Introduction about Vudai Village from Nam Cao's stories
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Where is Vu Dai village?
Vu Dai is the name of a village in a literary work - Chi Pheo, which is very famous to every Vietnamese people. The background of this masterpiece is based on Dai Hoang village settings that belongs to Nhan Hau Ward, Ly Nhan District, Hanam Province, Vietnam (about 100km from Hanoi Capital to the South)
More about Chi Pheo, written by author Nam Cao in 1941 with background in Vu Dai village, where a poor and lonely man named Chi Pheo is turned into a "monster" by the bullying of corrupt authorities and rich people. In the past, people in Vu Dai were very poor; they worked every day for each single meal. Only in Tet holiday, the traditional New Year holiday of Vietnam, they permitted theirselves to eat well with “Ca Kho” – braised fish, baked in a clay pot, made from high classic fresh-water fish (the black carp) and many other natural spices: onion, ginger, chili, lemon, .... However, they made it very salty to use sparingly and to storage longer without refrigerator. Therefore, “Ca Kho” has been becoming the famous specialty.
Nowadays, Vu Dai villagers are not so poor as at that period, Ca Kho still is the famous specialty not only in local but also nationwide and many foreigners know about it when they visit Vietnam.
Tran Luan manufacture factory is the biggest and the first who brought this specialty to food lovers nationwide via internet. We helped Vu Dai villagers living far from hometown to share their homesickness by sending them this special food, we also helped them to introduce the village’s present to their friends. The more people know about Ca Kho, the more meaningful this traditional food becomes. We are so proud of this.
Visitors to Vu Dai village now can experience making Ca Kho in Tran Luan manufacture factory, which is equipped very well and ensure Viet Nam Food Safety Standards. Coming there, visitors also can visit Ba Kien’s old house ***, Nam Cao tomb, enjoy Dai Hoang Banana – another specialty of this famous village and specially escorted by Mr. Tran Luan – the leader of Tran Luan manufacture factory.
(***: Ba Kien is the man that represented for the corrupt authorities and rich people of Vu Dai village in Chi Pheo story of author Nam Cao)
For booking tour and more information, please contact us at:
Tel.: +84 988 999 525
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Website: www.cakholangvudai.com.vn/en or www.cakhotranluan.com/english/
Tour price: 700,000 VND (35 USD)
Welcome to Vu Dai village!