The hardship of harvesting hundred-year-old persimmons on the Dai Hue mountain range
(Baonghean.vn) - At the end of November, persimmons in Nam Anh commune, Nam Dan district were ripe red all over the hill gardens. According to local people, picking hundred-year-old persimmons on Dai Hue mountain is not easy.
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These days, standing from afar, you can see ripe red persimmons on Dai Hue mountain. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Looking down from the mountain, the rose gardens at the end of the season are as golden as autumn leaves. Photo: Huy Thu |
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The leafless rose trees are still full of fruit. Photo: Huy Thu |
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According to locals, harvesting persimmons on Dai Hue mountain is quite difficult, especially on rainy days because of the steep and difficult roads and towering old trees. To pick persimmons on tall trees, people have to make specialized ladders, some of which are up to 15 meters long. Photo: Huy Thu |
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The bamboo ladders used by persimmon pickers are often twice as long as normal ladders. Picking persimmons from old trees is usually reserved for brave men who are not afraid of heights. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Mr. Tran Van Hoa (41 years old) in hamlet 7, Nam Anh commune said: Picking persimmons on old persimmon trees is quite dangerous. Tall trees with brittle branches pose a high risk of falling. In recent years, many persimmon pickers in the area have fallen, broken their arms and legs, and become disabled. Despite the danger, almost all persimmon pickers do not use any protective measures, not even wearing a safety belt. Photo: Huy Thu |
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It is known that on Dai Hue mountain range there are many hundred-year-old rose trees, many rose gardens have been through several generations, sometimes the owners do not know when their roses were born. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Although people have made efforts to open a path to the top of the mountain, after picking many rose gardens, people still have to carry each bag of roses a long distance, over reeds and rocks, to have a path. Photo: Huy Thu |
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At the end of the season, although the price of persimmons was very cheap, because the persimmons were ripe, people could not hold on and had to harvest them all at once, even in the rain. In the photo: Motorbikes loaded with persimmons going downhill to the village. Photo: Huy Thu |