The biggest Tet flower street in the West

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Can Tho – Art Flower Street is 14 m wide and 240 m long, including 40 models, large and small, with more than 50,000 flower baskets of all kinds.

On the days of Tet, the street of Can Tho art flower is crowded with people and visitors. The flower street will be open until February 16 (the 5th day of Tet).

This is the first year the flower road was built on the road along the Hau River, instead of on Nguyen Thai Hoc – Vo Van Tan (the same Ninh Kieu district) as in previous years.

In room of Covid-19, right from the entrance to the flower street, the organizers remind visitors to wear a mask, check their temperature and wash their hands.

This year’s flower street consists of 5 parts, including the main gate, secondary gate and 3 sections with the theme “Can Tho Mung Dang, Happy New Year”, “Can Tho New Achievements, New Joy” and “Can Tho aspires to reach out. up “ . Funding for implementation is mobilized from socialization.

The scene recreates the old relic with the image of Dinh Bo Linh riding a buffalo and waving a flag to do exercises.

Writer Nham Hung, the author of the idea and scenario of the New Year’s Day of Tan Suu 2021, said that the highlight of the flower road is the models associated with the mascot of the year – the buffalo. Buffaloes are designed with modern buffalo (spacecraft driver, yacht driver, driver) and traditional buffalo (black, mainly located at the two ends of the entrance to the flower street).

The scene of a buffalo flying an airplane on the western river creates a fun and youthful way for the flower road.

In addition to the models of buffaloes and flower streets, many models and small scenes with cultural and tourist characteristics of Can Tho are restored such as Cai Rang floating market.

Flowers and ornamental plants were mobilized from flower villages in Can Tho, Dong Thap, Da Lat and neighboring provinces.

The scene recreates the scene of the family reuniting and wrapping banh Tet, welcoming the New Year.

Group of artists from Ho Chi Minh City wear ao dai, pose for souvenir photos at the flower street.

The female tourist took a photo in front of the house scene of the old Southern people.

Visitors admire the art of four spirits: Dragon, unicorn, and phoenix made of fruits.

Due to the complicated epidemic diseases, the number of tourists coming to flower sugar is quite small. “From the opening day, on the evening of February 8 (New Year 27), until now, the number of visitors to the flower street has decreased by 50% compared to the previous year. People come to the flower street very orderly, not jostling, pushing and High awareness of the prevention of Covid-19 “, said Mr. Nguyen Khanh Tung, Director of the Department of Culture – Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City.

Although the number of visitors is small, mobile police forces and security guards are still arranged throughout the flower street to ensure security and order, propaganda to remind visitors to take measures to prevent epidemics.

Art Flower Street is one of the annual New Year events of Can Tho City, attracting 40,000-45,000 visitors per day in previous years.

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