With the large quantity of effort, white lotus has been “revived” in Tinh Tam Lake within the pleasure of native folks and vacationers.

Lately, white lotus has been efficiently replanted after a very long time being absent from Tinh Tam Lake

Precisely a 12 months in the past, Tinh Tam Lake – one of many scenic spots labeled by King Thieu Tri as one of many “Than Kinh nhi thap canh” (twenty lovely scenes within the Capital), was embellished below the request of the native authorities after a very long time of affected by air pollution and deterioration. At the moment, one of many considerations was learn how to replant Hue white lotus on this place because it had been prior to now.

It was not a easy story in planting white lotus selection. As a result of white lotus is well-known as a “fastidious” type of lotus, which is unable to endure from air pollution and soiled water, and so on. Therefore, folks as soon as did attempt to plant it however failed.

Getting the settlement of Hue Monument Conservation Middle, Hue Viet Natural One Member Co., Ltd., arrange a plan to cooperate with surrounding native folks to “revive” white lotus flowers with the hope to convey again the sweetness for Tinh Tam Lake because it was earlier than.

Delighted to see the attractive white lotus flowers blooming in Tinh Tam Lake within the first season, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hue – Director of Hue Viet Natural One Member Co., Ltd. shared: “It was a protracted story to have these pure and aromatic flowers”. One 12 months in the past, Mrs. Hue and her colleagues carried out extraordinarily analysis earlier than making the choice of reviving the type of white lotus in Tinh Tam Lake. Not too many individuals actually understood that they’ve made an excessive amount of effort into renovating the underside stage, dealing with the remaining plant sprouts within the lake, and creating the bottom for the lake’s backside, and so on.

In contrast with the high-yield lotus selection beforehand planted by the native folks, this white lotus blooms smaller flowers and raises decrease productiveness. For these causes, it’s straightforward to grasp why folks doing financial work will not be on this flower selection and restrict planting it. “Nevertheless, many individuals nonetheless need to revive the cultural values of and replant the dear type of lotus left by our ancestors,” mentioned Mrs. Hue.

After a 12 months of attaining success within the planting course of, the white lotus backyard in Tinh Tam Lake is in exploitation season now. Tea leaves are embalmed with white lotus flowers by Mrs. Hue and her colleagues proper in the course of the lake, then harvested to serve home prospects and export the merchandise to different markets.

These days, Tinh Tam Lake belongs to Thuan Thanh ward (Hue Metropolis). The lake was naturally a renovated part of Kim Lengthy River, at first, its title was Ky Te pond. Within the third 12 months of Minh Mang reign (1822), the Nguyen Dynasty mobilized as much as 8.000 troopers becoming a member of the work of lake renovation, turning it right into a royal backyard exterior the imperial Citadel.

Within the sequence of poems “Than Kinh nhi thap canh” written by Emperor Thieu Tri about 20 lovely landscapes of Hue Historical Capital, the poem Tinh ho ha hung (the scene of Tinh Tam lake in Hue Imperial Citadel) ranked third.

Recently, Tinh Tam Lake has been renovated in a large number of objects and has turn into a sexy vacation spot for native folks and vacationers. Within the coming time, the lake’s area is predicted to be a stage for a lot of festivals, cultural and creative actions.

A number of the pictures taken by Thua Thien Hue On-line:

The work of white lotus planting is carried out by Hue Viet Natural One Member Co., Ltd. in affiliation with native folks residing round Tinh Tam Lake

Completely different from the high-yield lotus varieties, Hue white lotus is a noble selection with tender and aromatic lotus seeds

White lotus flowers are harvested after being replanted efficiently in Tinh Tam Lake

Right now, white lotus flowers are blooming superbly in Tinh Tam Lake; the work of tea embalming can also be carried out as quickly because the flowers begin blooming

A stage of embalming tea into lotus petals

White lotus seeds from Tinh Tam Lake are tender and aromatic

The lotus tea which is embalmed from white lotus flowers in Tinh Tam Lake

Vacationers who’re visiting Tinh Tam Lake taking photos of the dear flower of Hue

It’s been after a very long time that white lotus flowers might bloom brilliantly once more in Tinh Tam Lake

Younger woman posing for photos by a vase of white lotus flowers grown in Tinh Tam Lake

By Nhat Minh – Quynh Vien