This is a touching story showing why we call it “Trái vú sữa” in Vietnamese which means “The mother’s milk fruit”.
Watermelon with green and red flesh will bring good luck. The succulent, round fruit, sweet and sweet, symbolizes prosperity and fullness of life. The red watermelon is also chosen a lot to decorate on Lunar new year because of its lucky color.
As the fruit grows, it looks very much like the eyes of a dragon when it has rolled on fine brown soil. That fruit is the Dragon eye fruit which is “Long Nhãn” in Vietnamese....