Tet comes to Tan Hoa Tourist Village to enjoy Poi rice and sour fish

VOV.VN - By the end of 2023, the Weather Adaptive Tourism Village model in Tan Hoa (Quang Binh) along with many other villages around the world, was added by the World Tourism Organization - UNWTO (now UN Tourism). network The best tourist villages. Among the over 100 best tourist villages assessed by UN Tourism, Vietnam has 2 units: Tan Hoa (Quang Binh) and Thai Hai (Thai Nguyen).

VOV.VN - By the end of 2023, the Weather Adaptive Tourism Village model in Tan Hoa (Quang Binh) has been added to the World Tourism Organization - UNWTO (now UN Tourism) along with many other villages around the world. network of Best Tourist Villages. Among the over 100 best tourist villages assessed by UN Tourism, Vietnam has 2 units: Tan Hoa (Quang Binh) and Thai Hai (Thai Nguyen).

At the end of December, when the weather just warmed up, the whole village of Tan Hoa (Quang Binh) was busy celebrating Tet. The busiest are families running homestay businesses, preparing to welcome tourists. After 3 months of winter break, cleaning up after the flood, every house cleaned, replanted flower beds, trimmed fences, warmly welcomed guests back to Tan Hoa.

Mr. Truong Xuan Duong (person on the right) in village 1 - Yen Tho, Tan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province said that since working in tourism, his income has improved.

Mr. Truong Xuan Duong (in village 1 - Yen Tho, Tan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province) said that since starting the homestay business, his family has an additional income of 7 to 10 million VND each month. “This year, celebrating Tet is more fun than ever. From December 20, renovate the house, plant flowers right to the homestay door. Their guests travel throughout Tet, so I'm also ready to celebrate Tet with them."

Tan Hoa village is located between limestone mountains, with many cave systems that have existed for millions of years. Limestone mountains in Tan Hoa with many caves such as: Mouse Cave, Bat Cave, Tung Cave, Tu Lan Cave... create strengths in eco-tourism and cave tourism. In the past, this place had immense forests and mountains with many types of precious wood and countless precious medicinal herbs. Now, the forest has shrunk a lot, but there are also forests that are preserved by the villagers, so Tan Hoa still retains its wild beauty, attracting tourists.

Tan Hoa villagers prepare to celebrate Tet

The most prominent is the Con Lim forest, meticulously cared for by Mr. Truong Quoc Do's family in village 5 - Yen Tho. Mr. Do said that he lost his parents at a young age, grew up thanks to the forest, and the forest raised him as a person. Previously, he also destroyed forests according to the cooperative's orders, harvested wood to share and build houses. In 1993, when the State had a policy of allocating land and forests to people for protection, Mr. Do received nearly 20 hectares to care for and protect. From then on, Mr. Do considered the ironwood forest as his close friend. For decades now, through his caring hands, the ironwood forest has become increasingly greener. Now, in the Con Lim forest, many ironwood trees have become rare and ancient trees over a hundred years old.

Mr. Truong Quoc Do confided that even though he is poor, he is still determined to preserve and take care of the ironwood forest as a "treasure": "I protect the forest so that it can be handed over to the national park later, protecting it to conserve it. If you don't protect it later, it won't be there anymore. Protecting the ironwood forest is often dangerous, and illegal loggers often fight with me."

Not only Mr. Do, many Tan Hoa people used to destroy the forest, but now they have become strict forest protectors. Nowadays, when entering Tu Lan - Tan Hoa forest, there are no longer scenes of people illegally logging wood like in previous years. Men who in the past lived by hunting, fishing, sawing wood or destroying forests... have now become people who carefully preserve every treetop and pick up every bag of trash scattered in the forest.

Mr. Truong Quoc Do, the keeper of the ancient ironwood forest of Con Lim, gave an interview to VOV reporters

Tan Hoa has many caves, so when it floods, water drains slowly, causing many difficulties in production and people's lives. However, the people of Tan Hoa did not leave their hometown but found a way to live with the floods. After the historic floods of 2010 and 2011, people in Tan Hoa commune came up with the idea of ​​making inflatable rafts to "live with the floods". This pontoon raft is made from about 20 to 30 empty drums, linked together to form a raft. When the water rises, this raft floats with the water. Gradually, people converted floating rafts into floating houses with roofs and walls to protect them from rain and sun. This floating house is held in place by 4 poles positioned at the 4 corners of the house and the whole family living in the floating house lives normally during the rainy season. To date, Tan Hoa commune has nearly 620 floating houses, ensuring 100% of households can safely adapt and live with floods. Nearly 620 of these floating houses were 100% funded by organizations and individuals to help people build.

