if you take a stroll on the streets of around Hanoi city will see the majority of the stem are painted white, a lot of foreign visitors curious to ask why do that, this question is answered by Viet Unique Tour as below:
In fact, the type of water used to paint on the trunk is not only white water but also contains calcium salt, sulfur, paint trunk so mainly has 2 purposes: The first is to combat malaria, and the second is to prevent insect .Each of them know that the weather is very cold in winter; however in the daytime, when the sun rises and warms the atmosphere a lot. Therefore we prefer sunroom. For plants, the sunroom is not easy, and free as we are. After sundown, whether the cold air to where the trees are still standing in place. Thus, the day was warm, that night is cold, more the temperature difference is quite large, vulnerable vegetation. When the trunk covered with white, white can reflect the sun and other radiation, for many of the trunk to avoid too high, significantly reduces the temperature difference between day and night, avoid plant injury.
In addition, many insects prefer to lay eggs and stay hidden in the cracks on the bark, and especially lime water that kill insects
When the New Year come, we often white washed on tree trunks to represent a new year with a bright life, except borer pest, represents a fresh start! We must have customs and their own unique style that is national identity!
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