Go Thap Festival

Go Thap Festival is the largest and largest festival in Dong Thap, held twice a year in March and November of the lunar calendar. This is an annual festival to commemorate and honor the two national heroes who led insurgents against the French colonialists, Thien Ho Duong (Vo Duy Duong) and Doc Binh Kieu (Nguyen Tan Kieu). The festival also imbues the folk culture of the Southern people through rituals such as commemoration of Ba Chua Xu and the predecessors. Go Thap Festival is characterized by folklore and imprints of an open time, reflecting the earnest desires and aspirations of Dong Thap Muoi farmers. Visiting architectural monuments, praying, witnessing traditional cultural and cultural activities, this is an increasingly attractive place to attend the Go Thap Festival.

Commemoration ceremony of Deputy Director Nguyen Sinh Sac

Every year, on October 26 - 27 of the lunar calendar, Dong Thap people organize a solemn death anniversary of the death anniversary of Mr. Nguyen Sinh Sac. Since 2010, the 81st anniversary of Uncle Nam has been upgraded to a festival of traditional cultural, artistic, sports and culinary contests, attracting hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world to visit the temple. visit. The festival expresses the respect of the people of Dong Thap in particular and of the Mekong Delta region in general to the patriotic grape - who had the merit of making and nourishing our country the hero of the people Ho Chi Minh ethnic group.

Sa Dec flower festival

Sa Dec flower festival is held again with the purpose of honoring flower growers. The festival is held spectacularly and vibrantly with special music performances that attract a lot of people to attend. In the festival, traditional folk games such as roller skating, street magic, street food competitions, folk music festivals, flower arrangement and fruit display contests, and language competitions are often held. Son Ca singing, art photo exhibition ... and many special art programs, cultural and sport activities attract a large number of people. In addition, coming to Sa Dec Flower Festival, visitors can admire the immense fields of flowers in the New Year season, visit the craft villages, famous tourist spots, Sa Dec powder village ...

Phuong Nam Cultural Tourism Area

Located in Long Hung A commune, Lap Vo district, Dong Thap province, Phuong Nam Cultural Tourism Zone is a complex of cultural - spiritual works, worshiping historical figures on the southern land, worshiping ancestors. Deng and the ancestors of the other lineages have discovered a new land. Unique and high aesthetic value of the architecture are the construction items built in the style of ancient house architecture - new wood with the traditional style of Hue traditional house, bearing the imprint of the Nguyen court, with improve the way houses are built in the South. The project complex includes: Nam Phuong Linh Tu, Dang ethnic temple, Dang clan museum, Southern Land Museum surrounded by a long corridor of more than 675m, with 240 columns (representing 5 continents). In addition, the Resort also has 4 lakes for growing plants and aquatic species (symbolizing the 4 seas), There are 63 pots of yellow apricot (representing 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam) and 54 species of ornamental flowers and trees (symbolizing for 54 ethnic groups). Up to now, Nam Phuong Linh has achieved three Vietnamese records: the first temple to worship famous people in the process of opening, preserving and honoring the southern land; the temple has many of the largest statues of famous historical figures in the South; has the largest single wooden chrysanthemum drum in Vietnam. In addition to organizing to serve visitors, sightseeing, offering incense to commemorate the ancestors, the tourist area also has tourism activities to: re-create water rice production activities, link with neighboring gardeners to serve. tourist needs, organizing folk games, playing folk songs, Southern cuisine, relaxing and selling specialty products, souvenirs.

TRADITIONAL VILLAGES

Not only is the homeland of rice fields, gardens, rich villages ... Dong Thap is also home to many traditional craft villages. Currently, Dong Thap province has about 44 recognized handicraft villages. Many trade villages carry out the model associated with tourism development such as: mat weaving village in Dinh Yen, Dinh An, Lap Vo district; handicraft flower and flour making village in Sa Dec city; spring rolls making in Lai Vung district, Long Khanh weaving shawl village, Hong Ngu district ... The craft villages annually create jobs for thousands of laborers, contributing to the local economic development.

