Known as a cultural specialty of the highlands, the Northwest market always makes visitors admire its simplicity but no less colorful.
1. Bac Ha Market - Lao Cai
Bac Ha Market – Unique cultural feature of the Northwest region (Photo source: Collected)
Located in the middle of Lao Cai highlands, Bac Ha market is one of the destinations not to be missed when experiencing the Northwest market. The market takes place on Sundays, gathering hundreds of Mong, Tay, and Nung ethnic people from all the villages of Bac Ha region.
Bac Ha market is a place for exchanging local goods with goods from other provinces, and a place for cultural exchanges between local ethnic groups. When going down the mountain, people always wear new colorful clothes to go to Bac Ha market, they consider this as a festival day going down the mountain, this custom is still maintained today.
Bac Ha market is divided into small markets with typical exchange characteristics such as: brocade market, food market, horse market (Bac Ha horse), poultry market, food market, bird market, blacksmith market...
2. Ta Sin Thanh Market - Dien Bien
Ta Sin Thanh market (Photo source: Collected)
Ta Sin Thanh - a Northwest market located in the Dien Bien border area, offers visitors a unique cultural experience. The market takes place on weekends, and is a meeting place for the Thai, Mong, and Dao ethnic groups from villages deep in the mountains. The market space is filled with laughter, the sound of traditional music, and the aroma of grilled specialties. The stalls sell products such as: wine, brocade, handmade goods, and agricultural products - all bearing their own cultural imprint.
3. Dao San Market - Lai Chau
Dao San - a famous Northwest market in Lai Chau, is a destination not to be missed when experiencing the Northwest market. Taking place on Sundays, the market gathers Mong, Tay, Dao ethnic groups from remote villages. In particular, Dao San is also known as a "marriage trading floor" of ethnic people, where young people look for partners and exchange feelings. The market space is bustling with laughter, ethnic music, and colorful traditional costumes, creating a vivid cultural picture.
4. Can Cau Market - Lao Cai
Local people happily exchange goods at the market (Photo source: Collected)
Located in the highlands of Lao Cai, Can Cau market is one of the must-see experiences in the Northwest market. Here, the intermingling of ethnic groups creates an extremely rich and diverse cultural space. The colorful costumes and mountain products create a vivid and colorful picture. Tourists coming here will have the opportunity to learn more about the daily life and feel the cultural beauty of the highland people. Not only is the market a place for wholesale, but it is also a place for couples to express their love for each other.
5. Mu Cang Chai Market - Yen Bai
In the mountainous district of Mu Cang Chai, there are three main markets: Kim Junction Market, Mu Cang Chai District Market and Khao Mang Market. Each market is about 20 km apart along Highway 32. In this misty land, going to the market is an indispensable cultural activity of ethnic people. This is not only a place to exchange goods but also has spiritual and cultural elements, a place to meet, exchange, confide and from such market sessions, many young couples have fallen in love and then they meet again at the market session.
6. Sapa Love Market
Sapa love market, discover unique culture (Photo source: Collected)
Sapa Love Market - a unique cultural symbol in the Northwest market experience, where love and culture blend together in a colorful space. Taking place every weekend in the beautiful town of Sapa, the love market is not only a place for trading but also a meeting place for ethnic youth to meet and find love.
Here, visitors will witness the delicate exchanges of feelings between young people of the H'Mong, Giay, and Dao ethnic groups through dances, songs, love bracelets, and heart-embroidered scarves. The market space is filled with cheerful laughter, youthful excitement, and poetic signs of love.
The Northwest markets are not simply places for buying and selling goods, but also a vibrant cultural space, where the identity of the highland ethnic groups is preserved and spread. Each Northwest market has its own beauty, a unique cultural story, waiting for tourists who love to explore.
Source: https://www.vietravel.com/vn/am-thuc-kham-pha/cho-phien-tay-bac-noi-tieng-v16093.aspx
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