On Kitchen God's Day, go to Vinh market to discover traditional gifts
(Baonghean.vn) - Going to Vinh market with the ladies and mothers to shop and prepare for the offering tray for the Kitchen Gods, we can see all the rustic beauty in the cuisine and traditional snacks of Nghe An people.
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| On December 23, Vinh market is bustling with buyers and sellers preparing offerings to send the Kitchen Gods to heaven. The most prominent features in the corners of the market are the beautiful, shimmering pots of golden carp. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| Going to the market on this day, many people will not be able to resist the attraction of many delicious dishes that mothers and grandmothers buy to display on the offering tray. These are banh chung, gio cha, gio thu, xoi, che, and sweet cakes. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| The bright red sticky rice is shaped into eye-catching flower shapes to beautifully display on the offering tray. Along with that, the stalls also sell dried beef for customers to buy to entertain guests during Tet. Photo: Hai Vuong |
 The sweet cakes with the strong aroma of honey and ginger attract anyone who happens to pass by. The seller quickly molds each slim and shiny cake. It is not every day when going to the market that one can see this fragrant pan of molasses and these round cakes. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| In addition to sweet cakes, green bean sweet soup, lotus seed sweet soup, and floating cakes are also sold in abundance. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| Square green Chung cakes, imbued with the Tet atmosphere, have also appeared in many markets. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| Families who want to make their own sticky rice with gac fruit can choose to buy fresh gac fruit. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| Onions, garlic, pickles, and fresh bamboo shoots are sold in abundance for mothers and grandmothers to buy and pickle during Tet. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| The number of fat chickens served on the traditional Tao Quan offering tray is also more than usual. Photo: Hai Vuong |
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| A wide variety of fruits are available to meet shopping needs. Seeds such as squash and sunflower seeds are also sold early to serve the Tet holiday. Photo: Hai Vuong |
