There are some times when you want to leave the crowded towns or cities to come up with a place with fresh air, quietness and live slowly. Yen Duc village of Dong Trieu in Quang Ninh province is the ideal place to enjoy a peaceful life, to take a rest after everyday busy life. Located at the gateway to the western of Quang Ninh province, Dong Trieu town is about 78 km away from Halong Bay and 90 km from Hanoi. This is an ideal location near Hanoi, suitable for leisure and spiritual trips in the holiday.
From the center of Hanoi capital to Yen Duc, it takes about 3.5 hours. The peaceful space with vast rice fields, ponds, gardens reminding the images of Vietnamese countryside locations will make you forget all sorrow and anxiety in life.
International visitors coming to the tourist village of Yen Duc will be admired and experienced every labor activities of production, the daily life of farmers. The activities that tourists come here to be discovered are very casual, rustic but very attractive and lively. The most interesting experience in this land is that tourists will be portraying true farmers and doing their daily activities such as planting rice, vegetables, catching fish, milling or pounding rice.
In addition, tourists can visit the ancient temple Canh Huong of the village situation, enjoy cultural activities, arts, folk games that are typical of rice cultures like singing Cheo songs, water puppet show, Quan Ho Bac Ninh singing presented by the performance teams of the commune in a cozy atmosphere. Enjoy the local products is also something that you can not ignore in Yen Duc. Specialties may be mentioned such as steamed sticky rice, icefishes, grilled fish and so on.
"Yen Duc village tourism" is a cultural tourism product associated with the preservation and development of the traditional agricultural village. This tourism activity closely links cultural preservation, traditional living space of farmers to the preservation and development of local products or specific goods about livestock and farming. Therefore, this will be a great experience for tourists who want to learn more about the daily life of the people of the northern plains, to better understand wet rice civilization, the indigenous culture of the nation, local cuisine and feel close to the villages of Vietnam.
