Bamboo used to make Tet poles increases in price every day
(Baonghean.vn) - Although the Lunar New Year is still nearly 2 weeks away, people in many localities in the province have already erected the pole. Some services that "follow" the pole, such as selling bamboo and making complete poles, are flourishing, making the Tet atmosphere even more bustling.
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The movement of making poles to welcome Tet is spreading in localities. These days, traveling on National Highways 1A, 7, 46, provincial roads... you can see people setting up poles to welcome Tet.Tet.There are many places selling bamboo poles on both sides of the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A trader in Thanh Luong commune (Thanh Chuong) said: Learning from the experience of "selling out" last year, this year, bamboo traders go to mountainous districts to hunt for bamboo early, find bamboo gardens, and if lucky, buy the whole bush for a few million VND, wait until near Tet to bring their cars up to cut down and transport them to the lowlands for retail sale. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Bamboo traders often join together in groups of 3-5 people to support each other when buying, selling, renting vehicles, transporting, delivering goods, etc. On this occasion, almost all districts and towns in the province have bamboo traders to make Tet poles. In Vinh City, on this occasion, tens of thousands of bamboo trees, meters, and bamboo poles are gathered to be sold as Tet poles, brought from all over the province, some are transported from the North. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| People who buy bamboo to make flagpoles often want to buy early to choose beautiful bamboo. Experience shows that to make a beautiful flagpole, you need to choose long bamboo, straight trunk, and moderate size. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In particular, when buying bamboo to make a pole, it must have a curved top to hang flags or lanterns on. Bamboo trees with broken tops or broken branches and leaves are rarely chosen by many people. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Mr. Nguyen Hong Son in Trung Son commune (Do Luong) said, "This year, we need to make bamboo poles earlier than last year. We have a previous relationship, so on December 12, we drove our car to Tuong Duong to buy 700 bamboo poles to transport and sell at many locations in Do Luong. Hopefully, the goods will be sold successfully." Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The price of bamboo and the sewing needed to make the flagpole ranges from 80,000 to 150,000 VND/tree, the further you go to the city, the more expensive it becomes. With the concept: "No one knows how many cakes to cook, how much meat to buy... during Tet, but setting up a flagpole in front of the gate does not cost much, but the atmosphere of Tet is bustling", causing many households to set up a flagpole for Tet. Buying bamboo to make a flagpole for many people is an important task in the process of preparing for Tet. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Along with the bustling bamboo trading movement, services "following" the pole such as selling lanterns, LED strings, flashing lights... are also quite bustling. Especially the service of making "complete poles" is also blooming in the countryside. Poles with LED strings, hanging lanterns, complete national flags, which can be bought and just set up, are sold for 350 - 500 thousand VND/pole, some poles are even sold for over 1 million VND. The closer to Tet, the more people's demand and the price of bamboo also increases day by day, in each region... Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The flagpole plantingTraditional New Yearare being restored, not only bringing a joyful atmosphere of Tet and welcoming Spring to localities, contributing to preserving traditional beauty, but also creating more jobs and income for many people. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Bamboo poles with elaborate LED lights and lanterns have become a feature of the Tet streets in Nghe An. Photo courtesy: Huy Thu |
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