(Baonghean.vn) - U Market - the largest cattle market in the province, located in Dai Son commune (Do Luong district), becomes even more bustling during the final trading days of the year.
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| Before dawn, people and vehicles were already bustling along the roads leading to Ú market to buy and sell buffaloes and cows. Mr. Dương Phúc Hòa from Hamlet 8, Thuận Sơn commune (Đô Lương district) transported his buffalo to the market at 4 am. Photo: Huy Thư |
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| The buffalo market is held on land that used to be the stadium of Dai Son commune. After many rainy days, the market is full of mud, with people and buffalo crowded together as if in a rice field. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The buffaloes are marked with the names of their buyers. According to traders, the price of buffaloes and cattle this year is "softer" than last year. Prices also fluctuate depending on the fatness, weight, size, etc., of each animal. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The two calves still don't want to go home with their new owner. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Around the market, there are many temporary pens holding animals while they wait for trucks to transport them. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| After being purchased, the buffaloes were tied around carts in the market, with dozens of buffaloes on each cart. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| These large, fat cows, brought from Laos by traders and resold multiple times, are now preparing to be transported north. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| They used every means possible to load the buffaloes and cows onto the trucks. Photo: Huy Thu. |
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| Many young people in Dai Son are skilled in the cattle trade from a young age, becoming accomplished traders before the age of 20. One young trader said: "Because the market only meets six times a month, the Tet (Lunar New Year) atmosphere at U Market starts as early as the beginning of the twelfth lunar month." (Photo: Huy Thu) |
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| Each market day in Ú sees thousands of buffaloes and cows traded and sold; hundreds of cars arrive to transport the goods. Going to the Ú - Đại Sơn market, wading through mud to buy buffaloes and cows during Tet (Lunar New Year) is an unforgettable memory for many. Photo: Huy Thư |
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