Thuong Thu Village

Thuong Thu Village

Thuong Thu Village – A peaceful village in the old forest of Gai Lan.

The village is not large but has existed for hundreds of years, originating from a group of nomads. In the olden times, there were only about ten houses gathered, living in the forest and relying on each other for proliferation. Then, over the course of a few hundred years, from ten families to dozens of roofs, so many generations of old people back in the ground, but very quickly the children have partially filled the empty spaces in the village.

Day by day, the sound of the wind, the sound of water flowing and the animals calling each other, making the voices of the people here suddenly become out of tune.

This place has no map showing the way. To find the village, experienced travelers from the past have to spread the word to each other. Crossing the steppe and the old forest, the terrain is difficult, plus the charm can find them.

It is difficult to describe the belief and love of the villagers here for the forest. Living in the forest, they are as diligent as bees, gentle as streams, and resilient as ancient trees. The forest feeds them with honey, cassava, and forest fields… Forest vegetables, wild animals, and stream fish have never let people in the village go hungry.

They live in harmony with the forest, get just enough to eat and work just enough so that in winter there is no shortage of food.

Every villager can be considered a good hunter, with a small population and a large number of wild animals, hunting has become a regular activity of the young people in the village.

As a result, they live a very isolated existence from the outside society. Many people live in the forest and rely on it for protection; leaving the forest means losing that safety. On the contrary, they do not allow strangers to enter for fear that they may endanger the locals and disturb the intrinsic serenity of their forest.