Forest peach blossoms announce the coming of spring

TP - In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year in Giap Thin, on the high mountain slopes or primeval forests in the Northwest, wild peach blossoms bloom, showing off their pink color and adding vitality, signaling the arrival of Spring.

TP - In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year in Giap Thin, on the high mountain slopes or primeval forests in the Northwest, wild peach blossoms bloom, showing off their pink color and adding vitality, signaling the arrival of Spring.

On National Highway 4D from Sa Pa (Lao Cai) through O Quy Ho Pass to Tam Duong (Lai Chau), the mountain and forest scenery is endless with blooming wild peach trees, attracting tourists.

When traveling on the road, visitors can observe wild peach trees scattered or clustered in one place on both sides of Highway 4D. Reaching out to the high mountain slopes of the Hoang Lien Son range, wild peach trees bloom in pink, leaving a deep impression.

Forest peaches on the Hoang Lien Son range grow naturally and grow in the wind and dew year after year. In preserving Hoang Lien National Forest, these wild peach trees are also given special "care" to maintain the beauty of this tree every spring.

Along with the wild peach trees on O Quy Ho pass, going to Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai) these days, everywhere visitors can see the bright pink color of To thick (wild peach) flowers.

Mong people in Mu Cang Chai often call "Forest Peach Blossom" "Pang To Day". The time when the flowers bloom the most and are most beautiful is from mid-December to the end of January every year.

According to the old Mong people, they do not know when this tree species existed or where it originated from. They only know that when the Mong people were born and grew up, they saw its fading red and pink colors appear on the way up. fields, go to the forest to collect honey, and collect firewood every time around Tet.

Wild peach blossoms are considered a symbol of the soul and lifestyle of the Mong ethnic community and the Northwest mountains and forests. Wild peach blossoms signal early spring. The flowers bloom on Tet holiday, dyeing the whole hillside. Not only on the mountain slopes, the garden and porch are also brilliant with ancient forest peach colors.

In Mu Cang Chai, wild peach blossoms are naturally distributed and grow in abundance in some areas such as Nam Khat, Pung Luong, De Xu Phinh, Khao Mang, Lao Chai, along Nam Kim stream... However, they are the most numerous and beautiful. We must mention La Pan Tan.

Now, this flower has become a tourist highlight of Mu Cang Chai highland district every time Tet and Spring come and is being replicated locally in the community.

Ms. Luong Thi Xuyen - Vice Chairwoman of Mu Cang Chai District People's Committee shared that the district is having many drastic programs to protect natural peach blossom forests and mobilize people to plant new ones. Among them, we must mention the campaign for each cadre and party member to plant 2-5 wild peach trees; Each school and office plant plants 30 trees; Communes and towns planted at headquarters, on both sides of the road...

Planting and protecting this flower is both to prevent the situation of cutting down wild peach flowers and bring them home while preserving the natural landscape, building the image of Mu Cang Chai tourist district.

Up to now, Mu Cang Chai district has twice organized the To Day Flower Festival and the performing art of Mong Khen, the art of drawing beeswax on fabric of the Northwestern Mong people. In the coming time, in addition to preserving and promoting traditional values ​​of the nation, the district will also expand the area of ​​wild peach blossom planting to create natural landscapes to attract tourists.

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Update day : 01/02/2024