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Lung Phin market is one of the most typical hill tribe markets in Vietnam.
Ha Giang is a land known for unique markets that embodies the culture of the
peoples living here. One of the well-known markets is
Lung Phin market, a market
to trade goods and the love market for young people.
Lung Phin market is situated on Lung Phin town,
Meo Vac district, Ha Giang
province, where focusing quite crowded ethnic minorities. Lung Phin market is
usually opens on the days of Monkey and days of Tiger in months and held weekly,
every week it in turn taking place days of Monkey and days of Tiger.
From Meo Vac town about 15 km further, by 4C lane of roads in
Dong Van - Meo Vac
- Yen Minh you'll reach Lung Phin market. A spacious land enough to display a
lot of different items that sellers and buyers are free to trade though the
market is very crowded.
Lung Phin market is not only normal but they are great festival of more than 16
ethnic groups living on the rocky highlands of Ha Giang and the unique backward
market in the
northernmost of Vietnam. As well as the market in turn taking
place days of Monkey and days of Tiger, so the people here call them backward
market, regular 6 days a market and the people prepare forthe market. Lung Phin
market only takes place in day, starting very early when the sun is not up, the
market is crowded, from 4 - 5 am and not until 3 - 4 pm.
From the dawn of the market, people from all villages in the district of Lung
Phin and neighboring areas bring baskets of goods to sell in Lung Phin market, a
papoose on their backs and walk to the markets in rows, some of them use the
horses, motorbikes. The children also follow their mothers to help mothers
deliver items to the market.
In Lung Phin market there are many items on sale. The food items such as rice,
vegetables, meat, household items, materials for cultivation, clothing, textiles
... mainly items are hand-made, very rustic and close. There are some people,
they bring to the market just one chicken, a dozen eggs, or simply a few bundles
of sugarcane, vegetables in the gardens. Particularly specialty items like mint
honey, Lung Phin snow tea, hills chicken, Brocade... favored by travelers, they
are simple things of Lung Phin market.
Along with the exchange of goods, boys, girls in remote villages travel to Lung
Phin market for an opportunity to have fun, find lovers; they go to the love
market as an opportunity for them to dress up, nice and fresh. Visiting the
market, you will encounter the young men and women gathering together in the
beautiful and colorful costumes. You will have the chance to see the Hmong
village girls in lovely floral clothes or silvery jewelry on the Red Dao girls
... all are mixed with each other to create a space in the market, a colorful
picture.
To the Lung Phin market, visitors will see a unique feature of an highland
market. Everyone goes to market for trading, after buying enough, they will sit
back at the market for food, both men and women drink wine and eat “thang co”.
It is like eating lunch at home and then they return home. There are so many
people that do not want to come home after going to the market and have a date
in the next markets. |
