Nestled at the foot of the majestic Dragon Mountain, Lo Lo Chai village is like a beautiful ink painting. This place is not only an ancient village but also an attractive tourist destination. Lo Lo Chai village (in Lung Cu commune, Dong Van district) is located close to the northernmost point of Vietnam, about 1.5 km from Lung Cu flagpole. Lo Lo Chai is a place that still retains many traditional cultural features with rammed earth houses from many generations of Lo Lo people.
Peaceful land away from the city
Lo Lo Chai village, a remote highland, is home to the Lo Lo and H'Mong people. Life here passes slowly and peacefully amidst the majestic mountains and forests. With rugged terrain, difficult roads, and a harsh climate, Lo Lo Chai village seems to be isolated, with the ethnic minorities living here living a self-sufficient life with farming.
Lo Lo Chai village is located only about 1km from Lung Cu flagpole and is likened to a fairyland because of its beautiful natural scenery.
According to the head of Lo Lo Chai village, there are more than 40 households running homestay businesses, with a capacity of up to more than 7,000 visitors. In 2023, the busiest time is the September 2 holiday, with about 600 visitors. On weekdays, there are an average of 100-200 guests staying.
If you have fallen in love with the beauty of this place, then why hesitate to travel to Ha Giang and explore this peaceful village right away!
Lo Lo Chai still retains many traditional cultural features with rammed earth houses from many generations of Lo Lo people, thanks to good planning, combined with systematic tourism. The rammed earth houses here have been renovated by households, adding closed toilets, convenient for tourists to eat, stay, and live, but do not affect the exterior and overall architecture.
Amidst the mountains and forests of the northernmost part of the country, Lo Lo Chai village, home to the majority of the Lo Lo people (one of the few ethnic groups in Vietnam), appears peaceful, poetic, and ancient with hundreds of years old houses, rammed earth houses, yin-yang tiled roofs, and stone fences.
Not possessing high-rise buildings or modern, bustling commercial centers, Lo Lo Chai Village preserves many community cultural values.
Stepping into Lo Lo Chai, visitors feel like they are lost in a beautiful ink painting. The green of the mountains and forests, the golden yellow of the terraced fields, the bright red of buckwheat flowers... All blend together to create a magnificent natural picture. Each season, Lo Lo Chai puts on a new coat. In spring, peach and plum blossoms bloom, dyeing the whole sky pink. In summer, golden yellow mustard flowers spread across the hillsides. In autumn, purple buckwheat flowers cover the terraced fields. In winter, white snow covers everything, creating a romantic scene.
This spring, come to Lo Lo Chai to see the brilliant pink color all over the land and sky.
The village "stepped out" from the film footage
In early 2022, Lo Lo Chai was recognized as a Cultural Tourism Village. Over the past two years, the government and people have worked together to make tourism more professional and systematic. The number of tourists coming to the village is increasing day by day.
Many tourists who come here compare Lo Lo Chai to the famous Van Mieu village (Yunnan province, China) in the movie "Going where the wind blows" with the participation of two main actors Liu Yifei and Li Xian. The movie is about the life of a rural area in China, where people live together, emotionally, build homestays, do tourism with many activities for tourists.
This village is likened to a fairy tale world because it possesses peaceful, beautiful houses like in the storybooks we often hear since childhood.
For those who are looking for a place to escape from the dusty city, this fairytale-like Lo Lo Chai Village will be the ideal destination.
The ancient rammed earth houses with shiny black earthen walls and yin-yang tiled roofs still retain their traditional beauty. The gates and fences are built with hand-laid stones, creating a feeling of solidity and intimacy. To serve tourists, the locals have cleverly renovated the interior space, built additional private restrooms, ensuring hygiene while still maintaining the exterior architecture. The harmonious combination of ancient features and modern conveniences has created a unique and attractive living space.
Despite the passage of time, the traditional cultural values of the Lo Lo people are still preserved intact. The Lo Lo people always respect and preserve the traditional cultural values of their people. They teach their children about history, customs, and fairy tales. The Lo Lo people are still proud of having a very prominent culture with its own mark.
Walking around Lo Lo Chai Village, you will have the opportunity to admire the typical rammed earth house architecture often found in the Ha Giang stone plateau.
Follow the narrow trails and you will reach the fairy tale village here.
Lo Lo Chai village is the only place that still fully and vividly preserves the material and spiritual life of the Lo Lo people in the Stone Plateau, from the architecture of rammed earth houses with tiled roofs or traditional crafts such as embroidery and carpentry...
They also hold traditional festivals such as forest god worshiping ceremony, new rice celebration, new house celebration and especially folk dances. In addition, visitors here are often curious about the pair of bronze drums - one male, one female - considered the only place and the only culture in the world that still uses ancient bronze drums in real life.