Weaving mat village - Dinh Yen mat market

Lap Vo district, Dong Thap province is not only known as the homeland of immense rice fields, rich gardens, but it is also the "cradle" of the traditional mat weaving industry everywhere. Dinh Yen mat weaving village was formed nearly 100 years ago, concentrated mainly in 2 communes of Dinh An and Dinh Yen. Through their skillful hands, every year, the households here produce millions of projection products with bright, smooth and durable patterns that are favored by the domestic and foreign markets. After making products, people sell them in Dinh Yen wholesale market. The unique feature of the mat market is that the market is held at night for about 2 hours, and the sellers go, stand, while the buyers sit. People who buy mats find a place to sit and a seller hugs or carries a mat on their shoulders to offer a discount. Here bustling young women up and down offering products of all kinds of colors and patterns. In addition, the market is also a gathering place for boats everywhere like Sa Dec, Vinh Long ... about selling pearls, strabismus, coloring for mat production, making the night market even more bustling.

A boat-making craft village in Long Hau commune, Lai Vung district

Having existed and developed for more than 100 years, in 2005, the craft village of Ba Dai - Long Hau boats (Lai Vung district) was recognized as a traditional trade village of the province. In April 2015, the craft village of Ba Dai's boats and boats was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage. The person who is considered to be a boat-making and boat-making ancestor, Mrs. Dai is Pham Van Thuong, a good carpenter. The product that made his reputation was a canoe so he was also known as Mr. Sau. When he started to build boats and boats in Ba Dai canal, the products were mainly sold locally and nearby villages. Over time, the next generation followed the previous generation, mastering the know-how and combining the creativity and learning experiences of other craft villages, the craft of canoe and boat in Ba Dai canal. The village is famous for its beautiful and durable boats. People in the region hear the voice to find and place boats and boats more and more, the products of trade villages are also increasingly diverse, from the cue boats, Ba Dai boats, Can Tho boats, dinghy boats, Phung Hiep - Cai gong boats. Can Duoc teeth, boats from Long An, to the embankment of Rach Soi (Kien Giang). During the flourishing period of the craft village, the products of Ba Dai canoes and boats were widely consumed in provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta.

Sa Dec powder making profession

Sa Dec city of Dong Thap province is one of the major food hubs of the Mekong Delta region and is a locality famous for a rice flour making village that is over 100 years old. Despite experiencing many ups and downs, but with many favorable natural factors, over the past century, people here have created rice flour products with their own values, which are hard to match and contribute. part of preserving and promoting one of the region's most famous traditional villages. The profession of making flour in Sa Dec is most concentrated in Tan Phu Dong commune, later spread to Ward 2, Ward 3, Tan Quy Dong, Tan Khanh Dong, An Hoa, Tan Quy Tay ... Initially, with manual work Simply, many establishments do not have to hire workers but with the labor of family members. Rice, Glutinous rice is the main material purchased from mud-dipped farmers in the village or nearby places. Water source for making available flour is plentiful in Tien and Sa Dec rivers with fresh water all year round, not contaminated with acidity and acidity ... this factor has made Sa Dec powder village white, smooth and unrivaled. keep. Rice flour products here are divided into 2 categories: fresh and wet flour, directly supplied to factories, food processing facilities; Dry powder is used for storage and gradual processing. From rice flour, people can process dozens of very attractive and indispensable food items in daily life such as pho, noodles, noodles, cakes, instant products. smooth without any place. Rice flour products here are divided into 2 categories: fresh and wet flour, directly supplied to factories, food processing facilities; Dry powder is used for storage and gradual processing. From rice flour, people can process dozens of very attractive and indispensable food items in daily life such as pho, noodles, noodles, cakes, instant products. smooth without any place. Rice flour products here are divided into 2 categories: fresh and wet flour, directly supplied to factories, food processing facilities; Dry powder is used for storage and gradual processing. From rice flour, people can process dozens of very attractive and indispensable food items in daily life such as pho, noodles, noodles, cakes, instant products.

