Another remarkable annual event for Lunar New Year is the Floral Festival in Tao Đàn Park. What I like the most here was the Bonsai exhibition, the Frangipani collection...they change every year. It's something really worth to admire, as you feel the passion, the efforts, the creativity from the artists by creating the incredible beauty.
The Bonsai collection
Someone told me that the real good Bonsai master, only looking at the trunk, could tell how old is the bonsai...Some days ago, not far from my house, I saw another big bonsai of this "Paper Flower" in very nice cascade style, but that trunk was nothing, compared to this one. They sold it at 1000 USD. This one surely not for sale.
I'm not sure but this bonsai could be in the deadwood style when a deadwood preserved to a living bonsai. I can't imagine how long does it take the artist to create this kind of art - it requires not only the technique, the skill, but most important - the passion and the patience!
The Frangipani collection
This year the collection of Frangipani seemed better - all still in their early bloom...Year after year, I never stop wondering and admiring how the artists-gardeners care about the trees and to make them flowering on time for Spring festive.
When I was kid I remember those big, tall Frangipani trees in my school's playing ground, their flower mostly in white-yellow or pink, the shape much simpler compared to what I saw in this park. Surprisingly beautiful!
The Golden Fish collection
Last year I saw for the first time the Golden Fish at this Festival. I was surprised when seeing the huge, almost a coconut size, very cute Golden Fish. I really want to ask the owner how can I get one or two...but he was not there.
Few months ago in the aquarium fish market in Chinatown one shop was selling big Golden Fish, imported from China. It was a very good price, so I decided to keep some in my aquarium. It was not easy at the beginning, they kept dying after few days, then few weeks but now I'm able to keep them for longer, but how to make them grow as big as here - another challenge!
Calico Goldfish (Tosakin?)
People
It's quite interesting when observing people surrounding us. You may feel the rhythm, the energy in our routine life. I saw this young artist sitting, patiently waiting for someone who would ask her to draw their portrait for little money, but unfortunately none of these street artists, was only two, allowed to do it in the park. I witnessed another young painter sent out from the park by a team of angered security men. I was wondering why? Let them staying in the park, providing the service to visitors, it could be only better for everyone. The mentality of some people here was incredible!
This young kid probably was too tired in the tropical heat, he just wanted to sit on the grass despite his dad's efforts to convince him to stand up...It took a while for a kid...
but finally the whole family continued to discover the park in the afternoon heat. Actually it was not that hot but understandably for those who is coming from a real cold winter's world.
Lunch time!
Quite ton-sur-ton : hat and shirt!
Reading book in the park...I don't know whether we, Vietnamese, still have that habit or not...mostly spending hours and hours on the chairs in the coffee shop, chatting, doing something on the laptop...but reading book, especially in the park, seemed fading away.
After hours wandering around the Park, witnessed the beauty of the nature bent and shaped by our human will and force, some other incidents...I just want to use the photo that I took from the Flower Street early this morning, before the official opening, to end my post about another Tết in our life. I'd like to wish all of you, who follow my blog over the past few years - the prosperity, the health and the happiness.
Some comments that the female goats having no horns, means all goats here are male!?
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