After long days of being tied up in an invisible room due to rain, landslides, and floods, people's hearts feel like they are changing into new clothes when the rain stops and the sun returns. The last days of November are like a gentle hand embracing us, soothing the loss and pain of a stormy season. The collapsed house is being rebuilt, the road blocked by landslides and fallen rocks has been opened to traffic, the fields devastated by floods have been cleaned up, preparing for a new sowing season. Late autumn brings a sense of peace and hope. The familiar song lyrics echo in my mind: "Our love is like a row of trees, past the stormy season. Our love is like a river, calmed by the flood".

Lam Dong countryside along the Da Nhim river in the late autumn sun.

But late autumn on the plateau is not just that. Like a lover afraid of losing his love, ready to give all his sincerity, the plateau steadfastly overcomes the rain and floods, gathering all the fat and color for the most glorious and brilliant moment in late autumn.

Gentle autumn colors in the suburbs of Da Lat.

That moment is the season of wild sunflowers blooming. The flower lives a wild life, being friends with the sun and rain all year round, silently forming sap, waiting for the sun and wind to bloom together, weaving a golden carpet on the ground. Each flower is like a sun, the whole flower forest seems to have millions of sparkling suns. The vitality and beauty of wild sunflowers have become a symbol, a great inspiration in the highlands.

Wild sunflower season on Langbiang plateau.

The Da Nhim River is like a gentle mother who has just gone through the pain of flood season. Although the water is still red and flowing rapidly, on both banks, the rice fields are ripe and golden like countless brocades that young girls have laid out to dry in the autumn sun, promising a warm and prosperous season. On the hills, the coffee is ripening red. This year, the coffee crop continues to be bountiful, with good prices, and coffee growers cannot hide their joy, and everywhere they look, they see bright smiles.

Rice fields by Kala Lake, Bao Thuan Commune, Lam Dong Province.

Crossing the autumn fields, going up the mountain to Langbiang plateau, visitors come across gardens of ripe persimmons. Hidden all year round under layers of lush green leaves, now is the time for the persimmon gardens to shed their leaves, revealing clusters of ripe, red fruits, as beautiful as a painting. Visiting the persimmon garden, taking some souvenir photos, enjoying the sweet taste of persimmons, visitors feel as if they have brought home the autumn of Da Lat.

Wind-dried persimmons, a gift of autumn from Dalat.

Autumn is about to pass, the soldiers who came from far away to help people overcome the consequences of the flood have also boarded the bus to return to their units. On the way back, the plateau appeared in their eyes beautiful and brilliant as if no flood had ever happened on this land. The beauty of the symphony of late autumn colors not only brings beautiful emotions but also kindles hope in each person for the revival of the plateau that has just gone through a pain with many losses./.

    Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/van-hoa/doi-song/khoanh-khac-cuoi-thu-tren-cao-nguyen-lam-dong-1013988