LAM DONG – Da Lat established winter with a fruitful persimmon season. Many families choose to hang persimmon according to the Japanese method instead of selling persimmon.
Imported to Vietnam many decades ago, Japanese persimmon were grown in Da Lat because they were suitable with the climatic conditions, altitude and considered as a specialty fruit of the land of fog.
The persimmon season in Dalat starts around the end of August to the end of November. People harvest them to make hanging persimmons instead of selling them as fruit trees.
After being harvested, the persimmon fruits with stalks are washed and dried before processing.
The persimmons are completely peeled, leaving only the stem. “In order to make a beautiful persimmon, the razor needs to be meticulous,” said a worker who made roses.
The persimmon is dried before hanging. According to Dang Thi Thu Van, a perennial dried persimmon in ward 10 (Da Lat city), peeled old persimmon fruits will be dried in an oven for about 3 hours at a temperature of 50-60 degrees Celsius.
The pink hanging time lasts about 3 weeks with sunny conditions, outdoor temperature 25-30 degrees Celsius.
The craft of making hanging persimmons in Dalat according to Japanese technology was formed nearly 10 years ago when the farmers here received the drying technology from experts of JICA Organization (Japan).
Each persimmon fruit is then attached separately to a wire, free of any preservatives and thanks to the natural drying wind.
During the hanging process, roses will be inspected on the surface to ensure that they are not moldy or damaged. Natural wind-dried persimmon has a fresh color. When the rainy season is about to end, this is the time when the establishments in Dalat are busy making roses.
The wind-hanging persimmon also uses fans to keep insects away.
The packaged, semi-finished, dried persimmons are from 400,000 to 450,000 VND / kg.
Tourists love to find places to make pink wind and experience the tourism product while seeing this miraculous process of making pink.
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