Ha Giang Buckwheat Festival 2016 to Open in Oct

(VNF) - The northernmost province Ha Giang will organize the second buckwheat flower festival in Meo Vac Town in October.

The annual festival aims to promote the cultural value of Ha Giang province, including the beautiful image of buckwheat in full bloom. According to Deputy Chairman of Culture, Sports and Tourism Department, all activities in the festival is still undecided.

Last year, an art performance called "The Karst Plateau – A Thousand Blooming Flowers" that followed the opening ceremony highlighted the stone plateau, Dong Van ancient quarter, and the buckwheat flower. There was exhibitions, a wine festival, a Mong pan-pipe festival, and a handful of contests related to the flower during the four-day event.

A photo exhibition also opened the string of activities in Dong Van’s old quarter with 50 photos capturing landscapes, daily life, and farming. The first festival last year has attracted more than 2,000 tourists here every day.

The buckwheat (Fagopyrum Esculentum) plant grows in clusters of small, pinkish-white flowers and produces triangular, edible seeds. The ethnic Mong group cultivates two crops of buckwheat every year in the area. The flowers are sensitive to sunlight, changing their colour from white in the early morning to pink in the afternoon.

Minh Phuong ( According to vnexpress.net )