About Sam mountain in the phoenix flower blooming season

The color of royal poinciana flowers adds to Sam mountain a brilliant and dreamy beauty.

When the rains come to cool the sky and earth, it is also the time when Sam Mountain turns into the most brilliant season of the year. Growing up in the suburbs of Chau Doc, I became a regular visitor to this legendary mountain. Therefore, each season, I feel the different beauty of my hometown mountain.

As a “privilege” of nature, Sam Mountain chose the season of Via Ba to become the most brilliant. When people from all over flock to Chau Doc to live in the festival atmosphere, they also get to see the season of bright red phoenix flowers on the distant slopes. I still remember the days when I was a high school student, I especially loved going to Sam Mountain during the phoenix flower blooming season. Tan Lo Kieu Luong Street at that time was not as spacious and modern as it is now, but the rows of old phoenix flowers were cool.

At the end of the fourth lunar month, the cicadas sing long in the foliage. The clusters of royal poinciana flowers are red on the trees. The brilliant royal poinciana lights up the eyes of young adults, awakening the festival season at Sam Mountain. From the center of Chau Doc City to Sam Mountain, visitors are welcomed by a road filled with royal poinciana flowers. On that road, there used to be carts full of royal poinciana flowers of our generation.

Looking up from the Ba Chua Xu Temple on Sam Mountain, the slopes of Sam Mountain look like a masterpiece of nature. On Bach Van Street, royal poinciana trees bloom along the way up. Each old royal poinciana tree is like a giant flower rising from the rocks of the mountain. The most beautiful route is probably the Tao Ngo Garden route, where people can go up the mountain by motorbike. However, we prefer to walk, because we are still very healthy students. Along the cool shaded road, the brilliant royal poinciana canopies decorate the dreamy blue sky. Back then, we didn't have much to think about, just cherishing dreams about the future.

Growing up, each of us went our separate ways, but the phoenix flower season at Sam Mountain is still there. Now, I return to Sam Mountain during the phoenix flower season when so many things have changed, but the feeling is still like yesterday. In fact, Sam Mountain is associated with the phoenix flower season. Because it has become a part of this place, from its aesthetic value to the “traditional” approach of tourists and locals.

Following the old road, I went up the mountain by motorbike. The royal poinciana trees were still brilliant on the Tao Ngo Garden route. Looking down the road from Long Son Pagoda, you will be overwhelmed by the red color that filled your eyes. In the middle of the majestic mountains, in the silence of the sky and earth, people's hearts also gently recalled the images of the past. Also those rocks, there were a group of students sitting and playing next to the fallen royal poinciana corpses. The innocent, crisp laughter drifted into my memory, the sweet sugarcane juice still lingered in the aftertaste of that day, all became part of my memories of the royal poinciana season on this mountain.

There is a very interesting coincidence that the royal poinciana season every year coincides with the ceremony to bring the statue of the Lady of the Land from the top of Sam Mountain down to the current temple. The dragon and lion troupes, long lines of tourists and locals walk together on the road and under the cool green canopy, decorated here and there by the bright red royal poinciana on the branches. That makes the ceremony both reminiscent of legend and unforgettable in the hearts of visitors.

Continuing the journey to the top of the mountain, along the winding road, the royal poinciana flowers are still shimmering. There are captivating scenes, causing many visitors to stop to capture the moment with the beautiful nature. At the sandstone pedestal where the Lady resides, the color of royal poinciana flowers still appears. Compared to before, this place has changed with more spacious constructions. However, only the royal poinciana season remains unchanged, still bringing a bit of dreaminess to this legendary space. Many visitors cannot hide their excitement when standing between the vast sky and the bright red royal poinciana flowers on the top of Sam Mountain.

The Royal Poinciana season will come and go according to the cycle of nature, but it leaves an unforgettable impression on visitors and those who are attached to Sam Mountain. So that every year, in the bustling atmosphere of the Via Ba season, people will return to pray to the Holy Mother to bless everything to go smoothly, to find a little gentleness and peace in the dreaminess of the Royal Poinciana season.

MINH QUAN

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