Surprisingly beautiful root tree fields in Con Son (Hai Duong)

(CLO) Located at the foot of Con Son mountain (Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province) is a vast field of roots, dotted with fragrant white flower buds. These days, people here are in the process of harvesting root crops, but the root fields are still a destination that attracts many tourists to visit and take photos.

(CLO) Located at the foot of Con Son mountain (Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province) is a vast field of roots, dotted with fragrant white flower buds. These days, people here are in the process of harvesting root crops, but the root fields are still a destination that attracts many tourists to visit and take photos.

Each region has its own characteristics and so is the land of Hai Duong. Anyone who mentions the root tree knows immediately that it is a characteristic of the people and the land of Chi Linh "the genius of the people". The poetic beauty of the root field here makes anyone who is once set foot in it also caresses and enjoys.

The Con Son root field area, located south of the Con Son relic area, in the Tien Son residential area, Cong Hoa ward, Chi Linh city, Hai Duong, is about 20 hectares wide, stretching from the foot of the alternating Ky Lan mountain range. in the canopy of the pine forest stretching out to near Highway 37.

According to research, the root tree is also known as Thanh Hao tree or Kim Sa Tung, with small branches reaching long, needle-shaped leaves, when harvested, used as brooms, sweeping roots.

The root beach in Con Son is associated with the legend "He planted pine trees, she planted roots". The old story is told, Mr. Quan Tu, Tran Nguyen Dan, after returning to become a scholar in the Con Son-Kiep Bac area. Every day, my grandfather planted pine trees on Con Son mountain, while my grandmother planted trees with roots covering the wild land at the foot of the mountain.

Over hundreds of years, pine forests and tree-root fields have developed, giving Con Son a beautiful poetic landscape.

During the harvest season, the roots are cut by farmers like cutting rice, tied into burdens and then carried home to dry. When the roots are dry, the leaves will be crushed and the remaining stem can be sold as brooms. The roots are harvested once a year, then re-cared for and harvested again in November of the following year. The best season to take photos is when the roots are about to be harvested.

Sharing with reporters, Mr. Nguyen Van Khiem (Cong Hoa ward, Chi Linh city) - a resident who is bidding on a 3-hectare root field out of a total of 15 hectares of roots in Con Son, said that the difference with the tree-root field is The outside roots are his family's root crop area interspersed with the forest, creating an extremely romantic and poetic scene. Therefore, from 2013 until now, Mr. Khiem's ​​family's root crop field has attracted many tourists to visit and take photos on weekends.

Mr. Khiem added that the most beautiful time for the root fields is around the 8th month of the lunar calendar, when the autumn weather has golden sunshine, the trees are also medium height, lush green, and about to be harvested. In previous years, when there were few visitors, Mr. Khiem did not charge a fee. Recently, the large number of tourists coming to take photos has somewhat affected the environmental landscape. The situation of littering and breaking tree roots has occurred, so he has collected a fee to have funds for cleaning up trash and planting new trees. The roots of the places where tourists stood to take photos trampled trees to death. The fee depends on the number of guests. For individual and few customers, he charges 25,000 - 30,000 VND/person.

The poetic scenery of the grass field always attracts many young people to take photos, and couples come to take romantic wedding photos.

Many people also come here to organize picnics because of the beautiful scenery and cool fresh air.

Tourist named Nguyen Phuong (Thai Nguyen province) said, although the field of root crops does not have many services, the air is cool, and the wild natural landscape is very beautiful. The place where I live also has this tree, but most of it grows on its own scattered on the mountain, I did not think it would be so beautiful when planted in a field.

Young couple taking pictures in the field of root crops in Con Son, Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province.

The couple took wedding photos in the middle of a romantic and poetic field of roots.

Many visitors said that the root tree has a very characteristic fragrant scent, blending in with the wind. The beautiful green landscape of the grassland is surrounded by pine forests, and in the distance are mountain ranges, all creating an extremely beautiful natural picture.

With beautiful landscape, in recent years Con Son root area has become a very interesting eco-tourism destination, sightseeing, experiencing, and taking photos. Every year, the root field attracts tens of thousands of tourists from all over to take photos and experience. Realizing this advantage, some households have also taken advantage of the root fields to make "film studios" for young people to film, take wedding photos, commemorative photos...

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Update day : 04/09/2023