(Baonghean.vn) – For nearly 2 years now, Quy Hop town has had an additional afternoon market. The market only opens from late afternoon until the mountain town lights up. Here, many unique products of ethnic groups from all over the district gather, contributing to creating a unique feature of the Western Nghe An region.
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| Panorama of Quy Hop afternoon market. |
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| Previously, Quy Hop had only one central market below the town. But people from other communeswith mountain products did not go to the main market, but displayed along the western road. This "temporary market" is very "attractive" to customers, both local and foreign, because of the natural mountain specialties of the market. Therefore, in early 2015, a new, spacious and airy market was built by the government for everyone to exchange and buy and sell. |
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| Quy Hop afternoon market is divided into two separate areas: food area and vegetable area. The products are all produced byPeople from Chau Quang, Chau Ly, Chau Dinh, Chau Thai, Chau Son, Chau Cuong... brought down, bearing the mark of the mountains and forests. Photo: Young papaya flowers and leaves to eat raw, cook soup or make salad. |
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| Wild banana flowers and papaya, rustic and fresh foods. |
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| Nham fruit, a small fruit the size of a marble, very fragrant and sweet, a specialty of the West. |
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| Rau dun, a type of fern, is used to boil, stir-fry or make delicious salads. Each bunch of rau dun costs only about 3,000 VND, very easy to buy. |
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| A young couple is choosing bunches of wild strawberries, a mildly sour fruit that quenches thirst on summer days. |
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| Chau Thai and Chau Quang jackfruits are tough, with many segments and little fiber. Each fruit like this is sold for about 70,000 - 80,000 VND/fruit. |
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| And bamboo shoots are indispensable, because they are a part of the soul of mountain products. All kinds of bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, and bamboo shoots gather here. |
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| One very special thing that attracts visitors to the market is the sincere and warm attitude of the sellers. They always have smiles on their lips. |
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| Stepping to one side of the market, customers are lost in a sea of products from the forest and streams. Photo: Ms. Ha Thi Xinh is inviting customers to buy fresh frogs from Nam Choong stream. |
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| At the Quy Hop mountain market, customers can easily find bee pupae. Each kilogram of bee pupae costs 200,000 VND. |
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| All kinds of grasshoppers are caught in the fields and gardens. The grasshoppers are cleaned, roasted with lemon leaves or fried in flour, very delicious. |
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| Fat puppies are also sold at the market. |
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| The afternoon market also has a lot of geese. |
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| Father and son returned home with heavy loads of mountain specialties. |
Tran Hai
