Close-up of the billion-dollar elm tree at the Chi Linh - Hai Duong Festival in 2023

(Dan Tri) - The artistic elm tree work of Mr. Nguyen Van Uy (in Chi Linh City, Hai Duong) at the Chi Linh - Hai Duong Festival in 2023, someone offered 5 billion VND but he has not sold it yet.

The Chi Linh - Hai Duong Festival 2023 with the theme "Convergence of the elite - Aspiration to shine" takes place for 11 days from September 24 to October 4 at 3 locations: Sao Do Square, Con Son - Kiep Bac Special National Monument; Sinh Temple - Hoa Temple National Monument. Within the framework of the above festival, at Sao Do Square (Chi Linh City, Hai Duong Province), the Chi Linh City Ornamental Plants Festival Exhibition 2023 took place.

The 2023 Chi Linh City Ornamental Plants Festival Exhibition has gathered hundreds of bonsai works with many different types and designs. This is an opportunity for people and tourists inside and outside Hai Duong province to enjoy many bonsai art works.

Mr. Nguyen Van Uy (59 years old, in Pha Lai ward, Chi Linh city) and his wife brought to the exhibition two bonsai works of Duoi and Pine. Talking about the pine tree work that he and his wife were standing next to, Mr. Uy said that this tree has been "living" with his family for about 20 years. "As far as I know, this pine tree is over 100 years old. More than 20 years ago, I bought it from a resident on Con Son - Kiep Bac mountain. When I bought it, I took care of it, trimmed it and shaped it. The trunk diameter is about 100cm," said Mr. Uy.

Talking about the value of this Christmas tree artwork, Mr. Uy revealed that since September 24, when he brought it to the exhibition, his phone has been "burning hot" because many people have asked to buy it. Many people who like Mr. Uy's Christmas tree artwork have offered 5 billion VND.

And here is the artistic work of the elm tree at the exhibition that Mr. Uy is also very passionate about. He said that this elm tree used to "lie" on the wall of a house in Bac Giang for hundreds of years. About 20 years ago, Mr. Uy bought this elm tree, took care of it, shaped it and put it in a pot. With this artistic masterpiece, in the past few days, many people have also offered to buy his elm tree for 5 billion VND.

"At other exhibitions, I would say the price of the elm and pine trees is much higher, but at the exhibition in my hometown, if anyone pays 6 billion VND for the pine tree and 6.6 billion VND for the elm tree, I will give them to them to take home and play with. Taking care of these two trees is not complicated, if the customer buys them, I will guide them on how to take care of them and they can do it," Mr. Uy shared.

An artistic guava tree work from An Lao district, Hai Phong city.

According to Dan Tri reporters, the exhibition also featured many bonsai works of art with different species, high value and coming from many provinces and cities across the country. The bonsai exhibition has contributed to enriching and making the Chi Linh - Hai Duong Festival 2023 more attractive, when tourists from many places come to visit and entertain on the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival 2023.

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