Since the beginning of December, when the Japanese cherry trees planted next to the central lake of Sa Pa town were full of buds, tourist devotees immediately dated ’ departing ’ to catch this short flower season. Northwest place. Then when the warm rays of sunshine returned after the last cold spell, Sa Pa cherry blossoms suddenly, sweetly blooming in love with travelers.
In Sa Pa, there are 2 beautiful Japanese cherry blossom viewing spots: one is on the campus of the People’s Committee of Sa Pa district, right near the bank of the lake in the town center; the second is the European flower garden in Ham Rong mountain eco-tourism area behind Sapa stone church.
Cherry blossoms planted in Sa Pa are among the 100 precious seedlings donated by the Japan-Vietnam Friendship association on the occasion of Sa Pa’s 100-year-old turn in October 2003, and up to now, it has been 17 years of ’taking root’ in "city of clouds" . Partly due to the suitability of the land and climate, the other part thanks to careful care, the cherry blossom trees in Sa Pa quickly spread out, the stump grows quite large and continuously for many consecutive years. wrong flower brilliant.
Unlike Japan, where the cherry blossom season usually occurs in March and April, Sa Pa cherry blossoms soon on Christmas and Western New Year. Each cluster of roses has fragile and graceful wings that quickly adorn and cover the spindly branches, creating a pure romantic beauty in the mountain town.
In the midst of the clear winter weather of Sa Pa on a sunny day, or the misty table every morning, what’s more wonderful than walking along the poetic lakefront road, watching each cluster of flowers swing gently, drop The soul follows each petal flying, as if we were going on an excursion in the land of Funeral. Therefore, when the Japanese cherry blossoms bloom, Sa Pa seems to be full of fun and bustle. The time from when the tree blossoms buds, to the time it blooms and the flowers fade only takes place within a month, everyone wants to take advantage of the cherry dream.
Realizing the potential to attract tourists from the beauty of cherry blossoms, in recent years, Hoang Lien National Park, Sa Pa has successfully researched and cultivated thousands of Japanese cherry blossom seedlings, delivered to the people. The locality and tourism businesses plant in hotels, restaurants ... with the expectation that Sa Pa tourist town will become the ’Kingdom of Japanese cherry blossoms in Vietnam’ .
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Chien, director of the tourist area, said: ’Cherry is a relatively difficult tree to grow, slow to grow. However, with an altitude of 1,600m above sea level and a cool and pleasant year-round climate, Sa Pa is a very suitable place to grow cherry blossoms. The cherry trees we propagated all thrived and bloomed wrong next year than last year. Many visitors also commented to us that, although planted in the same year, the same variety, but Sa Pa cherry blossoms more beautiful than cherry grown in Lam Dong ’.
Along with the beauty of the sea of clouds and the sparkling icy painting on the top of Fansipan, the Japanese cherry blossoms create a unique tourist product for visitors to visit the city on the cloud during the season. frozen.
