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| On cold weather days, the outdoor temperature is from 5 - 10 degrees, in many places.localIt is not difficult to see people in the countryside collecting firewood, lighting stoves, and sitting to warm themselves by the roadside, at crossroads, or under ancient trees... Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In front of booths, shops or betweencountry market, people also join hands to light wood stoves to keep warm. In the photo: Nam Dan people burn wood to keep warm on a cold day. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Because of the prolonged cold weather, manykitchenFires are maintained day and night. People actively collect firewood and contribute firewood to light communal fires to serve the community. Passersby can also stop to warm up at these fires. In the photo: People on the tea island of Thanh An commune (Thanh Chuong) light a fire to keep warm day and night. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| On this occasion, young people and students in rural areas often organize a fire to keep warm while working in the fields or during group study nights. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The winter night firelight illuminates radiant, innocent faces. Photo: Huy Thu |
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On these cold days, people in Nghi Van (Nghi Loc) often contribute firewood and light a communal fire on the village road. Each fire usually has dozens of people of all ages sitting around chatting happily. Families here take turns, each night preparing a rustic dish such as baked sweet potatoes, baked cassava, banh xeo, etc. to treat the neighborhood. They also bring a set of speakers next to the fire to serve karaoke. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| It seems that the habit of sitting at the stove in winter has become a familiar custom in some places. Whenever the weather gets cold, people gather to light a fire to keep warm. The elderly are quieter and often sit quietly warming themselves by the wood stoves in front of their houses. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Many families use small, compact pots to heat their wood stoves with glowing embers, so they can be moved and maneuvered easily, and to prevent fires. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Sitting around the fire on a cold day, children are told stories by their parents and grandparents about the old days, when there were no gas or electric stoves, and life was still poor. The red fire was a special salvation that helped everyone, every family overcome the cold winter days. Photo: Huy Thu
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Now sitting in the kitchen warming their hands, many people can't help but reminisce about the past: rainy nights, poor countryside, the fire burning until late at night. Mixed in with the crackling sound of embers, the lingering white smoke are stories of the countryside full of memories. The poor thatched roofs, which seemed unable to protect against the cold, drizzle, and north wind of the gloomy winter days, have become places to kindle faith and love for families. That is possible because in every house there is always a red fire to cook, warm, and light. Heads huddled together amid simple meals of vegetables, pickles, and pickled tomatoes, but still filled with human affection. Photo: Huy Thu |
Life has changed, becoming more and more convenient and modern, wood-burning stoves are no longer lit in every house, but are still as close and familiar as in the old days. In the cold winter wind, the stove is not only for warming, but also a place to strengthen the community and village sentiment, an image connecting the past with the future, lighting up dreams and hopes. In the photo: People of Thanh Long commune (Thanh Chuong) light a stove to warm up, roast chicken, and roast cassava. Photo: Huy Thu
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| Joy by the fire on a cold day. Video: Huy Thu |
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