Coming to Yen Tu in spring, watching the ancient yellow apricot trees bloom and dye the sacred mountain yellow

The ancient yellow apricot trees in Yen Tu are dozens of meters high, towering over other trees.

Every March, ancient yellow apricot trees bloom together in the vast Yen Tu mountain range, Uong Bi City, Quang Ninh , creating a rare scene.

The ancient yellow apricot trees were planted during the reign of Emperor Tran Nhan Tong. After hundreds of years, the yellow apricot trees have become a large ancient apricot forest, many of which are over 15m tall on steep cliffs.

The ancient mai forest is currently under the management of the Yen Tu Special National Relic Site. This type of mai usually does not bloom during the Lunar New Year, but only two months after Tet does the mai trees here begin to bloom their first flowers.

At this time, a series of apricot trees shed all their old leaves, replaced by the bright yellow color of millions of flowers blooming in clusters.

Yen Tu yellow apricot has its own characteristics: young leaves are always green, flowers have 5 petals, bloom in clusters and have a gentle, pure fragrance. Scientists at home and abroad consider this a valuable genetic resource of Vietnam that needs to be propagated and preserved.

Yen Tu yellow apricot trees are mainly concentrated in the To Tower area, Hoa Yen Pagoda, Vang Waterfall, Bac Waterfall. Each tree is numbered for management and care.

Some images of Yen Tu yellow apricot blossoms blooming throughout the mountains and forests:

The area near the Ancestral Tower is home to many ancient apricot trees, which are in their most beautiful blooming season.

Flowers bloom with high density, dyeing the mountains and forests yellow, creating a beautiful scene that is rarely found anywhere else.

The mark of time is imprinted on the trunks of ancient apricot trees. Each tree has its own appearance, all are beautiful products of nature.

Each yellow apricot tree here is numbered and located for easy management and care.

The whole tree is covered in bright yellow flowers, "lighting up" the entire mountain and forest space.

The ancient yellow apricot forest in full bloom adorns the mountains and forests right on the occasion of the Yen Tu Spring Festival, as if welcoming tourists to come and visit and worship.

The ancient yellow apricot tree is a flower species endemic to the sacred Yen Tu mountain. Legend has it that more than 700 years ago, when King Tran Nhan Tong came to Yen Tu to practice, he and other Buddhist followers planted the first yellow apricot trees here.

After hundreds of years, the yellow apricot trees have become a large ancient apricot forest, many trees are over 15m high on steep cliffs.

According to the inventory data of the Yen Tu National Forest and Monument Management Board, there are currently 268 yellow apricot trees growing at an altitude of over 500m above sea level. In particular, in the old forest, there are 20 apricot trees over 100 years old that are recognized as heritage trees.

TH (according to Vietnamnet)

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