Chi Lang district, Lang Son province is known to many people as the "capital" of na trees with a total area of over 2200 hectares. Na Chi Lang is famous for the quality of large, smooth fruits, pink and white interspersed eyes, thick pulp, sweet, and few seeds. From August to early September, in recent years, there has been an additional pillow crop in October and November every year, people all over the district are busy and excited during the harvest season. Each basket weighing nearly half a quintal is transported by people by motorbikes and pulleys from the mountains down through winding roads and craggy cliffs.
It is not natural that Na Chi Lang has become a famous and special product. Almost all of the Na Chi Lang are planted on towering limestone cliffs. Na trees follow the followers of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups to the peaks with an altitude of nearly 800m and then into the valley. Wherever people's feet reach that place, there is na.
Perhaps because of that, Na Chi Lang is sweet and fragrant, especially because in addition to the soil factor, it also contains many drops of sweat and effort of many generations of Chi Lang farmers who have turned the arid rocky mountains into nutritious soil.
On this day in the harvest season, Na Na is picked from the slopes of the limestone mountains, collected into large baskets and used a pulley winch to bring Na to the foot of the mountain.
Previously, electricity was still difficult for people to use hand winches. But now pulling electricity to the mountains for farming has become popular, thanks to the winch, the work of caring for and harvesting na has been reduced to be hard. The fragrant Na fruits follow the pulley system and go down the mountain, on buses to all parts of the country, sending the sweet and warm taste of the people of Lang.
Chi Lang pear fruit has a thin and soft skin, enlarged and flat eyes, pink-white interstitial eyes, thick pulp, white flesh with few seeds. This type of pear has the advantage of having a characteristic sweet and fragrant taste, lasts for a long time, is not easy to crumble, easy to peel, and when eaten, the citrus feel more chewy.
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With the typical climate of the land of Lang combined with the mineral-rich Cai Kinh limestone mountains, the Na tree grows, develops well, and has a characteristic delicious taste. On average, in the garden, Chi Lang pear costs from 35,000 to 60,000 VND/kg (depending on size). For fruits with a "huge" weight, about 1-2 fruits/kg, when transported to sell in Hanoi, the price ranges from 80,000 to 120,000 VND, depending on the time.
Coming to Vietnam these August days, let's enjoy this seasonal and delicious gift!
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According to the People