Attractive destinations in Quy Chau

(Baonghean) - Quy Chau is a mountainous district with many caves, hills, scenic relics, historical sites, and valuable forest products... Coming to Quy Chau, visitors will experience a cultural space imbued with the identity of the Thai ethnic group in the Western region of Nghe An...

Bua Cave (Quy Chau). Photo: Sy Minh

-Caveis a famous historical site with a long history, closely associated with the formation of the Muong village of the Thai Muong Chieng Ngam people. This place still preserves the unique cultural values ​​of the Thai people. The annual Hang Bua Festival is held on a grand scale and has many new features. Through the festival, it aims to preserve cultural and humanistic values, folk songs, folk music and dances, and traditional folk games. At the same time, modern sports have created a unique Hang Bua Festival. In recent years, the Hang Bua Festival has continued to have many improvements and many new features in the organization, creating conditions for people to participate and create culture, meeting the needs of enjoying the spiritual life of people and tourists from near and far.

Exhibition area of ​​traditional musical instruments of ethnic groups at the Museum of Ethnic Cultures of Quy Chau district. Photo: Thanh Duy

- Museum of Ethnic Cultures of Quy Chau Districtis one of the heritages, cultural art works of Quy Chau district in particular and ethnic minorities in the Northwest of Nghe An in general. Here, 493 artifacts are preserved with strong cultural identity as well as the formation and development process of ethnic minorities. Currently, the Museum has been upgraded, renovated, becoming an attractive tourist destination attracting thousands of domestic and foreign visitors to visit and do scientific research, and educating traditions for generations.

- Tham Om Cave in Chau Thuan commune,Quy Chau district is the most important archaeological site in Vietnam, the first place where fossilized teeth of apes were discovered, along with labor tools. Currently, Tham Om is a very beautiful landscape, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists to visit and do scientific research every year. The cave is high, airy and spacious. The deeper you go, the wider the cave becomes, divided into many niches and branches, creating an attractive maze. The ceiling of the cave is countless stalactites, surrounded by layers of red and yellow sediments, creating a majestic and magical beauty. Going deeper, there are many underground and open streams flowing through, creating smooth, flat sand dunes. Tham Om is not cold but warm with human breath, many young men and women in the area have used this place as a place to date, make love, vow to marry, and build a hundred-year happiness.

Weaving brocade in Hoa Tien village, Chau Tien commune (Quy Chau). Photo: Dang Cuong

-Hoa Tien ancient Thai village is located in Chau Tien commune,is considered the cradle of brocade weaving and embroidery of the Thai people in Quy Chau district. To have a brocade product with guaranteed quality and beautiful designs, it must go through many different stages. All stages are done by hand, requiring meticulousness and dexterity of women. Brocade weaving products of Hoa Tien people are very diverse, from brocade panels, clothes, bed sheets, tablecloths to briefcases, wallets, ties, scarves, head scarves with delicate and unique cultural features. In particular, Hoa Tien brocade products are dyed with materials from forest trees, so they have natural colors, unlike any brocade products of other regions. Therefore, Hoa Tien brocade is very popular with tourists, especially international tourists.

Chau Tien water wheel, Quy Chau. Photo: Tran To

- The Tomb, Apple Tree and Memorial Stele of General Lang Van Thietbelonging to Chau Hoi and Chau Nga communes: This is a cluster of historical relics of our nation's resistance against foreign invaders that has been ranked as a historical relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). This cluster of relics has been invested in and renovated in recent years, such as expanding the tomb of General Lang Van Thiet in Chau Nga commune. This is an attractive tourist destination as well as traditional education for all classes of people, especially the younger generations.

Thanh Thuy - Thu Huong