Ninh Binh Tourism Week - A place to honor unique agricultural values

Ninh Binh Tourism Week 2024 is a meaningful event that contributes to honoring the unique agricultural values of the ancient capital with a thousand years of civilization. Thereby, fostering the pride of each local resident, contributing to preserving and promoting the value of heritage.

Tam Coc - the birthplace of ancient agriculture, where the quintessence of wet rice civilization converges. Through historical changes, with the creative labor spirit of the ancient capital people, they have woven beautiful rice fields. So that the local residents have, are and will inherit, inherit and promote the unique values for today and forever.

According to comrade Nguyen Cao Tan, Deputy Director of Ninh Binh Department of Tourism, Tam Coc area contains material evidence proving that there was an early agriculture here with a valley agricultural economic model from clearing gardens to taking care of plants with roots, fruits, seeds, and picking wild rice, to planting, domesticating buffalo, letting buffalo trample in the fields, leading water, and edging the banks.

In particular, this place is also associated with the ancient Trang An residents' belief in the god Than Nong. According to legend, Than Nong is the legendary king of farmers, the founder of wet rice cultivation, the one who invented plowing tools and taught the people of the plains how to cultivate.

Ninh Binh Tourism Week - A place to honor unique agricultural values — The image of the buffalo is always associated with farmers.

Based on the national belief and creative labor spirit, the indigenous people have continuously developed the wet rice agricultural civilization. In particular, the ancient people of Trang An have created a beautiful rice field stretching along the Ngo Dong River and surrounded by limestone mountains, creating a poetic and lyrical natural landscape.

Thanks to nature for bestowing this land with a stunning beauty, thanks to the merits of Shennong as well as the ancient kings and ancestors who opened up the wasteland and created peace , over the years the local people have actively cared for, shaped, preserved and promoted the unique value of Tam Coc field.

In particular, the Ninh Binh Tourism Week event is held annually with the theme "The Golden Color of Tam Coc - Trang An" as a testament to the efforts to preserve and honor the ancient agriculture of the people of Ninh Binh today. In particular, this year, the agricultural ritual to worship the God of Agriculture has contributed to preserving the culture and beliefs, at the same time honoring the unique agricultural values and also an opportunity for each resident of the Ancient Capital to send their wishes for a year of favorable weather and good crops.

Ms. Tran Thu Hang, a tourist from Nam Dinh, said: I was very impressed with the ceremony of carrying agricultural products to the God of Agriculture during this year's Tourism Week. 63 boats with specialties symbolizing the 63 ethnic groups of Vietnam gathered here like the spirit of solidarity of the Vietnamese people. This is a very meaningful activity, contributing to introducing agricultural products from all over the country and educating the tradition of patriotism and pride for each citizen.

Participating in the Tourism Week, many tourists were also extremely impressed with the scene of experiencing the joyful and bustling atmosphere of farmers celebrating the new rice crop and enjoying rustic dishes made from local agricultural products such as banh chung, banh day, sticky rice, five-color sticky rice, honey cake, gai cake, corn, potatoes, cassava, etc.

In particular, this year, with the appearance of the image of a buffalo in the artistic rice painting "The Shepherd Playing the Flute" and nearly 200 "buffaloes" on the real-life river, it has contributed to depicting the unique values of agriculture with strong national colors when this is an animal closely associated with farmers, "the foundation of the industry" for people to send their wishes for a year of favorable weather.

In addition, through the activities of the Tourism Week such as special art programs, exhibitions of OCOP specialties of the province, goat fighting competitions and cultural and artistic activities, it has brought to the people and tourists special feelings about the ancient, diverse, colorful and developing agriculture of the ancient capital.

It can be said that throughout the activities of Ninh Binh Tourism Week 2024 are profound humane messages that the people of Trang An want to convey. That is the message of diligence, hard work, creativity, the message of gratitude and thanks to nature, mother earth that has created a modern, unique agriculture with the beautiful, captivating Tam Coc fields.

Ninh Binh Tourism Week 2024 has introduced and widely promoted the unique cultural, historical and religious features of the ancient capital of a thousand years of civilization to many domestic and international friends. This event has contributed to honoring the outstanding global values of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex so that Trang An residents can continue to exploit and develop the heritage in a more sustainable and effective way.

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