Located at the foot of Hoang Lien Son mountain range , amidst clouds of wind and mountains, Cat Cat is an ideal ecotourism destination for visitors who want to learn and explore the cultural life of people in the Northwest.
Cat Cat village (San Sa Ho commune, Sa Pa district , Lao Cai province) is a Mong ethnic village located 2 km from the center of Sa Pa town (Lao Cai province). Cat Cat village was formed in the 19th century in the middle of a mountain valley.
In the early 20th century, the French discovered and selected the village as a resting place for officials, and built a hydroelectric plant here. Here there is a beautiful waterfall which in French means CatScat. Therefore, the village also named Cat Cat (read deviate from CatScat).
At the beginning of Cat Cat village, following the stone steps leading down to the valley, the peaceful village scenery appeared with the roofs dotted on terraced fields, dotted with bushes, bamboo, lush greenery .. Occasionally came across rice mortars that did not use human strength – the spring water was full of the trough at one end, the other end turned up high, when the water overflowed, the other end dropped again, pounded it into the mortar. pure white rice grains.
The highlight of Cat Cat village is that coming here in any month of the year, visitors are also immersed in the immense flower fields, spread out like immortal flowers, sunflowers, roses, flowers. Butterfly wings … mixed with the green color of terraces, creating a romantic and romantic picture.
Cat Cat village is not only attractive to tourists by its unspoiled natural landscape, but also by the unique and diverse traditional cultural features of the Hmong here. Tourists will really enjoy when they are immersed in the gentle dance of beautiful Mong girls, khèn, passionate lips of lips, or exchange dance with Mong girls and boys.
In addition to rice cultivation, the Mong people in Cat Cat also develop traditional crafts such as growing linen, weaving, knitting household tools, silver carving and forging agricultural tools. Coming to Cat Cat village, visitors will visit the exhibition area and sell traditional handicraft products of the Mong ethnic people.
Unique and sophisticated products created by skillful hands of people here not only bring life to the village but also show the typical culture of the Mong people that have been preserved and preserved through many times. generation.
In the middle of Muong Hoa valley, Cat Cat village is like a gentle upland girl, shy but has a mysterious, wild look that makes everyone want to explore. With the unique features of a northwest highland village, Cat Cat has long been an impressive tourist destination, not to be missed by domestic and foreign tourists when coming to Sapa .
Thanks to the development of community based tourism activities, the life of local ethnic people has been significantly improved, giving Cat Cat a new look but without losing its traditional beauty from generations to now.
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