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Flowering season in October along the country: The Northwest has a very strange flower that not everyone knows
From the Northwest lands to the romantic Da Lat, this October, each place has its own beauty with blooming flowers, competing with each other.
Many people often think that the umbrella season will only stop in summer. When the summer is over, the demand for travel is no longer there. However, this thinking compared to today has been somewhat inaccurate.
Especially after a long period of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for travel is even higher, no matter what time of year.
Temporarily putting aside the ripening rice season in the highlands of the Northwest, this October, if you are planning to travel in the country, do not miss the beautiful flower seasons in the region of the country below.
October autumn is brilliant with flower season in some famous tourist destinations.(Illustration)
1. Buckwheat flower in Ha Giang
Buckwheat flower has long become one of the symbols that cannot be ignored when remembering Ha Giang.
In fact, buckwheat is a medicinal plant, often used as a medicine to prevent vascular accidents, hypertension and venous circulation disorders.
Buckwheat flowers will begin to bloom from the end of October to December every year. Flowers are pale pink, can be easily seen on hillsides and valleys throughout the region in Ha Giang in particular or some other Northwest regions.
Buckwheat flower has become a symbol of Ha Giang tourism in particular.(Photo of Communist Party of Vietnam Newspaper)
Therefore, traveling to Ha Giang this October, visitors certainly cannot miss seeing the buckwheat flower gardens because this is the golden time.
The ideal places to see buckwheat flowers in Ha Giang can be mentioned as Sung La valley, Lung Cu, Dong Van rock plateau or Meo Vac…
Check-in at the buckwheat flower field is an experience every visitor must try when coming to Ha Giang in October. (Photo Vietnam Travel)
The symbolism of buckwheat flowers in Ha Giang is also reflected in the fact that every year, this place will organize a separate festival for this flower. The festival was first held in 2014, and this year has been the 8th season.
According to Vice Chairman of Ha Giang Provincial People’s Committee, the buckwheat flower festival 2022 will officially open on November 26, 2022. During the festival days, in addition to the magnificent and brilliant scenery of buckwheat flowers, other cultural activities, typical of ethnic minorities will also be performed to serve visitors. .
The Buckwheat Flower Festival is held annually to honor the beauty of this iconic flower.(Photos of Labor Newspaper)
2. Chi pau flower – Yen Bai
Few people know that in October, in the Northwest, there is another extremely beautiful flower that is also in full bloom. It is a flower with a special name – flower chi pau. The meaning of this name is also strange. In fact, Chi pau originates from the answer of the Mong people when asked about this flower. It is a transliteration of the word “Tsi Pau”, which means “don’t know”.
When the story about the name of this purple flower spread on social networks, tourists or backpackers who often visit the Northwest also used to call it. Since then, the name flower chi pou is more known.
According to some other shares, the flower has the correct name Swertia or Dragon’s Honey or Dai Tu Duong Duoc (meaning a large-seeded herbal plant), which is a genus of the Gentianaceae family. This flower, first described in 1883, is a traditional folk medicine in the regions of Tibet, Yunnan and Guizhou (China).
Chi pau flower, a strange flower in the Northwest that not everyone knows.
Flowers are purple with a little white, often growing on a large area in the Northwest region of our country. When in season, from October to November, the purple color of the flowers is bright in a corner of the sky.
Among the localities with chi pau flowers, the most famous one is Ta Chi Nhu – Yen Bai. This is a mountain in Tram Tau district, Yen Bai province, 2979m high and is the 7th mountain among the 10 highest mountains in Vietnam.
The color of purple flowers is brilliant in an area of Ta Chi Nhu.(Photo by Manh Chien)
To get to Ta Chi Nhu, from the center of Yen Bai city, visitors often choose to travel by motorbike, about 30km will come to Tram Tau district. After that, follow the small road and guide signs to the Mo Chi area, then to Ta Chi Nhu.
According to many backpackers who often come here, this road is quite difficult to go. If you are the driver, you need a strong mind and good health. To conquer the top of the mountain, it will take a minimum of 3 hours, of which 2 hours to climb and 1 hour to descend.
Spending so much time and effort, the scenery that appears before your eyes in Ta Chi Nhu will be extremely worthwhile and worthy.
The scene of the flowers appears as beautiful as in the movies.(Photo Halo Travel)
3. Milk flowers, daisies in Hanoi
“The season of milky flowers, passionate September
Autumn has come, chrysanthemum season has come…”
Those are two lines in the famous song “Hanoi 12 seasons of flowers”, saying that two flowers will bloom in September, October, and autumn in Hanoi.
With milk flower, it is not difficult to see many trees of this flower on the streets of Hanoi. It could be Thanh Nien, Phan Dinh Phung or the old streets. Milk flowers grow in white clusters, with a characteristic smell. The smell of milk flower who is not used to smelling it will find it unpleasant because it is quite dark, but those who “fall in love” will fall in love with it.
This scent radiates and spreads far away, just coming close is enough to feel this extremely characteristic scent.
Milk flowers become an indispensable specialty of Hanoi’s autumn.(Facebook photo)
As for the chrysanthemum flower, this is a small flower, often growing wild. However, the image of the chrysanthemum is loved by many tourists, so many families have planted it in chrysanthemum gardens to serve the needs of visitors to visit and take pictures on the occasion of the chrysanthemum bloom. flourish.
In Hanoi today, check-in areas with famous daisies can be mentioned such as Nhat Tan Flower Village, Song Hong Rock Garden or Tay Tuu Flower Village…
Not only going to the chrysanthemum garden to take photos, visitors can also come to buy and take pictures with the flower baskets. This is also considered as one of the typical beauties of autumn and October in Hanoi.
The chrysanthemum flower is known as the flower that brings autumn to Hanoi.
4. Wild sunflowers in Da Lat
Da Lat is famous as a city of thousands of flowers with many beautiful and colorful flowers all year round. However, this October, one of the flowers that are considered the symbol of Da Lat will enter the full bloom period. That is the wildflower.
Wild sunflowers also have many names such as garden anemone, chrysanthemum, wild anemone, Nitobe chrysanthemum, wild sunflower, Mexican sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum.
In fact, wild sunflowers have 3 colors, which are yellow wild sunflowers, red wild sunflowers and white wild sunflowers. However, in Vietnam in general as well as in Da Lat in particular, we have only seen yellow wild sunflowers.
Yellow wild sunflower is a flower easily found in Da Lat, blooming in late October.
In Da Lat, the most brilliant blooming wildflower season will be from the end of October to the beginning of November. According to the advice of local people, the best time to take pictures with wild sunflowers will be from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. or 16:00 – 18:00 pm.
The morning time is when the sun is not too bright, the weather is cool and pleasant, and the afternoon time is easy to catch a very romantic sunset.
Wild sunflowers grow wild as well as are planted in small clusters at most of the roads in Da Lat. Visitors can also choose to go to the hills and valleys with a large number of wild sunflowers to visit and take pictures for more beautiful results. These can be mentioned as Van Thanh flower village, Ta Nung town, Elephant waterfall or Langbiang mountain tourist area.
A corner of the sky is bright yellow by the colors of wild sunflowers in full bloom.
One of the areas that is considered as the most beautiful road to see wild sunflowers in Da Lat is Trai Mat to Cau Dat tea hill and then to Dran town. Here, the color of wild sunflowers will be bright yellow in a corner of the sky.
If your family is planning a trip this October, you can refer to the destinations with the brilliant flower season above.
Flowering season in October along the country: The Northwest has a very strange flower that not everyone knows
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