Sa Dec ornamental flower village

When talking about ornamental flowers, it is necessary to mention Tan Qui Dong flower village and artisans, Sa Dec city, Dong Thap province. The flower village here has been formed and developed for a long time, the flower-growing profession in Sa Dec is famous throughout the country, visitors coming here any month of the year feel like getting lost in the world of thousands of flowers. Filled in the charming aroma of dahlia, hydrangea, persimmon, orchids, French marigold, chrysanthemum, complacency pink ... scent and show off. In addition, this place is also the land of many rare and precious ornamental plants with a life expectancy of hundreds of years. Each posture and standing posture are imbued with Vietnamese culture and Eastern philosophy. There are very simple trees, close to the Vietnamese people such as star fruit, fig, si, yellow apricot, apricot blossom, perennial… through skillful hands and talents of artisans have become trees. ornamental, beautiful shape, every tree, every look,

Sa Dec shrimp cake making profession

Sa Giang shrimp chips are famous for a long time. These are round, golden-yellow round moon cake like the full moon in the Vietnamese countryside, with a strong aromatic, pungent and spicy flavor, which has contributed to enriching the culinary culture of the nation. Vietnam. Perhaps so that all over the country, on the tables, festivals, New Year, etc. the shrimp cake is always placed in the center position like a chrysanthemum next to other ethnic dishes .

Weaving handicraft village in Lai Vung district and Lap Vo district

Knitting industry was formed and developed in many places in Dong Thap province, but most in the southern districts of Song Tien such as Lai Vung, Lap Vo ... The craft was easy to learn, easy to do and needs. Serving social life is very diverse, the price is cheap and very suitable with rural income, so it has attracted a large number of rural workers to participate in production.

Lai Vung spring rolls making village

Nem making village in Lai Vung was formed and developed over 60 years, a long-standing traditional trade village in Dong Thap. Special rolls Lai Vung famous throughout the Southwest region, spring rolls are sweet, sour to eat very delicious and moderate. In addition, spring rolls are also processed into baked rolls served with noodles and herbs. If tourists come to Dong Thap, Lai Vung nem is the best choice to make gifts for relatives and family after the trip.

Weaving  village in Long Khanh A commune, Hong district

Lang Ta weaving village, Long Ta hamlet, Long Khanh A commune (Hong Ngu district, Dong Thap) was born in the early years of the 20th century. According to the elderly people, people used to grow mulberry silk to grow Cam cloth. Tu (Lanh My A fabric). At that time, people here only used crafts to perform the stages of sewing, sewing, spinning, weaving ... productivity and efficiency were not high. Therefore, some people spend some time learning about weaving scarves from An Giang province then bringing the designs and weaving methods to Long Khanh A commune to pass on to the descendants. Seeing that weaving techniques are easier to implement and the product consumes faster than Cam Tu cloth, the villagers from Cam Tu weaving village have changed to weaving career. To complete a shawl, it has to go through many stages such as: turning, cooking, coloring, drying, spinning, spinning, loom, weaving, Product packaging is quite meticulous. The main market for weaving nowadays is to export to Cambodia through un-quota and rural areas in the Mekong Delta to serve agricultural production.

 TRADITIONAL FOOD

Referring to Dong Thap, everyone must think of the great rice bowl of the country, the "pink lotus land" with immense lotus fields that few people know that Dong Thap is also a "Western culinary space" with dishes. Wild food is extremely unique and attractive.

The culinary essence from "Sen"

Dong Thap Muoi is a lowland area but it is suitable for plants that live in mud and rise from the water surface. On their desolate path, Dong Thap people are blessed with a lotus tree by their friends and they know how to take advantage of it from beauty to medicine and culinary use. The delicious dishes in this land are made from lotus: lotus seed rice, lotus root salad, grilled snakehead fish with young lotus, lotus stew chicken, lotus leaf tea, lotus heart tea, dried lotus seed, lotus wine, lotus tea, boiled lotus, roasted lotus with chili salt, ...