Bac Giang province has many advantages in its scenic beauty, historical sites, and unique tourism products. Bac Giang’s Culture, Sports and Tourism sector is creating highlights in the tourism appearance in the North.
Tho Ha ancient village
In the journey to learn the heritage, historical and cultural relics of Bac Giang province, with many tourists Tho Ha village, Van Ha commune, Viet Yen district is an attractive destination. The old village presents the traditional space of an old Vietnamese village with banyan trees, water wharf and communal yard. Before 1960, Tho Ha village was famous for making pottery, since 1990, it is famous for making rice cakes and rice noodles.
By the poetic Cau River, stepping through the old village gates, visitors feel the ancient features of Tho Ha through the communal house, the old pagoda, the old streets, literature, the old banyan tree, the water wharf, to visit pottery kiln, families producing rice paper noodles and rice noodles by machine and handcraft, visiting rice wine-making families … special cultural values in the land north of Cau River blends to create a Tho Ha bold identity.
Tho Ha ancient village on the North bank of Cau River.
Impressions of Tho Ha pottery imprint on the ceramic house walls
or cottage waste products.
Cultural heritage Quan they
Located in the cultural space “Intangible Cultural Heritage” representing humanity in Kinh Bac region, 5 ancient Quan Ho villages on the north bank of Cau river, Bac Giang province converge living spaces, ways and style. long tradition of playing Quan they. Among 49 ancient Quan families recognized by UNESCO as “Intangible Cultural Heritage” representing humanity, there are 5 villages in Viet Yen district (Bac Giang), namely Huu Nghi, Gia Son, Noi Ninh villages. Mai Vu and Sen Ho.
According to researchers, the mandarin space on the north bank of Cau river is very large, preserving many unique values of Quan Ho cultural heritage with more than 200 ancient Quan Ho tunes and thousands of copies being kept in the nucleus. people. Viet Yen district alone has 130 artisans who can sing Quan Ho in accordance with the rules and singing styles of the old Quan cue, hundreds of old men and women aged 70 to 90 years old still sing and sing. pass on Quan they to the younger generation.
The brothers and sisters in the song inviting water, inviting betel to express the affection and respect of the owner to the guests before starting to sing Quan them
Canh Quan is an ancient family at the communal house of Tho Ha village, Viet Yen district (Bac Giang).
Tourists learn to sing Quan Ho – “Intangible cultural heritage” representative of
the human race of Beijing.
Visiting Tho Ha village, visitors can simultaneously visit two famous tourist destinations of the ancient Kinh Bac region, namely Bon Da pagoda and Ba Chua Kho temple. These locations are only 3 to 5 km apart.
Pho Da Pagoda
Pho Da pagoda was a large Buddhist center built in the Le dynasty (18th century), Bon Da pagoda is one of the typical historical relics of Bac Giang province. creating a solitary, serene and legendary look, surrounded by the mountain and mountain villages.
Visiting the pagoda, visitors can immerse themselves in the romantic and mysterious nature, can research and learn historical, architectural, artistic, and religious values through a system of documents, Buddha statues, sentences For, the great scriptures, Buddhist scriptures, the incense, worship … have historical and cultural value rare in other temples.
In particular, Bon Da Pagoda has an ancient tower garden, with nearly 100 towers. These stupas contain relics, ashes of more than 1,200 monks. The Tower Garden of Bon Da pagoda is considered to be the most beautiful and largest in Vietnam and is also the largest ancient tower garden among Vietnamese ancient monuments. Every year, the Bon Da festival held on February 16, 17, 18 of the lunar calendar attracts a lot of visitors from near and far.
Distinctive feature in Bon Da pagoda.
The Buddhist scriptures carved on the wood of the nearly 2,000 woodblocks engraved with ancient Buddhist scriptures are being kept at the Monuments of Bon Da Pagoda – Special National Monument. Over nearly three centuries, this woodblocks of Buddhist scriptures are still quite intact in both quantity and form.
The tower garden of Bon Da pagoda is considered to be the most beautiful and largest in Vietnam. Tower gardens are built according to the own and strict rules of meditation. With nearly 100 towers lined up, the class where the relics, ashes of the monks and nuns are stored.
Mo stream relic area
In the cultural and tourist journey of Bac Giang province, visitors can visit Mo Stream tourist area in Nghia Phuong commune, Luc Nam district, in a peaceful natural setting, next to winding roads along the stream. , the roofs are hidden in the canopy, the majestic mountains. If you do not like to leisurely on the trail, you can explore another path created by many cliffs. Visitors can stay at the small houses, drink with water, enjoy local specialties such as jackfruit, lychee, papaya … while watching the scenery from above, or admiring the temples , the temple is still in the mountains. The most prominent is the Mo stream temple, including Ha, Trung and Thuong temples, located along the stream, and the spiritual tourist spots associated with the legend of Thuong Ngan Thanh Mau (Princess Que My Nuong of the 16th Hung King dynasty).
Mo stream eco-tourism area, Nghia Phuong commune, Luc Nam district (Bac Giang).
A corner of Mo stream.
The scenery of Mo stream has different changes, bringing many interesting experiences for visitors, especially 5 waterfalls always pouring white water.
Thieu Luc Ngan specialty litchi, Luc Nam na dai
Among the famous products of Bac Giang province, it is impossible not to mention thieu specialty of Luc Ngan, or Luc Nam na dai. The harmony between land, soil, plants and human creativity has created a sweet and fragrant fruit in Bac Giang.
Tourists visit the specialized farming area of Luc Nam district.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the whole district of Luc Nam planted about 1,700 ha of na, the output of the whole district was estimated at 17,000 tons, the revenue was over 400 billion VND / year. Not only helps hunger eradication and poverty alleviation effectively, this specialized area is also a tourist attraction, to learn about an effective green economy model in Bac Giang province.
The pods in Luc Nam are waiting for harvest .
Along with the above heritages and monuments, Bac Giang also preserves many other great historical and cultural places such as: Special national relic of Yen The uprising, Kiep Bac temple, Khe Ro primeval forbidden forest. , Xuong Giang citadel relics, Vinh Nghiem pagoda woodblocks, large lakes with magnificent scenery, very convenient for developing tourism potentials such as Cam Son and Khuon Than lakes. Bac Giang is also a province with both the Kinh Bac land cultural festival and the spring festival of ethnic minorities.
In recent years, the Bac Giang Culture, Sports and Tourism sector has implemented many programs to introduce and promote attractive landscapes and monuments, known and voted by domestic and foreign tourists. In the future, Bac Giang province will expand and exploit new tourist routes such as thematic tourism (spirituality, history, ecology, craft village); waterway tourism on Thuong River, Cau River and Luc Nam River. At the same time, focus on developing infrastructure and transport system connecting tourist sites and destinations in the province to meet the increasing demand of tourists.
Tay Yen Tu eco-spiritual tourism project has completed phase 1.
Ha pagoda under Tay Yen Tu spiritual-ecological tourist area project has completed phase 1.
The cable car section of Tay Yen Tu spiritual-ecological tourist area project is being completed. With the existing potentials and strengths, along with the efforts of all levels and branches of Bac Giang province in promoting tourism development programs, history and culture, believe that this potential land will be the point. friendly and attractive to domestic and foreign tourists /.
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