Kinhtedothi- In order to connect creativity and promote the historical and cultural traditions and potential strengths of Phu Dong commune, responding to the activities of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2024, from November 12 to 17, 2024, Gia Lam District People's Committee organized the "Phu Dong Commune Bonsai and Paper Flower Festival".
This is the second time the “Phu Dong Commune Bonsai and Paper Flower Festival” has been held. With the theme “Flower colors on the heritage land”, the 2024 Phu Dong Commune Bonsai and Paper Flower Festival, Gia Lam District is designed with many attractive activities.
Colorful paper flowers
These days, the fields of Phu Dong commune are filled with the colors of bougainvillea; thousands of pinks and purples, stretching out like a brilliant, eye-catching painting. Flower growers here are eagerly preparing for a meaningful festival - the second "Phu Dong Commune Ornamental Plant and Bougainvillea Festival", with many positive signs.
Mr. Nguyen Van Huynh, owner of Huynh Thuc garden, happily said that this year his family plans to display 5 large bougainvillea trees in the central area of the festival and about 30 small trees to decorate the surrounding areas. The trees selected for display are perennial bougainvillea trees, pruned and uniquely shaped, with economic value many times higher than normal bougainvillea trees. Similarly, another garden owner - Mr. Nguyen Ba Nam said that his family plans to display 5 trees, including 2 snow-white trees, 2 five-color trees, and 1 pine-shaped tree. To have outstanding shapes and colors, before being brought to the festival, the pots of trees are meticulously cared for and repaired by gardeners.
Representative of Phu Dong Green Park Ecological Area, Mr. Pham Xuan Thong - CEO of Phu Dong Green Park Joint Stock Company said that with thousands of bougainvillea trees displayed in the campus and many attractive entertainment items, Phu Dong Green Park will bring many interesting experiences to visitors and tourists during this festival. In particular, Phu Dong Green Park Joint Stock Company also has tours connecting local culture (Giong Temple, Phu Dong Commune) with neighboring tourist destinations such as Duong Xa, Bat Trang, Ninh Hiep, very convenient for tourists who want to explore cultural and spiritual tourism.
According to Vice Chairman of Phu Dong Commune People's Committee Nguyen Van Tai, as a long-standing bougainvillea growing craft village with the largest scale in the North, in 2020, Phu Dong Commune, Gia Lam District was recognized by Hanoi People's Committee as a "Bougainvillea Craft Village". Up to now, the whole commune has more than 150 hectares of agricultural area converted to growing bougainvillea with about 450 participating households. Keeping up with the trend of the times, not only maintaining and developing traditional bougainvillea varieties, Phu Dong bougainvillea growers also import new bougainvillea varieties and grafted varieties from many countries around the world such as: America, China, Thailand, India... Thanks to that, the colors and designs of Phu Dong bougainvillea are increasingly rich and diverse.
In addition to traditional colors such as white, purple, red, there are also new colors such as: white-red marble, dark pink, light pink, Sakura, French red, American bougainvillea, Chinese white, snow purple, French purple, Indian color-changing bougainvillea, ruby red, fiery orange... The shapes and forms of bougainvillea are also created in styles from traditional to modern such as: tea table shape, pine tree shape, cone shape... Currently, Phu Dong bougainvillea is consumed and available in all provinces and cities across the country, concentrated in the Central region.
Many exciting activities
After the success of the first "Phu Dong Bonsai and Paper Flower Festival" in 2023, Gia Lam District People's Committee determined that this is an annual event to connect creativity and promote the historical and cultural traditions, potential strengths of Phu Dong commune in the orientation of developing cultural industry in the district. In addition, the festival also aims to promote and introduce Phu Dong bonsai and paper flower craft village and Phu Dong tourist destination; potentials and opportunities for cooperation in the fields of craft village tourism, experiential tourism, and spirituality. At the same time, raise awareness of agencies, enterprises, and social communities about developing craft villages associated with tourism, experiential tourism, contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality.
Pursuant to Plan No. 266/KH-UBND dated September 12, 2024 of the Hanoi People's Committee on organizing activities to participate in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2024 - 2025 and Notice No. 1267-TB/HU dated September 30, 2024 of the Standing Committee of the Gia Lam District Party Committee on organizing activities to respond to the Hanoi Creative Design Festival in 2024, the Gia Lam District People's Committee has developed a Plan to organize the Phu Dong Commune Bonsai and Paper Flower Festival in 2024.
Chairman of Phu Dong Commune People's Committee Tran Xuan Tinh said: "Phu Dong Commune Bonsai and Paper Flower Festival" in 2024 will be held from November 12 to 17, 2024, with the theme "Flower colors on the heritage land". The festival will be held in the following spaces: Phu Dong Temple National Special Relic Site; Phu Dong Paper Flower Village Product Exhibition and Introduction Area; garden houses on inter-commune roads and Phu Dong Green Park Ecological Area.
Activities at the festival include: displaying and introducing unique and typical flowers and ornamental plants of Phu Dong paper flower craft village and other units; displaying and introducing tourism products of tourist destinations in Gia Lam district; organizing a contest to create and graft "Phu Dong paper flowers"; organizing a conference to promote and connect Phu Dong tourism and travel agencies to strengthen and promote Phu Dong tourist destinations; organizing a parade of model cars decorated with paper flowers to welcome the festival. In addition, there are cultural and artistic activities; entertainment activities; folk games...
Also according to Chairman of Phu Dong Commune People's Committee Tran Xuan Tinh, although most households growing bougainvillea were affected by storm No. 3, causing damage, after only 1 month of recovery, the bougainvillea fields were again colorful, welcoming a new crop. After implementing the plan to organize the "Phu Dong Commune Ornamental Plant and Bougainvillea Festival" in 2024, 70 gardeners with 150 bonsai trees and 200 foundation trees participated.
The success of the first bonsai and paper flower festival has made the “Flower colors on the heritage land” of Phu Dong commune reach further and further; many tourists and customers from provinces and cities across the country have come to Phu Dong, including customers from famous flower regions of the country such as Sa Dec (Dong Thap), Da Lat (Lam Dong), Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang... The locality hopes to continue to attract more potential customers to Phu Dong craft village as well as Phu Dong tourism in the coming time.
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