Van Ban district currently has 3 intangible cultural heritages that have been included in the list of national intangible cultural heritages, including: Tay ethnic descending festival; ceremony to pray to the village of "Áy lay" of the Dao people; Throughout the Nôm the Tay ethnic group. Along with the Tày people's tug of ritual and folk games, recently the Then Tay ritual has also been recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage representing humanity. Both of these two heritages exist in the life of the Tay Van Ban people.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued a decision to recognize 23 national intangible cultural heritages in 2020, of which Lao Cai province has 6 more national intangible cultural heritages.
In "The Literature Tieu Luc" by Le Quy Don wrote: "... in the Ngoc Uyen area (ie Trung Do, Bao Nhai and the surrounding area now), Vu Van Mat built the citadel and built up a rampart against the Mac Dynasty for 20 years ..."; After that, General Hoang Van Thung continued his career. Also in this area, people discovered a bronze cannon in the space of Trung Do ancient fortress that remains to this day.
14 teams of ethnic groups of Xa Pho and Bo Y ethnic groups were established in 14 villages of 12 communes in 7 districts, towns and cities with prosperous and progressive activities. The artistic teams organize exercises, perform methodical and special and diverse repertoire, contribute to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of the nation. That is the initial result of the project "Support for the preservation of ethnic cultures" under the Project 2086 of the Government implemented in the province by the Provincial Committee for Ethnic Minorities in coordination with Lao Cai College.
Wedding day is the big day for Red Dao girls. They often sew their own traditional wedding outfits with the help of their cousins. Red Dao girl's wedding dress is very sophisticated, hand-sewn, so it takes a lot of money and time.
In the cultural treasure of the Tay people in Lao Cai, there are 6 heritages recognized as the national intangible cultural heritage: Then Tay, Khap Nom, tug of war, Ta Chai xoe dancing, the field-going festival and the spiritual abstinence direction ceremony. In particular, the spiritual abstinence direction is a unique ceremony, bearing the identity of the Tay ethnic group, recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2019.
From 1 to 3/7 (ie on 13 -15/5 lunar calendar), according to traditional customs, black Ha Nhi people in some upland communes of Bat Xat such as Y Ty, Nam Pung, Trinh Tuong, A Lu bustling organization of Khô Già Già Festival to pray for good crops, healthy villagers, prosperous life.
Following Nhù stream, passing through rice fields will be reaching Liem Phu commune (Van Ban district), a rural area still retains many pristine activities of the Tay people. Coming here, visitors are not difficult to see the image of the women and sisters in traditional indigo dresses and sing the lyrics, harmonize with their ethnic dances.
Each ethnic group in Lao Cai has its own cultural characteristics, reflected in the customs, manners, festivals, costumes of each ethnic group. With the black Ha Nhi ethnic group in Bat Xat upland, in addition to their own distinctive pattern costume, there is also a unique feature that anyone who meets Ha Nhi women is aware and curious to know. It was the huge wig that bunned high on their heads ...
In the cultural customs of the Ha Nhi people in Bat Xat highland, the word “phu chu ma” in Ha Nhi translates to “Fire God”, with the symbol of a small stone fixed by the Ha Nhi people next to the kitchen. family fire. This is considered as the presence of a god in keeping warm and bringing good luck to the Ha Nhi's family.
