Traveling to Ba Be Lake but forgetting to visit Ba Gao Island , perhaps your trip is not really complete. Standing out in the middle of the immense water, looking at the island of Widow reminds us of the story of Ba Be Lake that my mother used to tell me when I was a child. Follow the Ba Be Lake Tour to visit the small island to hear the story once again associated with childhood.
The Legend of Ba Be Lake and Ba Wido Island
Referring to Ba Be Lake, you will surely think of a fairy tale that you often heard when you were a child. At that time, a long time ago in Nam Mau commune, there was a festival to worship Buddha, people were eager to see it. In the midst of the crowd appeared an old beggar woman, ragged clothes, thin body sores, stinking. Wherever she went to beg for food, she was shunned by everyone.
Scenery of Ba Be lake at dusk
Unable to get anything from morning to afternoon, the old woman went to the village and met the widowed mother and daughter. Seeing the scene of the poor old woman begging, she had to bring it into the house and bring cold rice to eat. Touched by the hearts of the mother and daughter, the old woman gave a pack of ashes and sprinkled them around the house to avoid the coming flood. Seeing this, the mother immediately asked, “So how to save people from drowning?” Hearing that, she gave the rice husk and said, “This will help you do good deeds”, as soon as the words finished, the old lady beggar was nowhere to be seen.
The widowed mother and daughter immediately went to tell everyone what was going to happen, but no one believed. That very night, the rain poured down causing flooding everywhere, a bright dragon appeared in the sky revolving around Nam Mau commune. However, the small house at the end of the village of mother and daughter is still intact. Heartbroken by the flood, the mother and daughter dropped the rice husks into the water and immediately turned into two boats and rescued the victims.
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Widow Island in the middle of Ba Be Lake
Today, the old flood water is Ba Be Lake and the small house of a kind mother and daughter is Ba Widow Island playing in the middle of the immense water. Therefore, book a tour of Ba Be Lake from Hanoi, visit this famous tourist destination.
The beauty of the fairyland of Ba Wido Island
On the island of Widow, the trees are green all year round, the roots of the woolen tree reach out from the cliff, despite the storm, it still proudly beautifies the nature here more beautiful. From afar, you will see the image of a Tay girl rowing a canoe in the mist. The scene like stepping into a fairyland makes visitors excited.
Joining the Ba Be Lake tour, visitors will have the opportunity to kayak to explore nature to the fullest. Considered as the green pearl of Bac Kan, this place helps the soul become relaxed, forgetting all worries in life. Do not forget to save the poetic and dreamy image of Ba Ga Island when you have the opportunity to visit this place.
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Scenery of clear blue river in Ba Go island – Ba Be lake
Specialties of Ba Be Lake
After visiting Ba Wido Island, don’t forget to enjoy Bac Kan specialties at Ba Be Lake. Surely the taste of the mountains here will make you entangled and do not want to leave.
Wormwood cake
Bac Kan Worm Cake
Wormwood cake is a typical dish of the Tay people. Wormwood cake has its very own green color, the light aroma of wormwood is extremely attractive. The raw material of wormwood cake is upland glutinous rice milled into a fine powder. Therefore, the cake is easy to eat, flexible but cool. The wonderful blend of glutinous rice flour and wormwood leaves creates a unique flavor of Bac Kan mountains.
Ba Be grilled fish
Grilled fish and shrimp in Ba Be lake
Grilled fish is one of the favorite dishes of Ba Be Lake tourists . The fish is caught from the lake, so it is very fresh, the seasoning is seasoned well, the bamboo stick is clamped and grilled on charcoal. When the fish is cooked, it is very fragrant, crispy and very suitable for rice.
Humiliation
Khau Hum – specialty of Ba Be lake
In addition to grilled fish, Ba Be Lake is also famous for its humiliating specialty. This is a very special dish from the way it is prepared to the taste. First, the pork belly after carefully selected for boiling briefly and then turning. Then put the meat on the plate, for every piece of potato will arrange a piece of meat, the filling of the dish is also prepared quite elaborately.
When ready, put the meat in the stew about 5 hours. Visitors to Ba Be Lake tour in Bac Kan will certainly not be able to forget the taste of this specialty, the soft meat blends with the sweet taste of potatoes.
How to move to Ba Be Lake?
From Hanoi to Ba Be Lake about 234km. You can go to My Dinh bus station to take a bus to Don market, Bang Lung town. Then you can take a motorbike taxi to Ba Be Lake or rent a motorbike, the rental price is about 100,000 VND/day.
Bus to Cao Bang – Bac Kan
If you like to ride a motorbike, you can follow the following route: go from National Highway 3 Thai Nguyen along Yen Do Street about 120km and turn to ATK Dinh Hoa. Next, run through Chu market – Don market, Bang Lung town, about 80km. From Don market, go straight about 36km to Ba Be Lake
If you choose to take the Ba Be Lake tour 3 days 2 nights , you don’t need to worry about the way. Because the tour company will take you to your place according to the previous agreement. Especially the driver is familiar with the road, sure the steering wheel should be completely safe.
Ba Be Lake – famous place with many beautiful scenes, rich food. In particular, it is impossible not to mention the place of Ba Widow Island, a place associated with the fairy tales imprinted in our childhood. Traveling to Ba Be Lake to have the opportunity to admire the dreamy, magical scenery here and have the opportunity to listen to the story of the old days about two kind widows and children who helped the god Giao Long will be an extreme experience. thats interesting!
Source: Collected internet.