Rice farmer costume

Lying on Sao mountain and standing 200m above the sea level, Hang Sao pagoda is located in Sao village, Tan Lap commune, Luc Yen district, northern Yen Bai province. Locals call it Sao pagoda, after the name of a hamlet in Nhan Muc village. The facility derives its name from the birds that build their nests inside the cave. Legend has it that the cave was discovered in the reign of the sixth Hung King who, finding the beauty of the landscape, decided to bury the remains of his mother inside the cave. A king of the early Le dynasty named it the “herb fragrance cave.” Hang Sao pagoda rests on the Phu Sa Phin mountain range which was form about 540 million years ago. It is one of the beautiful and sacred pagodas in Yen Ban. Hang Sao Pagoda was first built by Tay locals in the 13th-14th century to worship Buddha. History goes that a local young lady named Vu Thi Ngoc Anh was placed in charge of military logistics by a Le king. She directed Tay locals to reclaim waste land, taught … [Read more...] about Hang Sao – a unique cave pagoda in Yen Bai

On the occasion, Dien Bien Dong district (Dien Bien province) held a series of programs from January 23 to January 26. With many cultural activities such as sports exchange and folk games, the programs attracted the participation of many visitors and local people. In the framework of the programs, together with cultural space, tourists also joined trading activities of the locals, such as selling traditional costumes, food, jewelry. This was one of the series of this year’s spring festival activities in Dien Bien Dong district with beautiful traditional cultural identities. It was also an occasion for local people to introduce their products, while encouraging trade activities, contributing to promoting local socio-economic development, in line with preserving and promoting local traditional customs. Translated by Minh Anh … [Read more...] about Spring Festival in Dien Bien province