The northernmost land of the country in each season has its own unmistakable beauty. When spring slowly walks, the color of peaches and plums fades, the rice flowers begin to light bright red flames throughout the gray stone area, making many hearts sob and restless.
The rice tree is also known as the wood tree or the Central Highlands people often call it the po lang tree. This tree is widely grown in the North. The image of the ancient rice tree standing tall at the top of the village has also become familiar in the memories of every child in the Northern countryside.
In the days of March, when the winter cold dissipates and the sun shines lightly, making the sky and earth gradually warm and the air slackens the humidity, it is also the time when the flower buds begin to bloom and show off their colors on the branches of the rice trees. According to folk experience, every time a rice flower blooms, it is cold for Ms. Bin to come and summer is coming.
"Never until March
The rice flowers fell and the old woman put away the blanket."
In Ha Giang, the brilliant rice flower season bewildered many people who wandered to the land at the border. Under the rice canopy, the cow begins to plow the land. Under the rice canopy, people harvest radishes and prepare for the new corn crop. The rocky plateau, which was gray ash in color, on humid days and cloudy skies, became even more gloomy. I wonder if that's why nature makes the rice trees bloom to brighten up this whole land?
Rice flowers are the size of a small bowl, thick wings, bright orange-red color. On blue days, the red color of rice flowers stands out even more in the sky like spots of fire. Rice branches are where the birds pass branches and dance. Flowers fell to the ground, and the road surface became a carpet of red flowers clinging to the footsteps of travelers.
If the image of rice trees associated with the Northern countryside is usually an ancient trunk, a large round canopy, and a rough stump, the rice in Ha Giang is high, the stem stretches straight between the cliffs, on the steep hillsides. Rice trees in Ha Giang sometimes stand alone along the road or on the hillside, sometimes they grow in clusters close to each other and the whole valley is bright red.
Ha Giang rice flowers bloom a lot along the road, especially on both sides of the Nho Que, Mau Due, Du Gia, Khau Vai rivers. Walking through the rocky plateau in the days of March is one more time to dye the nostalgia for Ha Giang with vibrant colors full of passion.
Photo: Le Phuong
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