(Baonghean.vn) - The shopping atmosphere for goods to prepare for the Vu Lan festival is heating up.Ask for a favorThey proactively prepared their supply of goods quite early.The prices of offerings and worship items for the Mid-Autumn Festival this year have mostly remained stable.
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| Despite it being midday, the cool weather attracted a large crowd to Vinh Market as people flocked to buy offerings for the full moon festival in the seventh lunar month. |
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| The prices of flowers are the same as on normal days. Chrysanthemums cost 5,000 VND per stem. |
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| Lilies are widely available for sale. These fragrant flowers are often chosen as offerings during weekly rituals, especially during the Vu Lan festival (a Buddhist festival honoring parents). |
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| A plate of betel nuts costs 7,000 dong. |
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| The fruit vendor at Vinh Market pledges not to mix in low-quality Chinese fruits with their produce for customers. |
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| Customers said that the fruit platter containing pomelo, dragon fruit, oranges, mangoes, and custard apples this year was very fresh and delicious, and the prices were not much different from usual (pomelo and oranges are 50,000 VND/kg, dragon fruit 30,000 VND/kg...). |
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| The area selling votive paper offerings is also bustling, as Vinh Market is the main wholesale market for this item. |
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| The votive paper offerings are mainly imported from Bac Ninh province, and traders from various parts of the province buy them to resell. |
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| Here, you can find any kind of votive paper offerings such as cars, household items, houses, clothes, etc., with prices ranging from 100,000 to 300,000 VND per set. |
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| Releasing birds is a popular offering for the full moon of the seventh lunar month, with each pair of sparrows costing 10,000 VND. |
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