As people live together safely in floating houses, Tan Hoa pays attention to developing a tourist village model that adapts to the weather, providing diverse experiences for tourism from homestays, to experiencing farming work. , dining at local houses, souvenir stalls and other services for tourists. Tan Hoa is also well invested in promotion work through the media introducing Tu Lan and Tan Hoa. Some films have had many scenes filmed in Tan Hoa such as “Kong: Skull Island”, “Immortals”, “The Legend of Quan Tien”,...

People celebrate Tet with the expectation that more tourists will come to Tan Hoa for spring vacation

Through the vivid reality in Tan Hoa, the Vietnam National Tourism Administration has proposed that Tan Hoa participate in the "Best Tourism Villages" award (roughly translated: Best tourist village) of the World Tourism Organization - UNWTO ( now UN Tourism). At the end of 2023, the Weather Adaptive Tourism Village model in Tan Hoa, Quang Binh province was along with many other villages around the world added by UNWTO to the network of Best Tourism Villages.

The first Tet with the brand "Best Tourist Village", the whole Tan Hoa village celebrates Tet with the expectation that more tourists will come here for spring vacations. Mr. Truong Son Bai (in village 2 - Yen Tho, Tan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province) said that people in Tan Hoa village also carefully prepare Tet meals to entertain guests: "The house must be swept." Cleaning and repairing the house requires cleaning. Any house that has the conditions, ornamental plants, people, flowers, etc., will do it all. As for the ancestor altar, last year they went to Tet, this year if they go to Tet. No matter how we celebrate Tet, we let our guests enjoy it. In addition, there are cakes, jams, and everything else if there are guests. In general, we are attentive to guests who come happy and excited."

Tan Hoa commune has about 3,300 people, all belonging to the Nguon community. The Nguon people often eat Poi rice, snails, eggplants... Poi rice is a daily dish of the Nguon people, the main ingredients are corn, cassava, and beans. To cook Po rice, first, people soak corn in boiling water for a few hours, then take it out, drain it, put it in a mortar, and gradually get flour. Then soak it in water, knead it thoroughly, beat it and put it in the pot. The next step is to wrap banana leaves around the mouth, sprinkle with cornstarch and then put on the stove to heat and steam into "Poi rice". This Tet, the women of Tan Hoa village prepare better Tet offerings.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu is proud to say that the indispensable dish of Nguon Tan Hoa people is Po rice: "Foreign guests and Vietnamese guests are very fond of Po rice, sour fish, and banana flowers. These are Tan Hoa's specialties. Tet also has banh chung, spring rolls with wood ear mushrooms, dishes cooked with ants and rice noodles or wild vegetables."

Homestay owners prepare rooms to welcome guests during Tet

Coming to Tan Hoa this spring, visitors will be captivated by unique folk songs such as fish medicine jars, dan dum, lullabies, etc. Tan Hoa's work is recognized from a reputable tourism organization. The world's reputation has created the driving force to help Tan Hoa rise, gradually becoming a key tourism center in the Northwest region of Quang Binh province.

Mr. Ho An Phong, Vice Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People's Committee, said that Tan Hoa will soon become a bright spot for tourism in the Northwest region of Quang Binh province in the near future and will be a lever and driving force to develop public tourism. fields in neighboring localities: “This village has many charms and will not disappoint visitors, many very good natural values. However, a village also needs to develop to create services, keeping its Vietnamese village character, but also having essential services from the Internet to environmental sanitation and other services.”

This Tet, if you come to Tan Hoa village, Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province, you will see built houses with solid tile roofs mixed with spacious 2-storey houses replacing traditional wooden houses. The schools are built high-rise, more spacious and spacious. Roads and schools are more spacious; People's lives will be more prosperous and the Nguon children of Tan Hoa village will have a brighter future.

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Update day : 17/02/2024