Bustling market on the 15th day of the first lunar month
Thanh Phuc•DNUM_BBZACZCACF 16:38
The market for offerings on the Full Moon of January is bustling with all kinds of items, from flowers, fruits, to chicken, sticky rice, etc., meeting people's shopping needs.
Starting today, February 11 (the 14th day of the lunar calendar), at traditional markets, people have gone to the market to buy offerings for the Full Moon Festival of January. Photo: Thanh PhucFruits are an indispensable offering when making offerings to ancestors and burning incense at family temples, so they sell quite well. Photo: Thanh PhucThe paper votive stall is crowded with shoppers. Photo: TPAreca and betel are popular items on the full moon day. Currently, each plate of areca and betel (1 areca nut, 1 betel leaf) costs 15,000-20,000 VND. Photo: Thanh PhucSmall traders also import large quantities of bananas, areca bananas, and royal bananas to serve people buying for the full moon festival. Banana prices have dropped sharply compared to Tet, ranging from 40,000-80,000 VND/bunch. Photo: Thanh PhucFresh flower prices have increased slightly, ranging from 7,000-10,000 VND/1 chrysanthemum. Photo: Thanh PhucMany people choose to buy roosters for offerings. The price of roosters for offerings ranges from 120,000-140,000 VND/kg. Photo: Thanh PhucThe service of slaughtering and shaping chickens into fairy wings and phoenix wings is bustling. Photo: Thanh PhucBesides, the ready-made tray service is also chosen by many people. In the photo: A ready-made chicken sticky rice tray costs from 450,000-550,000 VND/tray. Photo: Thanh PhucMany restaurants received hundreds of orders for chicken sticky rice during the Full Moon Festival in January. Photo: Thanh PhucBeautiful cake sets such as peach spring dumplings, xu xe cakes, and floating cakes... priced from 80,000-140,000 VND/set are the trending choice of families during the Full Moon Festival of January. Photo: Thanh PhucIn addition to traditional markets, many supermarket and retail chains have applied a series of attractive incentive programs: "Import Festival", "Tet Nguyen Tieu", "Early Market with Discounts"... with prices reduced from 35% to 40%, attracting many shoppers. Photo: Thanh Phuc
