The hundreds of years old tea fields in Suoi Giang are the key highlights in the strategy of developing green tourism services, the identity of Van Chan district. Located in the North of Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, Suoi Giang commune is favored by nature in terms of land, cool climate of the high mountains over 1,000m above sea level to grow crops of economic value. high, it’s Shan Tuyet tea. 98% of the commune’s population is H’mong and for hundreds of years, the people have known how to grow tea. The ancient tea tree in Suoi Giang can be from 2 to 5m high, with a canopy of 2-4m wide. The tea buds are big, the shrimp has white snow, the whiter, the higher the content of micronutrients in the tea. Shan Tuyet Suoi Giang tea has long been famous at home and abroad due to its very high product quality with aroma, rich taste and rich nutrition. Currently, the commune has over 674 hectares of tea, including 193 hectares of ancient tea. “70% of households in the commune grow tea,” said Mr. Giang A Dang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Suoi Giang commune. The Secretary of the Commune Party Committee also has 3 hectares of ancient tea. The purchase price of fresh bud tea in Suoi Giang commune reached an average of 20,000 VND/kg; The production value brought to tea growers is about 20 billion VND/year. Tea is the main source of income for agricultural households in the area – said Vice Chairman of the Commune People’s Committee Mua A Giang. The price of the product depends on the type, ranging from 150,000 to 650,000 VND/kg, the delicious kind is about 3 million VND/kg – said Ms. Lam Thi Kim Thoa, Director of Suoi Giang Tea Cooperative. “The most precious tea must be made from hundreds of years old tea tree buds on high mountain peaks, covered with clouds and dew all year round, imbued with the quintessence of earth and sky. It is a high-class tea, cherished as a precious medicine, just for a gift, it can be up to 50 million VND / kg”, said Mr. Dang Thai Son – who has a deep understanding of Suoi Giang tea. Or that, now hundreds of years old ancient tea gardens, rough trunks, white mold are not only a place to provide clean raw materials for processing high-class Shan Tuyet Suoi Giang tea products, but also a tourist destination. tourist attractions. “Having to visit the garden, see firsthand the hundred-year-old tea trees, the tree stump is bigger than an adult thigh; Being able to climb the tree to pick fresh tea buds, one shrimp and two leaves, to taste the acrid taste and then enjoy the sweet aftertaste of the tea, there’s nothing more exciting than that” – Ms. Kan shared. Comrade Mai Mong Tuan – Secretary of the Van Chan District Party Committee said, the Resolution of the Party Congress of Van Chan district, term 2021 – 2026 defines: “Promoting the development of green tourism services, identity, bringing tourism to life Tourism has become an important economic sector of the district. Suoi Giang is on the list of places to develop green tourism services with local identity. In this direction, the district’s goal is to focus on protecting and developing safe, sustainable Shan Tuyet tea, organic farming; raise the value of products and develop the brand name and trademark of Suoi Giang tea in order to help growers, enterprises and cooperatives in producing, processing and trading tea to get rich from tea trees; to associate the protection and development of tea areas with the development of community eco-tourism. Mr. Dang Duy Hien – Chairman of Van Chan District People’s Committee affirmed that following the above orientation, the district will protect the integrity of Suoi Giang ancient tea area to serve the province’s eco-tourism projects. In addition, the locality organizes propaganda, training and technical transfer instructions for tea growers to understand the basic techniques to affect tea plants, help protect tea plants, increase yield and quality. and ensure the growth and development of the old tea area as well as the newly planted tea area. From this orientation and solution of the party committee, local government, Suoi Giang tea and other services that “follow” the reputation of Suoi Giang tea are facing many favorable opportunities for development in the coming time. Now, going to Suoi Giang, visitors can enjoy high-class dining and accommodation services right in the middle of ancient tea fields. Recently, a business has boldly invested tens of billions of dong to build Suoi Giang Cultural Space. From this cultural space, visitors can see the roofs of the Mong people hidden among the mountains and clouds; enjoy a quiet resting space amidst the vast green tea plantations; enjoy the national specialties, including new dishes such as grilled meat rolls, young tea leaves eaten raw with herbs; enjoy tea through a very sophisticated brewing process performed by artisans who have undergone training in the art of tea making. Secretary of the District Party Committee Mai Mong Tuan added that in the coming time, the district will focus on trademark protection, promotion and management of Suoi Giang tea brand in domestic and foreign markets; diversifying forms of business, promotion and advertising of local products. At the same time, encourage people to effectively and sustainably exploit tourism potentials; improve product quality, promote activities, develop green tourism services and identity. On the side of the people, especially the Mong ethnic people – the owner of Shan Tuyet Suoi Giang tea, they are trying to preserve the ancient tea trees in order to turn the tea fields into an indispensable destination in the tour. invest in repairing houses, preserving national cultural identity to develop community-based tourism in association with agricultural production development, creating sustainable livelihoods./.

