Red carp for offering to Kitchen Gods price skyrockets

Quang An - Xuan Hoang• February 4, 2021 09:49

(Baonghean.vn) - The carp market for offerings to the Kitchen Gods this year is bustling with many types of fish, including large red carps, priced at up to 300,000 VND/kg.

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The ceremony to send off the Kitchen Gods, also known as the ceremony to send off the Kitchen Gods to heaven, is a very important ceremony for Vietnamese families. Therefore, on the 23rd of December, the market for carp to worship the Kitchen Gods in the markets is very bustling. In the photo: Carp stalls at Vinh market are bustling with buyers on the morning of February 4 (December 23 of the lunar calendar). Photo: QA

Ms. Bui Thi Ngan, a carp seller, said: "This year, the price of carp has increased, double compared to last year, on average each kilo of carp costs from 280,000 - 300,000 VND. The reason is that the amount of fish this year is scarcer, the number of fish sellers has also decreased due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, so the supply cannot meet the demand." Photo: QA

If sold retail, carp currently costs from 15,000 - 30,000 VND/fish depending on size. Photo: QA

In particular, this year, some large red carp, weighing from 1 - 1.5 kg, are sold at 300,000 VND/kg in Vinh City; on average, each fish like this costs from 300,000 - 450,000 VND. Photo: QA

However, the consumption of this type of fish is quite limited, because not everyone is willing to spend a large amount of money to buy it, especially in a year when income has decreased due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: QA

In Yen Thanh district, the carp market is also quite bustling. Ms. Nguyen Thi Na in Nam Thanh commune said: On the afternoon of December 22, she and her husband went to fish farms to buy carp to sell to people to hold ceremonies to send Mr. Cong and Mr. Tao to heaven. The price of carp is from 10,000 to 15,000 VND/fish. Photo: Xuan Hoang