Take photos at popular check-in points
Lung Cu has two places that cannot be ignored, the Lung Cu flagpole and the northernmost point of Vietnam
The northernmost point of Vietnam is the rocky outcrop on the bank of the Nho Que River, in the territory of Séo Lung village, Lung Cu commune. The northernmost point is 3.3 km from the Lung Cu flagpole.
Go to Lung Cu market
Every Friday there is a flea market near the flagpole area. This is the place to exchange goods of Lo Lo and Mong relatives. The market has many strange items, especially herbs, fabric stalls, colorful clothes. The clothing fabric is decorated with meticulous hand-embroidered motifs. The market sells many foods such as baked rice cakes, potato cakes, donuts, dumplings. These dishes are similar to the bottom but more supple. The price of each dish is from 2,000 VND to 10,000 VND.
Participate in festivals and weddings of the Lo Lo people
The Lo Lo people have many traditional festivals: ancestor worship, new rice celebration, forest god worship.
Ancestor worship is the most important and largest traditional ritual of the Black Lo people, held annually on the 25/7th day of the lunar calendar. On this day, people invite priests to perform ceremonies to remember ancestors. They wear the best national costumes, participate in sports competitions, exchange arts with dances and songs imbued with national identity. The people are very friendly. Visitors can participate in the festival, film and take photos without the owner being bothered.
Visit the wall house
The wall house of the Lo Lo people is a unique architecture in Lung Cu. The premises of the house use a lot of stones: yard stones, stones for fences, stones for furniture. The house is warm in winter, cool in summer. Currently, Lo Lo Chai village still has many homestays that still retain this architecture. Tourists can come here for a night, wake up early in the morning in a cool, quiet space, full of birdsong.
Enjoy Lung Cu specialties
Lung Cu has many unique dishes such as king beans, mèn mén, stone cakes. King beans are concentrated tofu juice cooked with vegetables. The finished product is a soup bowl with vegetables, beans are soft and sweet like crap. The dish is cool, fragrant and nutritious.
Mèn mén is a cornmeal dish prepared according to its own recipe, which is the daily rice of the Hmong people. Try eating mèn mén with broth to see the unique flavor. This dish also helps visitors see the hard work of local people living in dry conditions, growing only corn.
The third course is ice cake, made from glutinous dough, shaped into cakes and can be sliced. Cakes are used for frying, cooking soup, cooking hot pot. To enjoy these, you can go to eateries (advance notice required), buy street vendors or enter the flea market.
According to VnE