Visiting Cau Dat Farm Ancient Tea Museum (Da Lat City, Lam Dong). More than 20 km from the center of Da Lat City (Lam Dong), located at an altitude of 1,650 m above sea level, on the foundation of the ancient tea factory of East – South Asia, the Cau Dat Farm Ancient Tea Museum is not Interesting installation art space associated with the story of Cau Dat tea brand that is nearly 100 years old. As a famous tea area of ​​Lam Dong province, Cau Dat is located at an ideal height with a cool climate all year round, fog cover, where there are immense green tea hills with lush tea buds. In 1927, the French built the first tea factory in East-South Asia, named the Cau Dat Tea Department and brought tea processing technology here. Later, the factory was converted to its use purpose, renamed Cau Dat Farm. The entire factory area, equipment, machines, tools and tea making machines of nearly 100 years old and original tea-making artifacts … are preserved to serve the idea of ​​building the first tea museum in Vietnam. After more than three years of incubation, in early 2021, Cau Dat Farm Ancient Tea Museum officially came into operation with the desire to preserve a part of the history of Cau Dat Tea Hill, and at the same time reappeared all the ups and downs. as well as the experience of making tea over the past 100 years of the people here. The highlight of the museum is the installation art using space, sound and light, making the museum a work of art, creating effects for visitors. Visiting the museum, visitors learn about tea trees through six separate spaces, each with a tea tree related content. The Quintessence Room is 1,650 m, recreating Cau Dat tea hill all year round hidden in the mist, all the ups and downs of history, 100 years of tea making experience of the people here through nine large-sized videos. projected on a wall space. Viewers will enter a room filled with images and sounds of nature and people of Cau Dat at an altitude of 1,650 m. The Historical Box holds tea-making artifacts with a long history of the ancient tea factory, dust-coated machines such as tea drying machines, crushers, tea system heat pipes, fan systems. Ventilation, integrated screening machine, micro-scale … The interesting point in the museum space is room 3 with the name of a 2-leaf shrimp, including art installations combining light and large-scale tea cubes. loud, auditory and tactile. More than 100 tea cubes are made up of 350 kg of green tea, black tea and oolong tea divided into three separate areas, with thousands of glittering rain yarns connecting the series of floating clouds lights to create a warm light, vaguely and fanciful, depicting the rolling hills and clouds of Cau Dat. On the horizontal wall of the museum, there are seven paintings simulating the tea making process at Cau Dat that are reproduced in a simple and pure visual language. A special feature is that the main materials used for this series of paintings, from acid dyes to paint colors, are all taken from the soil of the tea hills and Cau Dat tea leaves. Each picture is covered by hundreds of fish paper, a special paper made from rice that the people of the central fishing village use to preserve the fish after pulling the fishing net. Room 4 tells the story of tea makers with tools that were attached to tea making in the past. Artists have used wooden doors in old tea warehouses, thereby telling the story of Cau Dat Farm tea making through generations. Room 5 Overlooking the world of tea, visitors will experience the diverse tea cultures around the world, learn more about the journey of fresh tea leaves from harvest to finished product. Room 6 is the viewing space at Cau Dat Farm. Visitors experience cups of green tea, black tea and oolong tea made by the hand of an artisan, where tea growers and brewers perceive tea with the senses. Bringing art to create a lively space through movies, documents, images, artifacts, Farm Dat Farm Ancient Tea Museum has recreated the history, people, tea processing process as well as products. branded products Cau Dat tea. Not only an interesting destination for visitors to visit and experience, learn about the history of development, tea making techniques, tea cultivation, the museum is contributing to preserving, displaying and preserving historical values. of Cau Dat tea hill. NGOC LIEN