For many generations, the fair market has become a typical image representing the life and beauty in the culture of the people in the highlands of the Northwest. The fair market is not always available like the downstream market, such as Can Co market meets fixed on Saturday, Bac Ha market meets on Sunday, or Sin Chéng market only meets every Wednesday. Perhaps that is why people are even more eager, looking forward to the day when they are invited to go to the market. Those who have once had the opportunity to go to the highland market, must also be engrossed in walking in the flow of people who do not want to leave soon.
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On the rocky plateau, besides the usual markets, you also have the opportunity to discover the unique and novel experiences of the back market, which is a "specialty" that only Ha Giang has.
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The backward market is not a proper name, it is a way used by people downstream to Ha Giang to call the markets meeting one day later than the previous market. The market only meets once every 6 days, but because there are 7 days in the week, the next market meeting is postponed by one day. For example, if the market is held this Sunday, the next week will be held on Saturday. As for the H'Mong and Chinese people, the market calendar is calculated according to the 12 zodiac signs, they will meet on conflicting days such as the day of the Rat - Horse, Thin - Tuan, Gradually - Than, Thi - Pig.
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Ha Giang has all 4 backward markets like that. That is Pho Bang market meeting on Rat Day - Horse Day; Pho Fox market meets on the day of the Tiger - the day of the Tiger; Lung Phin market meets on the day of the Pig and Sa Phin market meets on the day of the Tiger - the day of the Pig.
Backward markets usually start meeting from around 4-5 am. People from high mountain villages excitedly go to the market. From the dim morning, I saw the shadows of people and horses leading each other. Everyone wears the most brilliant dresses, wears an extra pillow on their back to buy this and that. The children who went to the market were also happy to talk and laugh with their eyes.
In the market, people mainly sell home-grown items such as pigs, black chickens, cat's cabbage, a bunch of medicinal leaves or spices such as peppers, peppers, cardamom, macadamia nuts, and even sickles and knives,... The largest and most prominent are still the clothes and fabrics woven by the mothers themselves.
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The beauty of highland people is to go to the market to meet friends, to drink, to chat. Going to the market without eating or drinking is a big omission. The dishes don't need to be expensive, simply a bowl of hot rice, a plate of boiled meat dipped in salt and pepper or a bowl of pork intestines poured in boiling water is enough to sit until noon.
Tourists going to the fair are almost all fascinated by cups of corn wine, men men or some dishes such as horse beats, buckwheat cakes, and amaranth tea.
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The market was almost noon and began to close. The sacks were now full of belongings, the horse galloped away, followed by a drunken husband and a quiet wife. The market is simple and simple like the life of the highland ethnic people in the first place of this country.
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