Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival attracts visitors on opening day

Ho Chi Minh City - Tao Dan Spring Flower Festival opens with many unique birds, flowers, and ornamental plants, attracting a large number of people to visit and enjoy.

The 44th Spring Flower Festival was held by Ho Chi Minh City at Tao Dan Park with the theme "Spring of love, Tet reunion" lasting from February 6 to February 15 (ie December 27 to the 6th day of Tet).

On opening day, hundreds of tourists from all over came to the spring flower festival to visit, admire and take pictures.

The entrance fee is the same as every year at 30,000 VND for adults and free for children under 12 years old. Many families take photos to preserve the spring moments.

Inside the spring flower festival, there are many eye-catching miniatures such as heart-shaped candies and spring flowers.

Phan Khai Hoan (red shirt), a secondary school student, went to the park with his family to take pictures. "Every year my family goes to the spring flower festival. This year, we saw many beautiful scenes so my family and I took pictures and posted them on social media," Hoan said.

Having just bought the entrance ticket, Ms. Le Phi, District 11, took photos with her husband and children to check in at the spring flower festival. "Every year my family goes like this to enjoy the Tet atmosphere," Ms. Phi said.

This year's Tao Dan Spring Festival has many dragon mascots, symbolizing the Year of the Dragon. At the entrance to Truong Dinh Gate is a 3-meter-high "Carp transforming into a Dragon" symbol, representing a new year of development, prosperity, and abundance.

In addition, the campus also has modern stylized dragon mascots on the flower street.

The miniature landscapes on the green hills are carpets of brilliant flowers, cheerful musical note patterns, colors, creating highlights for the spring flower road.

The Spring Flower Festival is divided into many separate display areas such as bonsai frangipani, apricot blossoms, tropical and temperate plants, miniature landscapes, and artistic rocks. Each area has unique bonsai trees brought in by artisans from all over.

The collection of three sculptures "Nine Dragons Competing for a Pearl" made from solid dry tree roots by Mr. Nguyen Truong Tien. One of these works has been recognized by the Vietnam Record Organization as the largest work made from solid dry tree roots in Vietnam, and is on sale for 7.9 billion VND.