If Habong Bay is the garden of the castle of the Creator in the human world, the Cua Van Floating Village is actually a unique wonder of the fishermen. This places converges ancient, charming beauty as well as preserves characterized traditional culture of the local people. Therefore, Cua Van fishing village is one of the most attractive destination in Halong Bay.
Cua Van fishing village of Hung Thang Ward (Halong City, Quang Ninh province) is located in the calm sea and surrounded by rocky mountains. This area is an ideal place for various types of boats moored. Cua Van fishing village which is derived from two ancient villages namely Truc Vong and Giang Vong along with the islands becomes an integral part of the bay. At Cua Van floating fishing village, there are more than 300 households living mainly by fishing. Households here built their raft houses along the edge of rock islands. Fishing village lies sometimes tens of kilometers from the shore next to the cliff that looks like valleys on sea. There, the house is adjacent, petite, and lovely. No boisterous sirens as on shore, you can only hear the sound of fisherman calling each other, the sound of paddles hitting the boat in order to chase fish which echoes behind the mountains. The generation of the fishing village live all life on a boat and are attached to the sea. They regards the boat as ther home, sea as their hometown sticking to Halong Bay in both soul and body. Children from 4-5 years old have known how to ride paddles and swim. This has made many tourists interested.
In the family of fishermen on Halong Bay, all members are out to sea. Young children drop ledger-bait, a little bit older children ride the paddles and pull the fishing nets. As they grow up and get married, they will spread fishing nets as well as ride paddle, drop ledger-bait and teach their children catching shrimp and fish. These conditions cause fishermen to live clustered together and stick to the sea. All activities which earn their living, cultural and spiritual activities all their lives, from birth until death are taken place on the river and sea.
Join Halong trips and travel to Cua Van fishing village, you will see the romantic ecological landscape, go sightseeing of floating cultural showcase, fish cage farms, pearls. Also, you can climb the mountains behind the center house to see and feel the life of fishing villages on Halong Bay from a high view. Visit Cua Van, tourists will easily be attracted by the beauty of the boats, casual and naïve but incredible hospitable fishermen, peaceful and gentle landscapes that contains many original features of a coastal fishing village.
When night falls you will ride a boat to go around the village, go together with the fishermen to pull nets or have squid fishing at sea. The most interesting is that visitors can by hand catch fish, shrimp bringing back to enjoy the seafood which is caught by themselves. In the night of festivals in fishing village, tourists can listen to Gheo singing, Cheo singing which are very special and imbued with national identity.
After visiting the crowded noisy city like Hanoi, take a trip to Halong Bay and especially the fishing village of people will be a meaningful and unforgettable experience for visitors.
