Something About Mu Cang Chai

Mu Cang Chai district is a mountainous province of Yen Bai province with over 90% of the population are ethnic “Mong”. In recent years, Mu Cang Chai has become the destination of many tourists travel and explore the unique beauty, many researchers, photographers.

Come to Mu Cang Chai even once visitors also felt the wealth of nature, the character of culture, the warmth of human love. Mu Cang Chai Road to remote and difficult but very interesting song, constantly changing scenery along the way, guests do not end up watching the Thai houses on the vast plains of Muong Lo with immense white flowers been to the winding roads, meandering on the steep hillside. The geological movement created to Mu Cang Chai peaks such as Pung Luang (2985m), Phu Ba (2512m), open for (2100m) … Through Khau Pha Pass (2100m high) is a white blur in the fog to land Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai where people have called it “sea of cloud”). From here, on another pass from this pass, the mountain another mountain, visitors will experience sharp changes in elevation, the route is the terraced slopes to overwhelm the human heart.

Mu Cang Chai is the conservation of species is the social scene with the center and the periphery Manufacturing North, east of the commune to the balloon, Pung Luang, Nam Khat. In the forests untouched, over the years we survey found 22 species of reptiles, amphibians and 127 species of birds, have their own complaints to 41 species such as zebra smell, smell the red tail, smell Pigmi land, red-tailed dwarf smell, smell hung crested neck, flat gold mine smell … You are more rare species Aceros Nipalensis niec neck hung, now only found in Mu Cang Chai and Pu Mat national Park (Nghe An). Here, only 28 to 30 individuals but also the neck hung niec populations in Vietnam. The animal is very rich with 53 different species such as striped civet, porcupine short tail, small coolie, wolves, monkeys mold, boar, deer, monkey face red, chamois, bear, horse, leopard, reported the fire, leopards, monkeys gray … Especially black apes with more than 200 individuals, in Vietnam at present only in two locations identified as North Van Ban district (Lao Cai) and adjacent areas boundary between the Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai) and Muong La (Son La).

Mu Cang Chai has 700 ha of terraced fields (of which more than 47% are concentrated in three communes: La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha, De Su Phinh). Terraces not only for high productivity and stability, improve people’s life, contributing to limit deforestation for cultivation, but also make scenic wonders. That product convergence of cultural values ​​of ethnic traditions. In 2007, in three communal terraces were the Ministry of Culture. Sports and Tourism ranks as the monuments and landscapes at national level.

Climate Mu Cang Chai nature distinct sub-regions, the average temperature is 190C, coolin summer, cold in winter. It is known as the ”land of clouds, mountains and canyonlands.”

The system slot, streams of Mu Cang Chai quite dense, running along Highway 32 is the largest streams Kim Nam and the district’s unique flow direction southeast – northwest. Kim Nam murmuring water year round, Mu Cang Chai divided into a left bank and right bank, offers a rare poetic beauty to Mu Cang Chai mountainous. In addition, Mu Cang Chai also many small stream systems such as the Nam Hu, Nam Mu, fifty, Nam Co, the Nam Pang, Nam Khat, Nam Khot … contributing to a cool climate, fresh air. Along with the slot system, spring is a series of multi-story waterfall, known as the “Nam Mo” Falls (Mo De), De Thang (Che Cu Nha)…

Accounted for 90% of the population of the district, Mong in Mu Cang Chai has 4 groups: Mong Red (White Mong), sleepwalking (thin); Mong Spirit (Mong Hoa) Si Mongolia (Mong Red) with cultural traditions always attract excellent researchers, art, and the potential for cultural tourism development. Croup usually resident fellow at the high slopes from 800 to 1,700 m, with experience or terrace and a traditional handicrafts such as forging casting, weaving with linen, jewelry …

Mong in Mu Cang Chai is culturally rich folklore, reflecting the perception of real life in association with nature, aspiring to beauty, embodied in the good folk songs such as singing love love, marriage, child ru, production workers, … the traditions and festivals bring the separate character of the people, such as marriage, funeral … also, where is preserved a treasure story neck of the tradition, ethnic history, ethnic culture show martial spirit of his father passed from this life after life.

In the future, Mu Cang Chai tourism combined with Muong Lo cultural tourism and ecotourism Giang (Van Chan) would create a space of cultural tourism in the vast western province of Yen Bai.