Sights - Chai Village of the LoLo

We enter this small historic village. There are only 110 families here and many of the houses are very old. It is now being preserved as a ‘heritage village’. The old houses are made from sticks and stones with mud as a binder. You can see this clearly in the photos on this page.

Lo Lo ethnic tribe

Split between China and Vietnam, there are less than 5000 people of this ethnic origin in Hà Giang and Cao Bằng today. There are Red LoLo, Black LoLo and Flower LoLo and their main language is Chinese Mandarin. This ethnic group are famous for their huge and elaborate ceremonial head-dresses.

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A lovely photo of the old style houses in the Chai village with the mountains in the background

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A bedroom inside the house. You can see the mud / sticks and stone walls. Bedrooms are also traditionally small