Go to Nhan Trach beach market

Nhan Trach beach, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province, from about 5 am to 8 am, when the fishermen’s wandering boats in the commune arrived, the market started to meet …
Then also fish! Then also squid! Also shrimp, crabs, crabs … but, coming to this beach, my feelings are always new. Whips of faces, boats. And the sky. And the water. My friend said that everything that grows up at dawn is leaving like that, the vitality is so immense.

It is difficult to describe in words the special scene of this very special market. If we are not used to it, we will become panic when we want to buy an item here. Not because it is difficult to sell, difficult to buy, but only because it is too busy, too crowded, so many fresh things are too cheap, so want to hug all, do not have to miss anything and do not want to go back. Mr. Nguyen Van Vinh, an experienced fisherman with nearly 50 years clinging to the sea, led us through boats looming in the morning mist: This is a fishing boat. This is a squid boat. This is herring. This is anchovies … All glistening under the rays of the morning sun. Nhan Trach Sea Market. The sound of the coastal people is heavy and salty, loud and loud. If you sound unfamiliar, you think you are being shouted at, but looking at their faces, you will know that the timbre starts from an honest heart, kindness and a generous, open soul like the sea, like Quang Binh’s heaven and earth. Mr. Vinh said, apparently confessing, “The villagers who eat us the waves say that the wind is used to it, not as gentle as the city people.” According to historical documents and genealogies of the lineages in Nhan Trach, this countryside was born in the mid-sixteenth century. That was the period when a large migration took place from the northern provinces of Ngang pass, mainly Thanh – Nghe Tinh according to the emigration example of King Le Thanh Tong “Bo Chinh has a large land, few people with Chau Hoan, so the army and people Whoever goes there to reclaim it will benefit greatly “… The Nhan Trach people still remember the story passed from generation to generation about their sages. That in the stream of migrants who followed the king’s example, a man carried a young son from Ha Tinh to Bo Chinh, then stopped by the waves. Seeing that the scenery here is suitable for his hometown, and convenient for fishing, he decided to stay. “Good land birds perch”, father and daughter porridge feeding each other, taking the sea job to live and build a new countryside. Ly Nhan Nam village now known as Nhan Trach was born from that time. That man is the grandfather of the marine profession in Nhan Trach. Mr. Vinh said: “In the past, Nhan Trach was very miserable! Nhan Trach was engulfed in wind and sand. The sea is separated by kilometers from the field of the field. Far from being able to catch a shrimp, the fish is also difficult to sell. Dividing the province, Quang Binh developed, the asphalt road connected to the sea. Nhan Trach fishermen just caught seafood and all had traders and traders. This sea market has only been gathered for a few decades, but it is more and more crowded ”. Nhan Trach beach market usually starts around 5am. The market and more, because there are not only buyers and sellers, but also tourists and those who like a new, fun place to live. Having come here many times and still have not stopped wanting to come, at 4 am, I am alone in a cart in the sound of the wind blowing through my ears. The road from Dong Hoi city to Nhan Trach runs along the coast, across the casuarina forest of a mother who spends her youth to plant sand-shield forests – Nghe’s mother – Labor Hero, across the white sand hill of Quang Phu. faint. If the afternoon will hear the throb of laughter of tourists going to the sand slide. At this hour, quiet and lonely tomorrow. Endless tens of kilometers like that, the sea and the sea spread out vastly in front of you. Then the market, only about 500 meters long, right by the edge of the wave, the people on the boat, the people in the water, they were so busy. Rushed in, crowded, like wings to shoulder, a squid or a fish that a dozen hands wanted to bring back, just wanted to stop taking a snap, then happily let go very quickly to give someone. “There’s still a lot of numbness!”, “The boat is continuing to enter!”, “I’m sure you’re missing it.” 200,000 / 1 kg of fresh squid. 60,000 / 1 kg of green scallops. Just looking at it makes me think of a delicious and delicious meal. Fresh seafood to the market. The special thing about Nhan Trach beach market is that fishermen here catch seafood for sale, but if needed, they are ready to cook for customers to eat on the spot. On the road leading to the sea, there are some trendy people, quickly setting up small shops to serve the needs of enjoying fresh seafood directly from the sea up. The hottest and hottest dish is always squid shrimp noodles. Going from early morning, hovering from the beginning to the end of the market, having a bowl of squid noodle “emergency” hunger is nothing like. Abundant boiled water and then drop a few clear squid into the pot. Squid does not need to wash anything, just let it “keep the whole case” from the sea up. Boil for a few more times, continue to drop the noodles and three beautiful cinnamon leaves, and that’s it. The round, rich and sweet squid numbs the tongue of many people. My friend came from Hue, did not love anything, only loved the morning squid noodle in Nhan Trach. With it, there is no “regal” breakfast like the one here. Just had eyes. Just happy mouth. Again, the whole body lightheadedly because of the sea wind. I’ve been addicted to the divine