Jungle experience

Jungle experience

Going to the forest includes living and traveling on land, in the forest, along the high mountains, valleys, conifers, deep ponds, etc., which is closely associated with the livelihood of many generations, so the people of Cat Hai have gradually forming jungle experiences:

The weather forecast looks cloudy, dark clouds are about to rain, clear skies can go a few days. Bring water and tinder to keep the fire away from wild animals and cook food, repel mosquitoes, graters, and snakes. Rub the leaves to avoid squeezing mosquitoes. Find water in low-lying areas, find trees with water to fight thirst and hunger such as young bamboo tubes, acacia bark trees (local name) whose stems are those that have drinking water in them (half tree trunks, half ropes sometimes grow close to each other).

Sea edge, white flowers, spreading, double-blooming leaves, wrist-sized trunks, with water running along the stem). Avoid toxic types such as gardenia resin that cause burning, sores, itching, itchy leaves...

Look at the leaves of the tree bearing the dragon and the earth (growing a lot in the mountains and forests of Cat Ba, the broad leaves are present on the sender, the underside is pale white) rolled in and the white leaves are about to be stormy and rain outside for a long time. After heavy rain, you should not go because the rocky forest is rugged, to avoid the slopes of the slippery rock and soil, the limestone mountains are fragile, breaking the rocks can put people in danger of life.

The sun is tired of going to the forest and can't sleep peacefully in the ravine, the mountain (from the local) sucks the strong wind. To avoid getting lost, you can look at the mountain, mark the big tree trunk, the direction of sunrise (east) and sunset (west), direction of moonlight, wind direction, grooves to find the trail to find the cover. forest, residential area...

Can take the core of Bang tree (the palm family, coconut) to make Bang powder to eat for many days. Brown, half-like tubers with string beans must be dug 1m deep. Fishing catfish (freshwater catfish) streams in the rainy season in the valley have big fish (flooded water, Dong Tep, Khe Sau...) In the past, there was a profession of going to the forest to collect bark to bring back to sell to fishing boats below.

Rivers and seas dye sails, take forest ropes, and trade wild meat for fish. The type of honey that tree bees do not eat, only eat forest honey in rock holes and tree holes. There are many types of bees, but people rarely eat them. Lucky bananas are mainly found in the mountainous areas of Cat Ba and Pearl islands. The flowers are sweet and not acrid. Big stupid banana in Xuan Dam, Tran Chau. Catching rare coal traps (black mountain dike family, wild goat) and civets, foxes, porcupines, porcupines, monkeys, langurs, brocade pythons, conifers, civets, leopards (jaguars), seasonal and What kind of fruit do they eat?

Catch bees under the sun and early morning rays. The core of the trunk of the tree that grows under the bush (the areca family, coconut, and asparagus) can be eaten to fight hunger, not get drunk. The core of Bang tree gives a lot of white powder to eat for many days instead of rice. Some types of tubers such as tubers, ground tubers, tubers... have a lot of powdery substance. In addition, there are many types of plants, tubers and fruits that can be eaten and drunk (quach, bang, co, moc, ke, longan, tam, grapes, so, chu ca, me mun, anti-toxic Kim Giao...).

In the past, many famous and rare animals have many types that can be used as food such as titmouse, civet, squirrel, porcupine, hon, mountain goat (chamois), golden rat, brocade python, leopard, otter... currently on the list of Vietnam and international Red Book such as WWE, FFI on conservation of endangered wildlife banned from hunting.

Today, the hunting of wild animals and plants is a violation of the law, especially the endemic primate species in need of endangered protection, the Cat Ba white-headed langur, in the world only remaining in the Cat Ba archipelago, Vietnam. There are many kinds of precious timber trees in the forest of Cat Ba archipelago such as kim Giao (at Ngu Lam peak 300m above sea level), clam lily, flower slices, lime sycamore, chestnut flower, kim Giao, white tapioca, doi, slice, drool in the world only has in Himalaya.

According to Cat Ba National Park, there are 19 species of rare and precious trees in the world, of which 17 are listed in the Vietnam Red Book in 2007, 02 species are listed in the World Red Book in 2007 (needle tree and succulent tree). Compared with the number of rare and precious wood species listed in the 2003 Vietnam Red Book (52 species), the number of rare and precious wood species has been greatly reduced, including agarwood.

Especially in folklore, there are many different names to refer to the type that can make wood, store fuel to make flammable firewood, make drinks, and make medicine such as: moringa, carpentry, pot roast, cold rice, roasted rice, deer paw, scorpion, ke, dog's blood, crab hen, dragon's gill, tangerine stick, chu ca, white areca color, herringbone, guava, apricot, currant, wild banana...; halo, thread, moc cat, bone bean,...; Blackcurry, bay leaf, lime vase and one-leaf orchid,... are rare medicinal plants in the Vietnam Red Book 2007 discovered in Cat Ba with uses such as curing cough, stomach and improving health.

In addition, Cat Ba also has a lush tropical forest cover all year round and a mangrove ecosystem with ponds, lakes, underground streams, freshwater and mineral springs capable of curing diseases, especially rheumatism.


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