Here comes the first time of Buckwheat Flower Festival in Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province.
According to Ha Giang Culture, Sport and Tourism Department, this festival will be organized in October 2015, the most beautiful blooming season of buckwheat.
Buckwheat is known as a plant with heart-shaped leaves, pinkish flower, which is cultivated for its grain-like seeds, and also used as a cover crop. In Vietnam, this flower is grown mainly in Northwest mountainous areas, especially rice terraces in Ha Giang Province.
An unavoidable attraction with both domestic and international travelers. Buckwheat flowers starts blooming in October with the pure white color and then turns into pinkish and dark red color in November and December.
Local often use its seeds to make traditional cake or wine with very unique taste
Naive faces of local children in dreamily beautiful buckwheat fields
This buckwheat flower festival will stick with ranges of cultural activities such as the third H’mong Pan-pipe Festival, Dong Van Krast Plateau GeoPark Photography Exhibition, Krast Plateau Tourism Fair.
Holding such event like this, Ha Giang Province Authorities hope to introduce specific images of unique culture of local ethnic people’s lives in Krast Plateau to domestic as well as international visitors.
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Routing: Hanoi - Mai Chau - Son La - Dien Bien Phu - Sapa – Hagiang – Bao Loc – Cao Bang – Ban Gioc – Ba Be – Lang Son – Hanoi
For more details: http://www.activetravel.asia/motorcycling-adventure-in-northern-vietnam-t245.html