Feast your eyes on the fiery sky from the 40-year-old lonely cotton tree in Vinh Phuc

The lonely cotton tree blooms under the dike slope leading to Lien Chau Primary School (Yen Lac, Vinh Phuc), looking like a giant torch standing tall between heaven and earth. Not shy and gentle like other flowers, the cotton tree blooms strongly and passionately. The red color seems to dye the whole sky, brightening up a peaceful countryside - Photo: HAI NAM

In April, the bright red cotton flowers bloom on the high branches, making anyone passing by look in amazement.

During the winter, the kapok tree is silent, shedding all its green coat, seemingly dry and rotten. But when spring comes, a latent vitality suddenly rises, awakening the flower buds hidden in the rough shell. The kapok flowers are large, with thick petals, bright red like tiny flames, burning on the bare branches.

According to traditional medicine, kapok flowers are sweet and cool, have the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, and stopping bleeding. They are often used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhage, ulcers, and bleeding due to trauma.

People come to pick flowers to bring home as medicine, and many young people from neighboring areas come to check in, preserving youthful moments with the April sky full of rice fires.

The flower only blooms once a year and usually lasts about 3 weeks, so it is always awaited and sought after by many people.

Each flower is like a small bell, blooming together at the same time. Kapok flowers bloom in clusters, close together, creating a bright, dazzling red mass - Photo: HAI NAM

Flowers carry within them a beauty that is both proud and strong, and evokes the dear, simple memories of the countryside - Photo: HAI NAM

The lonely cotton tree is about 10 meters tall, with 4 branches spreading out from the base in 4 fairly balanced directions, shaped like a lotus bud pointing up to the sky - Photo: HAI NAM

Peaceful flowers reflect on the lake surface, signaling the transition of late spring and early summer - Photo: HAI NAM

The red color attracts all eyes, making the lonely cotton tree the owner of a corner of the countryside - Photo: HAI NAM

The season of the red cotton flowers comes and goes very quickly. But the brilliant red color has left a lasting impression on people's hearts. When the last flowers fall from the branches, giving way to young green cotton fruits, people begin to look forward to the next year's cotton flower season - Photo: HAI NAM

According to Ms. Thuy Trinh (38 years old, Hanoi), the image of the towering kapok tree has become a familiar and close symbol in the souls of Vietnamese people.

"Not only beautiful in appearance, the kapok flower is also associated with many dear memories of the Vietnamese countryside. The kapok tree is often planted at the entrance of the village, next to ancient communal houses, or along familiar dirt roads. The shade of the kapok tree is where children play, and where adults stop to rest after hard days of working in the fields. The kapok flower petals fall into the village pond, drifting lazily on the blue water, creating a peaceful, poetic scene," she said.

LUONG DINH KHOA

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