Sung La, where flowers bloom in rocks

After 300 km of long journey by car with a good night's sleep, early in the morning, the "war horses" are ready to hit the road, surpassing 100km of long distance to spread themselves with Ha Giang geopark. The weather will be pleasantly cold and the morning dew is still hanging around, embracing the mountain. The harvest season has just passed, only straws are left, faintly fragrant. Passing Yen Minh, the cars really go deep into the land of the rocky plateau. Mountains after mountains, seemingly endless roads, far away, then suddenly turn and green valleys appear like in beautiful pictures. From the middle of that uphill slope, Sung La captivated us, in the endless “wow”. From above, you can see the rows of strong china-fir reaching up to the sky. The fragrance of roses pervades the whole valley. The beaten-cob constructions stay dormant in  the sun, the low stone fences, the persimmon trees in the garden are already fruitful and firewood has been piled up in the corner of the kitchen, ready for the coming cold winter. In the attic, the color of dried corn mixes with the color of soybeans. The Hmong in Sung La grow buckwheat and mustard on high hills, maize and rice on flat land at the bottom of the valley intermingling in the green of the maize and rice, the lilac of the eggplant flowers and buckwheat flowers and the yellow of the sun, and the dark green of the china-fir.. The blue shirts and pink shirts stand out on gray rugger rocks. Their footsteps briskly across the highlands. In addition to maize, rugger rock is also used in the daily life of ethnic minorities. Rugger rock is used as a yard ground, fence, and wall. The fences surrounding the houses are not taller than a man, iridescent in the sunlight. Delicate buckwheats are planted after harvest season in September every year. In the past, the seeds of the flower were used to make cakes, now most of them are used as animal feed. Young buckwheat leaves are used as a green vegetable, and taste frugal when boiled. Only the flowers are not used for anything, but exciting many passersby. Buckwheat becomes the representative flower of autumn. When the slanting rays of sunlight are still spreading all over the valley and the weather is too cold, we come to Sung La, to sit by the stone fences and get drunk in the fairy scene. Sung La Market this Sunday morning welcomes curious visitors from far away. After "Pao's story", the name Sung La has been mentioned a lot every time someone has the intention to visit Ha Giang. The house used for filming received many guests. Everyone wants to stop by once, to see the flower fences with their own eyes and to hear the sound of the lip lute behind the illusory stone fence.     Article(s): Ngan Hang Photo: Internet