Rare, hard to find mossy roofs that can 'transform'

10/14/2024 | 15:36

Ha Giang :

TPO - The roofs of stilt houses in Xa Phin village, Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province are covered with moss all year round. In summer, the moss turns yellow due to sunlight; in winter, low temperatures and high humidity are ideal conditions for moss to grow green again.

Admire the decades-old stilt houses covered with green moss on the top of Tay Con Linh.

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Xa Phin village, Phuong Tien commune, Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province is located at the foot of the Tay Con Linh mountain range. The whole village currently has more than 50 households of Dao ethnic people living there for a long time.

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Surrounded by high mountains, Xa Phin village is covered in fog all year round with high humidity, creating layers of green moss on the roofs of the houses thatched with palm leaves.

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The stilt houses are thatched from tens of thousands of palm leaves. After many years of exposure to the sun and rain, the roofs are covered with green moss.

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Moss covering the roofs all year round has become familiar to the people here. In the summer, the moss will dry and turn yellow due to the sunlight. In the winter, high humidity is the ideal condition for moss to grow well.

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The older the stilt house is, the thicker the moss grows, but a thatched roof must be about ten years old to grow green moss.

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The Dao people's roofs are usually thatched with many layers of palm leaves, each roof is made from 8,000 - 10,000 palm leaves.

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Moss covers the roof all year round, in the summer the moss turns yellow due to sunlight. In the winter, low temperature and high humidity are ideal conditions for moss to grow green again.

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Up to now, after many generations of living, the Dao ethnic people in Xa Phin commune still preserve the village with its wild and ancient beauty. The simple life next to the terraced fields of the people here makes tourists not want to leave when coming to Xa Phin.

Chi Anh

Source: https://tienphong.vn/hiem-co-kho-tim-nhung-mai-nha-reu-phong-biet-bien-hinh-post1682160.tpo