Lung Khau Nhin market in Muong Khuong district, held every Thursday morning, is one of the famous markets of the whole Northwest region. Buyers and sellers here are the H’Mong, Nung, Man, Kinh … and the main trading items are agricultural products such as corn, rice, soybeans, peanuts, vegetables, and fruits. … and brocade.
Right from the top of the slope when it is still a distance from the market, that bright color has appeared, and is even more prominent among the barren mountains and gloomy sky. Around the main road running through the market, people sell vegetables, tubers, pots and pans, personal items. From the main road to the market is a place to sell dresses, brocade, wool, blankets… Like other highland markets, Lung Khau Nhin is filled with the brilliant colors of dresses, blankets, and cabbage. green, yellow tangerine.
Colorful floral fabrics, brocade dresses full of motifs spread neatly on hanging strings. Next to it, two rows of shops selling thang co, tea, food.. are spread by green tarpaulins, emitting smoke and huddled with men in black clothes sitting and drinking. Parallel to these two rows of shops is a house built about 50m2, above which is engraved the words “Only LONG KHU NHIN”, inside also selling clothes, but bold clothes like we often wear now. At the end of this building is the brocade stall.
From early in the morning, groups of people with colorful costumes, on their shoulders are bags, carrying goods from the streets to the market. In the crowd of people going to the market, it is not difficult to recognize each group of tourists passionately taking pictures and filming scenes of ethnic people here buying, selling and exchanging agricultural products. Some tourists also choose for themselves one or two local dishes, such as donuts, rice paper rolls, five-color sticky rice… to feel the cuisine.
Coming to Lung Khau Nhin market, you will see many close, familiar and necessary items and objects in each family for sale such as: insecticide sprayer, hoe, basket, broom, bowl, plate, kettle. , cups … Then bustling scenes of exchange, purchase, visit … all make up the unique tourist attraction of Lung Khau Nhin fair.
Source: Collected internet.