(CLO) As a long-standing fishing village on the Tam Giang lagoon (Hue), Ngu My Thanh has a rich life and culture, typical of the river region. In the past, talking about Tam Giang lagoon was talking about a dangerous area of big waves and strong winds, but now it is a destination for tourists who love to explore.
(CLO) As a long-standing fishing village on the Tam Giang lagoon (Hue), Ngu My Thanh has a rich life and culture, typical of the river region. In the past, talking about Tam Giang lagoon was talking about a dangerous area of big waves and strong winds, but now it is a destination for tourists who love to explore.
"I love you, I also want to enter/Afraid of the Ho Dynasty, afraid of destroying Tam Giang". The old song seems to partly express the wonderful remoteness and immense obstacles of Tam Giang lagoon, a wild lagoon with strong waves and winds in Hue.
But few people know that for many generations now, on the largest lagoon in Southeast Asia, all year round, only the vastness of sky and water can be seen, there are still fishing villages that have stubbornly lived from generation to generation, creating unique villages. The painting is rich in the culture and life of people who follow the river life. Among them is Ngu My Thanh fishing village (Quang Loi commune, Quang Dien district), a famous fishing village located not far from Hue capital, about 20km northeast.
Dawn dyed a dreamy purple color on the Tam Giang lagoon, where the fishing boats of the fishermen of Ngu My Thanh fishing village lay still as if still sleepy in the waves.
Ngu My Thanh is a famous fishing village on Tam Giang lagoon, Thua Thien Hue province. This village was originally My Thanh village, formed around the early 19th century. At first the village was inhabited by households on the shore, later a number of fishermen in the Phu Vang and Phu Loc areas a few miles away. Ten kilometers by boat to fish for a living, seeing that the lagoon was rich in shrimp and fish, it was favorable for business, so he stayed, and gradually lived together with the people on the shore into a sampan, called My Thanh Van.
Most of My Thanh's people make a living from river work, fishing and shrimping on Tam Giang lagoon. All activities and accommodation take place on the boat. They go fishing during the day and only return to shore at night to anchor the boat to rest. By 1990, in order to stabilize the lives of sampan residents and avoid precarious and dangerous living situations on the river, the Quang Loi commune government mobilized people to move ashore to build houses and officially named the village Ha Noi. “Ngu My Thanh”.
Although life is now better off, the river lifestyle of Ngu My Thanh residents still seems to be the same. Every evening, villagers board boats to go to the lagoon to catch fish and shrimp. Making a living lasts from night until about 4 a.m. when they go ashore to sell. For that reason, the rhythm of life in Ngu My Thanh fishing village is fun and bustling, especially in the early morning. The buying and selling scene takes place on the lagoon, on the wharf, and on the village streets from the time people's faces are not clearly visible until around 7:00 a.m., then gradually disappears and then disappears completely.
It is the uniqueness of making a living on the vast, majestic river area of Tam Giang Lagoon and the charming scenery here that makes many tourists come and want to experience...
Occasionally, somewhere on the lagoon, there are people who get up early in the morning to exchange and buy fish and shrimp that have just been caught all night.
A few people in Ngu My Thanh fishing village got up early and went to the wharf to wait for the fishing boat to return at night.
When the sky is clear, boats carrying fish and shrimp arrive to bring them ashore to sell to those who go to the market early.
A corner of Ngu My Thanh fishing village, a village famous for its river craft in the Tam Giang lagoon area of Hue.
Caught fish and shrimp are sold right on the village roads, so from early morning before anyone sees anyone until about 7 am, the small roads along the banks of Tam Giang lagoon of Ngu My Thanh village become a market for displaying goods. selling all kinds of products caught from the lagoon.
The products of Tam Giang lagoon are famous for brackish water fish and shrimp varieties. Although the output is not much, they are famous for their freshness such as brown fish, shrimp, crabs, shrimp...
Shrimp, also known as land shrimp, is a small brackish water shrimp with fragrant and firm meat, often used to prepare famous Hue specialties such as sour shrimp and tapioca cake.
A woman hurriedly carried the fish and shrimp she bought from the fishing villagers in time to bring them to the market to sell in the morning.
A basket of fresh fish just caught at night.
Goby and crab, two of the famous products of the brackish water area of Tam Giang lagoon.
A small fish basket containing many different types of fish.
Image of the men of Ngu My Thanh fishing village unloading the last of their nets to rest after a hard night of fishing.
The floating market area, where the fishermen of Ngu My Thanh fishing village gather every morning to trade fish and shrimp, is now also a community tourism destination that attracts many people to explore the life and culture of local people. People destroyed Tam Giang.
The small alleys in Ngu My Thanh fishing village are beautified with murals depicting Tam Giang river life.
Occasionally on those small alleys, people see images of small temples and crimson phantom branches representing the generations-old custom of worshiping the water god of the river-living residents of Ngu My Thanh fishing village.
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: 14/09/2023
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