On 10 January 2015, in Mau
Son Tourism Area (Lang Son Province), Lang Son Department of Culture, Sports
and Tourism will organize Mau Son Winter Tourism Festival 2015 to promote
tourism potential of Mau Son, and also attract tourists and investors to Mau
Son Tourism Area.
In the framework of Mau Son
Winter Tourism Festival 2015, many specific cultural and arts activities will
be held, the highlight of which is the opening ceremony in the central stage of
Mau Son Tourism Area with arts program titled “Majestic and sacred Mau Son”.
Besides, the festival will attract visitors with activities of Mau Son Highland
Wine Association, including display of devices to brewing wine; introducing Mau
Son Highland wine products and typical tourism products; tasting Mau Son wine;
visiting wine-cellar. Many attractive cuisine activities will also take place
such as processing and performing traditional cuisine of Mau Son; cuisine
exchange...
Attending the festival,
visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about Mau Son tourism through
display of images, artifacts and documents related to cultural and historical
monuments in Mau Son area such as Mau Son Ancient Temple, Linh dia Mau Son,
Phat Chi Mountain...
In addition, many public
arts performances will be also organized such as duo singing, khen dance,
performance of pi le, traditional martial arts… to serve visitors. Mau Son Mountain Area is
located in three communes of Mau Son, Cong Son (Cao Loc District) and Mau Son
(Loc Binh District), from Lang Son City 30km to the north-east. The area has
variety terrain, the average altitude of 800 – 1,000m, includes the complex of
80 large and small mountains, of which Phia Po is the highest peak with 1,541m
high. Mau Son Mountain Area has a temperate climate, the average temperature of
15.5°C. Especially in winter, frost frequently appears in Mau Son Mountain Area
and sometimes snow.
Mau Son Mountain Area has
been planned into a culture and eco-tourism area with an area of 20ha,
including a system of hotels, restaurants, campgrounds... Mau Son attracts
visitors by beautiful scenery, fresh atmosphere all year round and also unique
cultural space of ethnic groups of Dao, Nung, Tay. In Mau Son Mountain,
archaeologists discovered ancient stone works dating from the Iron Age, including
megaliths (large stone tombs), stone temples and valuable artifacts. To Mau
Son, visitors can go to visit the villages of Dao ethnic people, enjoy famous
specialities (six-spur chicken, frog, roast pig, five-color sticky rice, Mau
Son wine, honey, lemon, peach, tuyet son tea...) and bathe with medicine herbs
of ethnic Dao people.
From: Vietnam NationalAdministration Of Tourism
