LAO CAI – Coming to Sa Pa on New Year’s Eve, visitors can freely check in next to pink cherry trees, hunt for ice and snow, or countdown with brilliant fireworks displays…
Cherry blossom garden blooming
In the last days of December, Sa Pa enters cherry blossom season with thousands of trees blooming, glowing pink. Destinations to see beautiful cherries here include Muong Hoa hill, Fansipan cable car station area of Sun World Fansipan Legend tourist area, and the O Quy Ho Tea Hill area.
At Fansipan cable car station, cherry trees bloom brilliantly, forming large clusters. And at Muong Hoa hill, hundreds of cherry apricot trees bloom at the same time, creating a flower hill for visitors to freely check-in.
On O Quy Ho tea hill, bright pink cherries intertwine with the green of tea leaves, combined with sunlight, creating a charming picture of the mountainous region. By the end of the season, the tree will turn orange-yellow like the color of the leaf-changing season when seen from a distance.
Hunting for ice and snow on Fansipan peak
Since early December, the Fansipan peak area has had many frosts in the early morning. Although it does not last long, this is a signal that if you come to Fansipan at the end of the year, you are likely to witness ice flowers at the top of the mountain. Many meteorological experts also predict that with continuous cold waves, it is very likely that snow will appear on Fansipan peak. Therefore, coming to Sa Pa to hunt for ice and snow during the New Year promises to be a new experience for tourists.
Countdown to welcome the new year with brilliant fireworks display
On New Year’s Eve (December 31 night), Sa Pa will shoot low-level fireworks to see off the old year and welcome the new year 2024 with new hopes.
The New Year fireworks display will take place in the San Quan area, Sa Pa ward, Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province with a duration of no more than 15 minutes. Tourists can “change the mood” by welcoming the New Year in the middle of the mountains and forests, under the bright fireworks sky next to their loved ones to have more memorable experiences.
Attend the Ceremony of Amitabha Buddha
One of the major holidays in the Buddhist calendar that monks, nuns and Buddhists across the country look forward to at the end of the year is Amitabha Buddha’s Resurrection Ceremony, usually held on the 17th day of the 11th lunar month to commemorate Buddha’s immeasurable merits. Amitabha Buddha – one of the most worshiped Buddhas in Mahayana Buddhism.
This year, the festival falls on December 29 of the solar calendar, and that is also the reason Buddhists choose Sa Pa for their New Year’s holiday, both to have a unique experience here and to attend the important day. era of Buddhism at the sacred peak.
At the Fansipan spiritual complex, the Amitabha Buddha Ceremony will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on December 29, with many activities such as a thousand-flower offering program to the Buddha, a Dharma talk with the theme of Amitabha Buddha’s Vows by Venerable Thich Tinh Thien – Abbot of Truc Lam Dai Giac Zen Monastery, Sa Pa, Lao Cai presides, talks and answers questions about Amitabha Buddha and his merits, the ceremony of offering thousands of lanterns to light up the sacred peak Fansipan, wishing all peace and luck for the country.
($1~24,000 VND)
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