Unique decoration fruit garden welcomes lunar New Year
Tuesday, 17/02/2015 22:03 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - Painstaking creativity by Le Duc Giap in Bai village, Cao Vien commune, Thanh Oai district, Hanoi has helped to create a unique fruit garden for decoration during the lunar New Year festival. Its unique characteristic lies in the fact that there are different kinds of fruits on one tree.
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The 7,000 square metre garden has over 200 fruit trees. |
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Apart from its unique and strange characteristics, this kind of decorative fruit tree is loved because of a notion that they bring home luck and prosperity in the new year. |
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There are different kinds of ripe fruits on each tree which creates a colourful picture. |
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Each tree is sold at between VND2-10 million. |
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Small trees are sold at between VND500,000-2 million each. |
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Calligraphic letters are created on grapefruits. |
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Each year, Mr. Giap studies and creates a new kind of fruit tree to attract customers. |
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According to Mr. Giap, it takes him 3 years to succeed in planting this kind of tree. |
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Besides, it takes the tree one year to receive all transplanted fruits. |
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The fruits’ flavor and colour can be preserved for 3 months after Tet. |
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The trees are loved by customers. |
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Customer, Nguyen Manh Tu from Dong Anh district, Hanoi, comes to the garden to buy a tree. According to Mr. Tu, the trees are of great creativity and beauty while they bring warmth and prosperity during the New Year. |