Every year, from July to October of the lunar calendar (ie August to November of the solar calendar), the water from the upper Mekong River flows into the Cuu Long River Delta, especially in the provinces of Dong Thap, An Giang , and Tu Giac Long Xuyen, creating a sea of water. At this time, the green fields of the past have become vast, watery with extremely beautiful scenes. This is also the bumper crop of shrimp and fish for the people of the West who work hard all year round.
The flood season, the sad season, the happy season of the people of the West - a land that does not have majestic mountains like other lands, they only have a generous and open heart when distilling what the water has to create the cultural value of an entire land.
Each house in the middle of the vast water, each small boat fishing in the sunset gradually passed through the car window on the journey connecting the heritages of the river delta region.
Not only does the flood season bring new life to the farmers here, it also brings new life to the lotus, water lily, reed grass, and green cajuput forests. When the flood season comes, the West seems to have a new coat. This is also the season when birds fly back to make nests in large flocks. In other words, this is the time when everything in this land grows and flourishes.
Depending on the climate each year, the flood water flows early or late. The flood season in the West provides many rustic and wonderful specialties: Hastily picked sesbania flowers can also be processed with linh fish into a dish of linh fish cooked in sour soup with sesbania flowers, then dried snakehead fish or boiled mixed vegetables, field crab claws...
Every year, from mid-summer, storms and tropical depressions cause heavy rain in the upper reaches of the Mekong River, causing the water level to rise rapidly. When flowing downstream, a portion of the water flows into the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, while most of it flows through the two branches of the Tien and Hau rivers, rushing across the border into Vietnam and into the East Sea through many mouths.
A fairly large area at the headwaters of the Mekong River has low-lying terrain, so the water overflows its banks, inundating canals, ponds, lakes, and fields for a long time (about several months).
As for Tra Su Melaleuca Forest, you will be taken by motorboat deep into the middle of the mysterious green Melaleuca forest. This is the most typical and unique natural habitat of the flooded ecosystem. What could be more enjoyable than sitting on a motorboat through the forest to admire the sparkling white Melaleuca flowers, the green duckweed and flocks of rare birds just a few meters away.
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