streams, forest birds are calling you to find each other ...

Ta Van Giay village road in a small, narrow and dirt road. The two sides are fertile terraced fields are adorned by the green of young corn and rice. Ta Van Giay village On arrival, guests will not be surprised from the beauty of the idyllic, rustic looks mixed condition, courtesy of the houses in the village.

Previously, Ta Van Giay village is formed based on the customs, habits and characteristics of people living in Lao Cai Giay. They reside with hundreds clustered rooftops and into wage (village), sell (a), spoon (pictured) on the topography of the lowlands: in the foothills; Mountain; river valleys, along streams. Like the Tay ethnic group - Thai, they rarely live in mountainside, mountaintop. Due to living together in one area of ​​residence, according to the course of history, have exchanges and Giay people have influenced the culture of the Tay, Thai, Nung language coming from houses, costumes and some cultural activities flower...

Giay people have grown rice is the main occupation. In addition, they even produced forged instruments and carved silver. They are in both the floor and the ground with space between them is where the solemn ancestor altar and seating. Giay people have fairly rich culture with tales, poetry, proverbs, riddles, and knives ...

Giay outfit is simple: women wear short pants to the ankle eczema, wide tube; styled hair donut problem and often worn canvas bag with embroidery pattern; Men also wear pants, shirt and head scarf problem.

Today, the Giay village of Ta Van Giay in life made better off with a culture quite civilized. Whole village has 20 households, mostly in tourism; in particular, forms of tourism village people here are being expanded and exploited.

Currently, the village has been the security industry and tourism in Lao Cai province licensed to welcome guests when they want to stop or rest overnight here. The vast majority of households here, households also build a nice house, clean: fully padded beds, nice blankets, systematic bathroom, toilet ... Besides convenience, they also expand cultural knowledge - travel, learn to communicate with foreign visitors, and can be processed specialty dishes attractive nation to serve tourists.

Loved Giay ethnic cultural capital. In addition to tourism, hotel business, they also participate in cultural performances - music to serve tourists. Currently, Ta Van Commune performance teams with a total of 50 members, Ta Van Giay village already constitute more than half. Many women, who by day is the simple farmers, be injured, hard but at night, before the visitors, her makeup, her adorn become willowy female paint, fresh in every dance Then , dance and romantic in tone trumpet love singing ...

A chance coming here, visitors will enjoy some special dishes of ethnic Giay by processing such as grilled fish streams Muong Hum, Muong Khuong winning try horse meat, pork armpit theft Bac Ha, sticky rice in five colors ... Van Ban, is immersed in the festive atmosphere, folk games such Giay; Come feast sewers, forests Portland (down VND), throwing, hit oats ... and join the village tour.

These human values, noble in character, soul ethnic Giay in Sa Pa is the most impressive highlight of the tour diary; then he left this land, they still feel nostalgic, nostalgically, want to go back not just once ...