The 2019 cherry blossom – Yen Tu yellow ochna flower festival will open at the Yen Tu Truc Lam culture centre in Quang Ninh province’s Uong Bi city on March 9.
At the Yen Tu ochna flower festival 2018 (Photo: anninhthudo.vn)
Quang Ninh (VNA) - The 2019 cherryblossom – Yen Tu yellow ochna flower festival will open at the Yen Tu Truc Lamculture centre in Quang Ninh province’s Uong Bi city on March 9.
The annual festival will showcase about 100cherry blossom trees and 5,000 cherry blossom branches from Japan as well as200 Yen Tu yellow ochna flower trees. The trees will be displayed at the footof Yen Tu Mountain in Thuong Yen Cong ward.
The festival will have a wide range ofVietnamese and Japanese cultural activities and art performances. It will alsointroduce specialty products of the northern province and Japan. The festival willend on March 17.
Yen Tu yellow ochna trees normally bloom in thesecond lunar month, one month after the yellow ochna trees in the south.
Yen Tu Mountain, which is located between QuangNinh and Bac Giang provinces, has breathtaking scenery and many ancientpagodas.-VNA
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At the Yen Tu ochna flower festival 2018 (Photo: anninhthudo.vn) 
