Hanoi girls dressed up with daisies calling the winter wind

Graceful in ao dai, gentle in poetic costumes, Hanoi girls who love the flower that calls the winter wind back to Hanoi are checking in in the pure white color of daisies.

Thiếu nữ Hà thành xúng xính bên cúc họa mi gọi gió đông - Ảnh 1. — *Early winter daisies make the love for this flower flutter - Photo: NAM TRAN*

No one knows since when, daisies have been compared to the flower that calls the winter wind to Hanoi when they bloom regularly in late autumn. The petals are closed, just waiting for the monsoon to come to bloom white, making many flower lovers fall in love. However, this year, both the flower season and winter seem to have come late. It is not until the end of November that daisies bloom.

Thiếu nữ Hà thành xúng xính bên cúc họa mi gọi gió đông - Ảnh 2. — *The white daisies bloom to welcome the winter wind - Photo: NAM TRAN*

This year’s daisy season is not as bustling as previous years, because all the flower fields planted along the Red River were wiped out by the flood in September after Typhoon Yagi. Although the water receded shortly after, the garden owners did not have time to replant due to the short time. Fortunately, a few flower gardens in the area inside the dike, despite the rain and wind of Typhoon No. 3, still grew well and bloomed right when the monsoon season hit Hanoi.

Thiếu nữ Hà thành xúng xính bên cúc họa mi gọi gió đông - Ảnh 3. — *Hanoi girls dressed up with daisies - Photo: NAM TRAN*

Ms. Pham Thi Hanh, manager of the West Lake Flower Valley, said that daisies need 3 months to grow, develop and flower. To get the flowers in season, gardeners have to plant them in August. However, the flowers had only been planted for about a month when storm No. 3 hit, making flower care more difficult. "Daisies are a typical flower of Hanoi, so every year the flower valley dedicates a large area to planting them. This season, daisies are planted on a gentle slope with an area of about ^5,000m2 . The flowers are planted in two batches so that the blooming time is longer. This year's daisy season is expected to last until the end of December," Ms. Hanh shared.

Thiếu nữ Hà thành xúng xính bên cúc họa mi gọi gió đông - Ảnh 4. — *On Vietnamese Teachers' Day, many female teachers also came to take photos with daisies to preserve memories of the special day - Photo: NAM TRAN*

Huyen Trang (Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi) confided that she only knew about daisies when she came to Hanoi to study and work, but the pure beauty of this flower made her fall in love at first sight. "In previous years, from the end of October, I saw daisies filling the corners and roads of Hanoi, but this year the flower season is much later. For me, when daisies bloom, it is also a sign that winter has come, so prepare warm clothes. Today is also the day Hanoi welcomes the first winter monsoon, so I took the opportunity to schedule a check-in with my friend for this special daisy season," Huyen Trang shared. Daisy season also brings high income to photographers. According to Mr. Phan Anh Tu, every daisy season, the demand for photography increases. On average, he earns 5 - 10 million VND for a photo session for young girls. "With event photography packages, for example, today I took pictures of female teachers and earned about 5 million VND. And taking pictures of individual models is about 1.5 - 2.5 million VND/person," said Mr. Tu.