Tonight, the opening ceremony with the theme “Blooming Rocks” will take place at the Dong Van District Stadium, Ha Giang.
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| Every October, the remotest part of the country is bathed in the golden light of autumn. The weather is pleasant, and the black cat-ear mountains are lit up by terraced fields of buckwheat flowers. |
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| Buckwheat is becoming a typical flower of the land of the cat ear stone, an image that attracts a large number of tourists to the plateau every year. The buckwheat flower festival held on October 15-16 is also inspired by this herb. |
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| Young buckwheat stems can be boiled and eaten as vegetables. When in bloom, buckwheat seeds are harvested and ground into flour for food, or cooked with corn to make cakes, or made into a wine with a special flavor. |
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| Buckwheat flowers that bloom in October are usually sunny and windy, so they are pink. The same variety, but planted early in the year, usually has white, small flowers. |
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| Along Highway 4C, flowers are everywhere in Sung La, Pai Lung, Pho Bang valleys, etc. Flowers hide in the crevices of rocks in Lung Cu, flowers are everywhere in Hoang Su Phi, Xin Man, flowers are shyly blooming next to rammed earth houses... |
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| The ethnic minorities here sow buckwheat seeds among other crops. There are also areas where only buckwheat is grown densely. Usually, seeds are sown after the corn crop and harvested in late November or early December. |
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| Amidst the rocky mountains, year-round fog, dry weather, winding downhill roads submerged in valleys… buckwheat flowers appear. The autumn landscape painting in the border region of Ha Giang is further enhanced by the colorful patches. |
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| The cake is made from buckwheat flour mixed with corn flour, fermented, and when ready to eat, it is grilled and enjoyed with thang co hotpot, a specialty of the H'Mong people in the Stone Plateau. |
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| Mong and Dao boys and girls in traditional costumes, always smiling and friendly, welcome tourists. |
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| This year, the buckwheat flower festival will have the participation of 4 districts in the rocky plateau (Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van, Meo Vac). The opening ceremony with the theme “Blooming Rocks” will take place on the evening of October 15 at the Dong Van district stadium. |
According to VNE
