Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City has allocated the site for construction to Van Tong Fine Arts Company Limited. This company has barricaded the site for traffic safety and street beauty during its construction. As planned, this tourist spot opens to public on the evening of lunar December 27th and closes on lunar January 5th.
Workers have been very busy doing the decorations at the production site of Can Tho Spring Flower Show Street on Nguyen Truyen Thanh Street (Binh Thuy District) for nearly a month. Thanks to their much effort, models of houses, pigs, miniatures ... gradually come into being. Their diligence and dedication can be seen in their working hard both day and night, being very careful in each detail and pattern.
Artist Van Tong – a representative of the company - says: "The work schedule is in accordance with the original plan. We will also prioritize the use of flowers grown by Can Tho farmers so as the show will be more meaningful. ”
My homeland and its spring on Can Tho Flower Show Street, The Year of Pig 2019
This year, Can Tho Flower Show Street has a total length of more than 300m, with a design of a main gate, a side gate and three model sections, a flower landscape decorated with installed techniques. Real flowers are primarily used and harmoniously combined with models to create symbolic images such as Ninh Kieu Wharf, Sword Lake (Ha Noi), Hue Citadel, Da Lat Flower Garden, Ben Nha Rong (Ho Chi Minh City)...; These models show the development and dynamism of Can Tho City with its cultural and new rural areas ... In addition, models of spring melodies, pictures of funny pig's driving cars, art works made of Southern fruits, apricots ... are believed to be an attractive "check-in" point for tourists.
Mr. Nham Hung, who has been responsible for the theme of Can Tho Flower Show Street for the past 6 years, shares with us, “This year, the show expresses the special characteristics of the Western region on Tet. The image of a cute pig is hoped to help the city have more achievements and changes to Can Tho after 15 years of becoming a centrally-run city; cultural features, typical works of the city”. He says, “I usually cannot sleep when it is time to write the theme of Can Tho Flower Show Street. To make each year different from the previous ones, creating new attractions for visitors is not easy at all. To "solve" this problem, he has gone to Ho Chi Minh City Flower Show Street and other localities to learn from the experience. What he always wants is to demonstrate the identity of Can Tho City in its yearly flower show street.
The main gate of Can Tho Flower Show Street toward Hoa Binh Boulevard features a golden pig figure of the year.
Being the first locality of the Western South to organize the flower show street every Tet holiday, Can Tho has helped to bring tourists and locals a meaningful spring destination. Mr. Nguyen Van Tau, a resident of 30 Thang 4 Street, Xuan Khanh Ward, Ninh Kieu District, says, "Every year I along with my children and grandchildren go to visit this beautiful and merry street." Ms. Tran Thi Ngoc Giau, a student of Tay Do University, from Bac Lieu Province, shares her excitement, saying, "Whenever Tet holiday comes near, I always think of Can Tho flower show street. Every year I hesitate to return to my hometown and stay until lunar December 27-28th so as to have chances to take pictures here.”
These days, when Van Tong Company sets up the barriers of Vo Van Tan - Nguyen Thai Hoc Street to construct the street of spring flowers, many people are posting and reporting its construction process with very funny and happy comments on Facebook, "Tet holiday comes with Can Tho Flower Show Street,” “Tet is coming, hey guys!" “Eager to visit the flower show street, this year", "There is an authentic spot for my virtual life on Tet holiday!"... These happy sharings illustrate the attraction of the street as well as the position of Can Tho City as the cultural center of the Mekong Region.
According to Can Tho City Tourism Development Center, its booth for tourism promotion will be made from traditional bamboos, and its rattan designs will be in harmony with the whole space of the street. During the 9 days as the street open to the public, this booth will be available for travel businesses in the city to introduce their products and services to domestic and foreign tourists. On site staff will be ready to give useful advice and tour information to visitors in need. In addition, here display and sell souvenirs by local handicraft businesses.
Can Tho Newspaper. Translated by Diep Truong
