Innocent children at the gate of heaven
(Baonghean.vn) - Life is still full of hardships and difficulties, but the clear eyes and bright smiles of Mong children at the Muong Long Heaven Gate (Ky Son) have brought many loving emotions to tourists who have visited this valley of mist and flowers.
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Coming to Muong Long, visitors can glimpse white plum blossom gardens with trails running around children chattering on their way home from school. Photo: Trung Kien |
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Simple, rustic life flows smoothly under the Mong people's houses. Photo: Cao Dong |
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A spinning top "playground" right under the porch. Photo: Cao Dong |
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The boy was playing top-top enthusiastically. This is a familiar game of Mong children. Photo: Cao Dong |
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On the wet road with rain and early morning dew, a group of children were excited with the balloons that a volunteer group stopped by to give away. Photo: Trung Kien |
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Mong children learn to help their parents with housework from a very early age. This child comes home from school to prepare the fire. Photo: Trung Ha |
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A 5-year-old boy is helping his grandmother put corn into the mortar to grind. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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The children smiled and posed for photos with tourists. Photo: Trung Ha |
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The children grew up innocently and very healthy, despite the harsh cold of this land in winter. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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The image of mothers carrying their children on their backs to do everything, including going to the market to trade, is very familiar here. Photo: Trung Kien |
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Mong children grow up on their mothers' backs, following their footsteps as they climb steep slopes and live a difficult life halfway up the mountain. Photo: Trung Kien |