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Nhat Tan Traditional Flower Village

Before Lunar New year holiday - Viet Nam. In addition to pink peach flowers, Nhat Tan village is busting with chrysanthemums, globe amaranths, honeysuckles, and carnations. This is the best time of the year to take photos. This year, due to an unusually long, chilly winter, not all the peach buds will open before Tet. This is a problem for peach blossom growers. A villager owns a peach blossom garden. “This year the weather has been unusual. Due to severe cold weather, 65% of the peach trees are not fully blooming. I’ve been growing peach flowers for 30 years and every crop is like a bet with the weather. We depends 50% on the weather. I hope it’ll get warmer for a few days and the flowers will get better.” Growing peach flowers is the main source of income for Nhat Tan villagers. They tend and shape the peach branches and trees to make the best ornamental trees for Tet. In cold weather, they carefully protect each peach tree with additional soil or warm the flower buds with electric lights. Here and there in the village, peach flowers are blossoming – a harbinger of spring.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2021
Date Uploaded: 10.2021
Photo Location: Ha Noi, Vietnam
Camera: ILCE-7RM4
Copyright: © DUC MINH DO