TPO - The 150-year-old Trom tree, the 200-year-old Kơ nia tree and the 140-year-old Banyan tree in Binh Duong province have been certified as Vietnam Heritage Trees. In addition, the local ceramic dragon mascot has also been recognized as a Vietnamese record.
On March 8, Binh Duong held a ceremony to announce the Vietnam Heritage Tree and the 2024 dragon mascot, setting a Vietnamese record.
Mr. Le Quang Loi, Principal of Binh Duong College of Fine Arts and Culture, said that today the school held a ceremony to award the certificate of recognition of the Vietnamese Heritage Tree - the Tram Tree on the school campus.
Although located within the school grounds, authorities determined that the tree was born before the school was built. Binh Duong College of Fine Arts and Culture was established in 1901, about 123 years ago, and the tree alone is over 150 years old.
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The Tamarind tree in the campus of Binh Duong College of Fine Arts and Culture is recognized as a Vietnamese Heritage Tree. |
The main trunk circumference of the tree is 3.2m; the base circumference is 5.2m; the height is about 25m; the canopy diameter is about 25m. The trunk of the tree with a rough, rugged surface is surrounded by many types of parasitic plants. The tree has many very large branches facing in all directions, the roots facing the school yard. The reason is that the tree used to be located close to the river, so the roots cling to the mainland.
On the same day, Mr. Duong Thai Khanh - Secretary of the Party Committee of Tuong Binh Hiep Ward (Thu Dau Mot City) said that the Kơ nia tree and the Banyan tree located in the Tuong Binh Hiep communal house were recognized as Vietnam Heritage Trees by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment. On the morning of March 8, Tuong Binh Hiep Ward held a ceremony to announce Vietnam Heritage Trees.
The Kơ nia tree is currently over 200 years old. The circumference around the trunk at breast height (1.3m high) to calculate the trunk diameter is 1.38m; the tree height is estimated at 37m; the canopy width measured by tape measure in the East-West direction is 30m and the South-North direction is 32m.
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The Kơ nia tree and the Banyan tree embracing each other in the courtyard of Tuong Binh Hiep communal house were recognized as Vietnam Heritage Trees. |
The Banyan tree is about 140 years old, with a root system that extends deep into the ground, hugging tightly around the trunk. The tree has many branches and a wide canopy that spreads shade. The trunk at breast height has a diameter of 9.6m; the tree is estimated to be about 27m tall; the width of the tree canopy measured by a tape measure in the East-West direction is 42m and the South-North direction is 30m.
The Kơ nia tree and the Banyan tree stand embracing each other, looking from the outside looking in they look like just one tree, this uniqueness has attracted the curiosity of local people.
Also according to Mr. Khanh, this morning the locality held a ceremony to establish a Vietnamese record for the pair of dragons assembled from the most hand-fired ceramic jars in Vietnam.
The dragon mascot was designed to welcome the Year of the Dragon 2024, located on Ho Van Cong Street (Tuong Binh Hiep Ward, Thu Dau Mot City). Each dragon has up to 38 large jars and about 20,000 jars.
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