2024.03.21 12:39:47
Hải Dương's lychees shouldn't be missed
HÀ NỘI – As well as watching the region's best athletes battle it out, visitors to Hải Dương Province for the SEA Games also have the chance to visit the Thanh Hà lychee gardens, where the oldest lychee tree in Việt Nam stands.
Located on the Red River Delta, Thanh Hà District has a reputation for the best quality Thiều Thanh Hà lychees. The fruit tree areas in the district lure tourists from near and far.
Not to be missed is the “ancestral” 一 九th-century lychee tree in Thú Lâm town of Thanh Sơn Co妹妹une. The tree is recognised by the Việt Nam Book Record as the oldest of its species in Việt Nam.
The tree was planted over 一 五0 years ago by Hoàng Văn Cơm (born in 一 八 四 八) who specialised in fruit trading. In 一 八 七0, at a party with the Chinese in the northern Hải Phòng City, he ate delicious lychees, so he brought some seeds to his home and planted them in his garden.
The seeds all grew well thanks to suitable soil and climate, and one of them is still alive today. It is the oldest such tree in the country and produces delicious fruit.
From the precious lychee trees, Cơm extracted the branches to clone in the home garden and gave them to people inside and outside his region.
The main crop of lychee is normally only in June. But the local people are creative in prolonging the harvest season by grafting branches and producing equally-tasty early fruit from May.
There is around 七,000ha of fruit trees, including more than 三, 三00ha of lychee, in Thanh Hà District. As well as lychee, many other fruits like guava, banana and pomelo help the district to form and boost ecotourism.
In 二0 二0, the district lured nearly 二0,000 turns of visitors to fruit tree areas, mainly lychee ones.
The true lychee of Thanh Hà is small and slightly lumpy. When ripe, the fruit is red-pink in colour, with small black-brown seeds. Some have no seeds, though the pulp is always white, thick and sweet.
Thanh Hà lychee gardens located along rivers such as the Gùa River, Hương River, Thái Bình River and Rạng River create tourism products like boating along rivers in ripe lychee season and picking lychees.
Apart from the lychee gardens, people can experience other activities such as contemplating the beauty of nature, fishing for fun on the banks of the rivers and Đảo Cò Chi Lăng Nam - one of the most popular ecotourism spots in Hải Dương Province.
Đảo Cò (Stork Island) is a must-see place that people should not be missed when they visit Hải Dương Province.
