Fansipan – The Rooftop Of Indochina

General Introduction

Known as “The roof of Indochinese”, Fansipan is the highest mountain of Vietnam with the height of about 3.143 meters. Located about 9 kilometers from Sapa town, Fansipan is covered by the fog full year. This is a romantic and impressive place to welcome tourists to visit and discover. In the local language, the mountain is named as “Hua Xi Pan” which means “the huge lottery stone”.

Fansipan  Sapa – Journey Vietnam

Bio-diversity

Fansipan is a typical site of bio-diversity. There are plenty of flora with more than 2000 species belonging to 771 branches of 200 groups, and many of them written in the world red book. Many species belongs to the rare groups which are typical for the region such as Po Mu, Hoang Lien, Tam That, Thong Lun…Until now, according to the fact of General Statistic Office, there are 447 kinds of animals in which includes 74 beasts, 253 kinds of birth, reptiles, 120 kinds of amphibian that were the first recorded in Vietnam. Nature here is so temperate, there are a hundred kinds of the flower blooming in the four seasons; it is a reservatory place of the biosphere and also is the source of bio-diversity conservation with the high value in Viet Nam.

Fansipan  Sapa – Journey Vietnam

Geology, Geomorphology

Fan Xi Pang belonging to Hoang Lien Son mountain range that located in the Hoang Lien National Park, it was formed in the period of Tan Tien belonging to Ky Phan Trang – Dai Trung Sinh 100milion years ago. Due to the age of geology is low, so the Hoang Lien Son including Fansipan that were considered tobe the young mountain range, the top of the mountain is sharp because of destroying by natural procession. The mother stone in the region having two main groups: Mama exit and degenerate stone with the major kinds such as Granit, Gnai, Limestone… There is a huge division in the region between the top and valley. There are many widen valleys with rich soil in the regions naming: Ta Van, Lao Chai, Ban Ho and Than Tho committee. It is the visiting place for tourists and discovers the local culture.

Historial and Cultural value

Fansipan  Sapa – Journey Vietnam

Located at Hoang Lien Son National Park, Fansipan is the homeland of many ethnic minority communities such as: The Mong, the Dao, the Giay and the Tay with the local original activities that were preserved such as: Gau Tao festival of the Mong; Dancing ritual of the Dao; the ritual praying for good crops of the Giay: “Long Cong” ritual of the Tay with traditional cultural beauty that was conservated up to now. Especially, the ladder field of the Mong forming around the mountain, green forest areas and villages are the sources of inspiration for cameraman, photographers, and tourists when coming to Sa Pa and Fansipan. The Sa Pa ancient stone field was discovered in 1925 locating Muong Hoa valley belong to Hoang Lien Son mountain range with 200 different kinds of typical carving stones that have not been decoded yet, so it more and more creates the attractiveness of Hoang Lien Son and Fansipan mountain range attracting the tourists to come and enjoy.