PSNews - Coming to Hanoi during summer season, especially in May, you will have chance to see many kinds of colorful flowers including giant purple crape-myrtle flowers, crape-myrtle flowers, phoenix-flower, white and pink lotuses.
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| Sometimes, you may not recognize a new season comes until suddenly witnessing them brightly blossoming along every street. When May arrives, the capital city of Hanoi dazzles as flowers bloom. Photo: VNA. |
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| According to a legend, the crape-myrtle flowers represent innocent and faithful of first true love. Despite blooming for just a short period of time, the bright purple, pink and white of the flower brings a poetic beauty to the capital in the early days of the season. Photo: VNA. |
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The flowers of trees known as ‘Muong Hoang Yen’ are also beginning to bloom at this time and fill the streets of Hanoi with a sea of vibrant yellow. Photo: VNA.
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| The yellow buds form in bunches measuring between 20 and 40 centimetres. Each branch holds around five buds of oval shaped petals. Photo: VNA |
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Phoenix-flower is seem to give the signal of coming summer. It blooms most flamboyantly from April to June. Photo: VNA.
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This flower is considered as student’s flower since its blooming time is in Vietnamese school’s farewells so that it can recall all the best memories of student’s life. Photo: VNA.
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| Lotus, the National flower of Vietnam is a delicate flower with many layered petals arrayed around a central core. Some of them will be sold in the market and the rest will be separated to get pistils for making famous West Lake lotus tea. Photo: VNA. |
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| On summer mornings, visit the lotus pond to breathe in the scent of lotus flowers, make lotus tea or enjoy its taste in the peaceful ambiance of the West lake will remark as the most unforgettable Hanoi’s memory. Photo: VNA. |
By Linh Bui
