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Picnic in Da Lat
Update: 22/03/2014
In the middle of March, the coach, in the hot weather, was\r\nrunning smoothly on foggy roads at dawn, all excitedly watched the scenery and\r\nliving activities of the inhabitant along the route of 300 km length.
\r\n\r\nThe weather was colder when people reached Da Lat. Its cool\r\nwind blew with comfortable air. The ways to the city became narrow, zigzagging,\r\ndangerously steeply but very attractive and enjoyable. Both sides face against\r\nlofty walls of rock, standing motionless as if Vietnamese staunch spirit has\r\nfought against all violent storms. How a wild nature is! People are too\r\ndiminutive in the huge amount of interlaced mountains, dreaming valleys,\r\nimmeasurably high green pine jungles and the poetry sky of Da Lat with\r\nunlimited flowers in four seasons:
\r\n\r\nFlowers are likely noble.
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Flowers build the blue moon for life.
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Flowers smile radiantly.
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Flowers are always innocent.
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(Collected)
\r\n\r\nOr:
\r\n\r\nThere are flowers with elegance.
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There are flowers with rustiness and sweetness.
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Flowers are seen with infinite meaning of life.
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Witnessing that life is unendingly changed.
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Being acquainted with the natural luster.
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Now their gathering here with an ancient radiant look.
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(Collected)
\r\n\r\nApart from Da Lat’s flavor of nature, we can enjoy the\r\nexquisite talent with deft hands of the embroiderers in XQ embroidery village -\r\nthe land of arts. The rhythm of the interlaced yarns on the loom combined with\r\nthe breath of the nation and the modern color shows off the beauty of the\r\nlively art paintings. It rouses in mind of Vietnamese that the intelligence,\r\ncreativeness, patience, secretiveness, subtleness and profoundness are the traditional\r\ncharacters in their life. Artists said:
\r\n\r\nMy dear Da Lat!
\r\n\r\nI love the world but don’t dare to touch you.
\r\n\r\nInvading into the nature, I am willing to discover many\r\nromantic and wonderful sights such as DamB’ri falls, LangBiang summit, which\r\nare the symbols of the power, challenging to conquer them to, themselves,\r\npossess the nature and the destiny.
\r\n\r\nNature endowed Da Lat the pure environment, cool weather\r\nwith clean natural vegetables. The residents’ meekness and hospitality have\r\nattracted not only domestic tourists but also foreigners. This motivates Da Lat\r\ntourist industry growing remarkably, from which visitors have a trust when\r\narriving here.
\r\n\r\nDa Lat is not only very beautiful but also energetic. It\r\ngreatly seduces people as its name.
\r\n\r\nThanks for my dear Da Lat!
\r\n\r\nAnd thanks!
\r\n\r\nAll gusts of wind blow up.
\r\n\r\nAnd sweep me to another world.
\r\n\r\nThe one of peace and purity world
\r\n\r\nSeems to roll all up to the Pure Land of Amitabha.
\r\n\r\nTime went fast and it was the time to say farewell to the\r\ncold plateau. We left Da Lat and returned to Hoang Phap pagoda in the emotion\r\nof fondness, the pride on our country and Vietnamese people.
\r\n\r\nWe reverently express our gratefulness to the Master and\r\nMonks who granted us this helpful and meaningful trip. We enjoy the joy and\r\nhappiness in the right mindfulness, in the blessings of the Buddha of the ten\r\ndirections, in the care of the Master and Monks. What a great merit!
\r\n\r\nThis picnic is always a pretty and fadeless memory in our\r\nlife.
\r\n\r\nTranslated by Nguyen Phuong Trinh.
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