squid noodle dish for a long time. Many days, going out here only ate a bowl of noodles and then came home and felt extremely happy and comfortable. The followers of drunken men have a different way of enjoying, equally attractive. It is scrambled fish wrapped in cabbage or scooped with rice paper. The coastal people in general and Nhan Trach in particular cook the rustic but fine dishes. People do not need a lot of colorful spices because that will lose all the flavor of the sea. Scallops caught up also do not need to wash much, just remove the internal organs skillfully and then leave the salty taste of the sea like that. Non-fragrant a little onion, a tomato, a small slice of pineapple, pour water. Boil white, red and yellow, drop each round, oblong fish. Salty taste of the sea. Sweet and sour taste of tomato and pineapple. Fatty taste of fish. The water is very clear and clear. All of a sudden! Beautiful, I can not eat, but when I ate, I could not have the heart … stop. Nhan Trach Beach Market attracts the main attraction in this closed process from fishing to eating. So no one does not want to come. And has come, will still want to return. Nhan Trach commune, Bo Trach district currently has more than 100 boats for wandering, seasonal fishing and water exploitation. The farmers’ full harvest season usually takes place during the Southern fish season from April to October each year, when the weather is favorable for low-capacity boats. Mr. Vinh said that this season, if he goes to sea regularly, each fisherman can have an income of 15 to 20 million dong a month. In the Northern season, the weather is unfavorable, only suitable for offshore fishing boats, so people rarely go to the sea at this time to switch to processing. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kha has never gone out of her hometown all her life. She works in processing traditional fish sauce, marinating various kinds of fish and making dried seafood, so she said, “My life only has jars and jars. Nothing more! ”. Fishing boat to the sea market. In winter, when her husband rested from the sea, the boat lay on the shore. It was also the time when her jars of fish sauce and fish were cooked until they were ripe. Red and fragrant. Mam of Mrs. Kha and mothers and sisters Nhan Trach just need to crispy a little pork fat, mince a little more fresh pineapple, cut it into the chips of the zucchini tree to consume rice. New or interesting, the people of Nhan Trach are hard-working, industrious and active. They know how to live by the sea in all circumstances. Wandering around the village, groping in each small alley here will find that in every fishermen’s family there is always a reasonable division of labor. “Well from fish and shrimp, but each one has one thing to do. The husband goes fishing, the wife stays at home to process. Summer selling fresh. Winter semi-dry. Only have to raise children to learn to eat. Just worry about losing the marine profession! ”, Mr. Vinh led me to visit my house and said so. “Fishery lost”, Mr. Vinh’s worry is real and is coming very close. “In my family of 5, 3 of them are living abroad: Germany, Korea, Japan. Thank you for the heavy sea, but every time is different. Knowing how to make teeth? ”. Lifelong generation like Mr. Vinh is fading because of old age and weakness. The young generation is no longer interested in the sea because of the hardship and unstable income of the sea. All grew up by the sea, but all sought to escape the sea. The number of young people who stay in the homeland to succeed their fathers is very small. Especially since the marine environmental incident of Formosa in 2016, the wave of going to work abroad in Nhan Trach has spread into each family. Each year from 100 to 150 young people go to work abroad. The whole commune currently has about 1,800 labors living and working abroad out of a total of 5,200 labors of working age. The result is that each year Nhan Trach receives about 200 billion in remittances. Poor hometown by the foot of the wave changes every day. The old village is now becoming more and more street. The villages of “Sister Un”, the village “Tokyo”, the village “Australia”, the village “Germany” grew up thanks to the money from children in Korea, Japan, Australia, Germany … sent back. Only the voice of the Nhan Trach people, even if they go to the sea-corner horizon, is heavy and salty, loud and resounding like waves and winds. I used to have mornings sitting at Nhan Trach beach market without wanting to go home, from the moment when there were only lights on their heads, the mothers in the village waited for their husband and children to drift in the fog to the busy beach. people and seafood, bustling with the sound of selling and buying, chattering and grumpy; From the unknown face to the rising sun, the market gradually disappeared, the sellers came home, the squid followed the buyers to the paths, only a deserted area and boats sagged on the waves. Because we love so much, we see Nhan Trach changing and worrying that someday morning we will rush out here, but there is no sea market to enjoy playing, buying and enjoying food. Without a sea market, Nhan Trach was very sad. I told Mr. Vinh and Mrs. Kha this worry, everyone laughed: “È, worry, if there is a sea, there is a boat, there are fish with shrimp. The young people in the village still have a lot of men who love the sea. Going abroad is just a situation. My first son, who has been abroad for 5 years, came home and built a stable house, and built a boat to go to the beach with a little extra capital. Nhan Trach had to go to the beach to get to Nhan Trach! The sea is empty as well as my house is empty! ”.