Bustling countryside market on Tet holiday
(Baonghean.vn) - For generations, the rural market has been the place that most clearly represents the atmosphere of preparation for Tet in the countryside. The closer to Tet, the more bustling the rural market in Nghe An becomes, bustling with buyers and sellers.
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Tet is coming to every countryside, going to Tet market, everyone wants to shop, prepare for their family the most decent Tet, so these days, the countryside market is more crowded and bustling than ever. |
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The countryside market on Tet holiday sells many typical Tet items such as dong leaves, giang leaves, kumquats, peaches, etc. This year dong leaves are rare, so dong leaves are expensive and attract customers. |
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Familiar "homegrown" things during Tet are all brought to the market by people to sell. |
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At Tet market, green bananas and ripe bananas are sold in abundance, from the gate to the middle of the market, bananas are everywhere. During Tet, every household buys bananas, so no matter how much bananas there are, they will still be sold out by the end of the year. |
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Especially in the middle of the New Market in Xuan Hoa Commune, Nam Dan District, there is also a service of carving words on fruits. Whoever buys which melon and what words are carved will be served according to that need. |
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In the middle of the countryside market on Tet holiday, the melons engraved with beautiful calligraphy and lined with straw are so strange and attractive. |
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Betel and areca nuts are important offerings in Tet ceremonies, so mothers pay attention to buying them first. Although the Tet tray has many things, betel and areca nuts are indispensable. |
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An 80-year-old woman at Con market, Thanh Duong commune, Thanh Chuong district, sells ginger and turmeric, happily selling on Tet market day. |
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The hanging tripods, which seemed to have gone into the past of an unforgettable time, still appear in the countryside market on Tet holiday, evoking many dear memories. |
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Going to the countryside market on Tet holiday, besides shopping for Tet, selling things in the garden, is also to enjoy hometown gifts, hometown stories, and year-end confiding with neighbors. |
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During Tet, many families also buy sugarcane to worship with the wish for a new year of good luck, prosperity, and sweetness. On this occasion, purple and white sugarcane are brought back to sell in all the rural markets. |
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The bustle of the countryside market on Tet holiday reflects the joyful atmosphere of preparing for Tet and welcoming Spring of the people in the villages and preserves the good spiritual values of village culture. Going back to the countryside to go to the Tet market to buy, to sell and to "bathe" your soul in the homeland. |