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In the song Quang Nam - Da Nang, a land of heavy affection , musician Nguyen Van Ty has the line "I took you to eat bon bon fruit, I ate it all the time until I was tired". It is said that when the song was first released, there were people from other regions who "questioned" that Quang Nam did not have lon bon (bon bon is the common name) but that the musician took someone to "eat it all the time until I was tired". In fact, lon bon is also called Nam tran or Phung quan moc, associated with the story of the Nguyen lord's army (during the battle with the Tay Son army) taking refuge in the forest in the upper reaches of the Vu Gia river, Dai Loc, Quang Nam. When they encountered the lon bon forest, they picked and ate it to quench their hunger and thirst. When he ascended the throne with the reign name Gia Long, Nguyen Anh named the lon bon fruit Nam tran (precious gem of the South) and had the image of the Nam tran tree carved on the upper floor of the Nhan cauldron in the Nine Cauldrons in the Imperial City (Hue) to show his respect and gratitude.
Long Bon in Tien Phuoc
However, Dai Loc longan is not as famous as Tien Phuoc longan. Tien Phuoc longan is sweet and has a rich flavor. This is a fruit that can be eaten anytime you are hungry or full, the sweet, refreshing taste permeates the tongue and can enchant anyone. Tien Phuoc longan is also used to make wine with a light, quite attractive flavor.
Many people in Tien Phuoc have become rich thanks to lon bon. Tien Chau commune has many famous lon bon gardens. Some households harvest dozens of tons in each favorable season. Tien Phuoc district has organized a scientific seminar on conservation and development to exploit the economic value of lon bon and towards exploiting the potential of garden ecotourism, combining culture and cuisine.
Strange fruit flavor
Tien Phuoc people mainly live on farming, their main income comes from livestock and garden economy. In which, garden economy plays a key role. The most typical is in Loc Yen village, Tien Canh commune. This fairy-tale-like village has about 20 fruit gardens from native fruit trees to fruit trees imported from the South such as durian, mangosteen, green-skinned grapefruit. The strange thing is that the typical fruit trees of the South when "settled" in Tien Phuoc not only grow well but also produce fruit with a flavor that is said to be better than "the original".
We went to Tien My commune, where there is a large area of mangosteen in Tien Phuoc district. Local people said that almost every house here grows mangosteen. There are gardens with mangosteens that are nearly 100 years old, such as the gardens of Mr. Pham Van Luc, Dong Thanh Cuong, Mr. Nguyen Duc Hung, and Mr. Tang Ngoc Chanh. In this midland district of the Central region, each year mangosteen alone can bring in around 30 billion VND, which is not a small amount for farmers. It is known that Tien mangosteen is recognized as a 3-star OCOP product at the provincial level.
Tien Land also has another famous fruit, which is pomelo. When talking about pomelo in Tien Phuoc, people immediately think of pomelo in Tra Khan. Tra Khan is a village in Tien Hiep commune. This is the origin of the famous pomelo tree, so that now pomelo is present in all communes in the district. Pomelo in Tra Khan originated from Hue. Tra Khan villagers still pass down the story of Mr. Huynh Duân, a nephew of Mr. Huynh Thuc Khang, a local dignitary in the 19th century. During his trip to the capital Hue, Mr. Duân brought back some carefully grafted pomelo branches. The fertile land and cool climate of Tra Khan are very suitable for this fruit, so after about 4 - 5 years the tree begins to bear fruit. The pomelo has a sweet taste, not sour and bitter like the pomelo in the countryside, so people spread the pomelo variety to the whole village, the whole commune and the whole district. The pomelo season is from July to September of the lunar calendar.
There is a fruit (or rather spice seed) called pepper grown on this "fairyland" which is also the best pepper in the country. Hundreds of years ago, foreign traders brought Tien Phuoc pepper to the world market. In the book Modern History of Annam , author Maybon wrote: "Goods in Hoi An in the first half of the 16th century on local products included raw silk, pepper, agarwood, cinnamon... Chinese and Indian boats came to get goods". The regions supplying raw silk (Duy Xuyen), pepper (Tien Phuoc), agarwood, cinnamon (Tra My) are all in Quang Nam.
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