Arriving in U Phu Tho village, the picture of the countryside in the midland mountains gradually appeared by the poetic natural scenery with the idyllic and wild beauty.
Although not as famous as many other attractions in Phu Tho. However, anyone who has ever set foot in U Tan Son village has been conquered by its peaceful beauty, wild scenery, friendly and lovely people. The scenery of U village is like a clear picture, still retaining the rows of ancient trees, the road to the village is pristine with a cool green lake.
Quietly integrating with nature and the scenery here, all sorrows and fatigue are quickly dispelled. Just like that, Ú Phu Tho village enters the traveler’s mind as gently and peacefully as it is: from the customs and lifestyle of the Muong ethnic people to Tan Son specialties, it is enough to make you must fall in love.
Wooden dam to block Bua river
Where is U village in Phu Tho?
About 130km from Hanoi capital, U Phu Tho village is one of the most remote villages of Thu Cuc commune. This is a village in the highland district of Tan Son – Phu Tho, located at the junction between Highway 32 to Yen Bai and Highway 32B to Lang Son. Therefore, this is also a familiar stop for many backpackers as well as tour groups when making tours to visit the Northwest.
And most of those who have set foot in Thu Cuc commune just stay for a while and then continue their journey to the Northwest. Therefore, tourists rarely realize the peaceful, clear and poetic beauty of a beautiful U village lying quietly in this mountainous region.
The U version is beautiful and peaceful
The best time to visit Phu Tho village
U village is located in the mountainous district of Tan Son – Phu Tho. Therefore, this place also possesses the typical cultural and traditional beauty of the Muong ethnic people. Besides, the cuisine of this place is also extremely special.
So going at any time of the year, you will also feel the peace, the wild, the unique hidden beauty of U Phu Tho village . However, because it belongs to the mountainous district, the road here is also quite dangerous. Therefore, in order for the journey to be uninterrupted when visiting the U village, please find out and see the weather forecast before coming here. It is recommended to go on sunny days, cool weather to feel the idyllic and pristine beauty of the Muong village while still keeping the simple palm-roofed house.
Visiting Tan Son U Village
The pristine beauty of U Phu Tho village makes visitors feel at ease
The entrance to the U village
Arriving in Ú Phu Tho village, it is easy to see that the entrance to the village is a dirt road with the style of the old Northern village road. Unspoiled landscape, familiar with the appearance of roofs made from palm trees. Interwoven with that is a green color of rice fields spread evenly across the Bua river.
And it is impossible not to mention the rows of old trees that shade the people here on the green grass. The image of the U village appears peaceful and quiet when there are buffaloes leisurely grazing on young grass. Walking in the sky of the U village makes you think you are going back to your childhood memories of 20, 30 years ago.
The road to the village is peaceful and quiet
The peaceful Bua river
Most of the people in U village are Muong ethnic people living here. And the main occupation to feed them is wet rice farming. Therefore, irrigation for agricultural cultivation is focused by people here. And since the 1960s, the people of the U village together blocked the Bua river for the purpose of serving agricultural cultivation.
Bua river also contributed to beautify the U village more calm and clear. The river water is very cool and calm. The river water is murmuring, just like waterfalls falling from above from afar.
And to cross the Bua River, the Muong people used the trees to assemble them into rafts. Therefore, you will not be too surprised when you see Muong girls and boys cutting down trees in the forest. Then they bunched up in a patch to drop on the living. This is the means to help them cross the Bua River.
The river Bua is calm and clear
Dam U
About U Phu Tho village , you will see a wooden pedal blocking the Bua river with a unique design of 1 – 0 – 2. This dam is made from acacia wood, palm leaves, bamboo and soil. . The dam here is made quite primitive with the first layer being the wooden layer built across the river. The next layer will be lined up by another stack of wood. Just keep repeating and forming the U dam up to 5m high.
After that, the people in the village will knit more bamboo bamboo to cover this dam. Then, the layers of palm leaves will be covered and overlapped with the bamboo fronds. Finally, add a layer of soil to cover the palm leaves. It is the manual, sophisticated and meticulous way of making the dam that makes the U dam a rare beauty, far from the dams you have ever seen.
The best thing is that when blocking the Bua River, the smooth white water strips through the wooden dam create extremely beautiful white water carpets. It felt like I was standing at some waterfall watching the water pour from the top into the lake.
Wooden dam to block Bua river
Clear blue lake
Going upstream of the U dam, you will see a blue lake – this is the result of blocking the river and taking water of the Muong ethnic people. The Bua River flows near the U dam with its winding shape and the appearance of many large and small rocks that look like the foot of a waterfall. The two sides of the river are surrounded by primitive old groves with rich vegetation, creating a poetic, majestic and heart-stopping scene.
On hot, sweltering summer days to cleanse the soul and find coolness, the ideal rendezvous of the Muong in the U village is the U dam, a cool blue lake. Here, you will feel more clearly the hanging beauty of the village and relax by the Bua river.
Upstream of U dam is a clear blue lake
Although not as many beautiful scenes as many other places. However, U Phu Tho village is still emblazoned with the glitter, idyllic of rivers, lakes, or abundant and primeval vegetation. And if you have come to Tan Son , do not miss this simple and rustic village. Surely, you will find some childhood memories when you visit the beautiful small village with the idyllic scenery that nature gives here!
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