1. Hang Luoc Flower Market
For a long time, the traditional flower market of Hang Luoc (Hanoi) has been a familiar beauty every time Tet comes and spring comes, with a bustling shopping atmosphere amidst the colors of flowers and the hustle and bustle of laughter of buyers and sellers. This year, Tet Quy Mao, many people also come to buy Tet decorations and enjoy the approaching spring atmosphere.
The space is brilliantly decorated, attracting many people in the capital. For Hanoians, watching flowers on Hang Luoc Street every spring is an elegant pleasure.
Hang Luoc flower market is considered the oldest flower market in Hanoi. Every year, the market only opens on one occasion, starting from the 15th day of the lunar calendar until the 30th of Tet and attracts a large number of people in the capital and tourists to visit.
In the days leading up to Tet, Hang Luoc flower market is filled with colors thanks to the arrival of Nhat Tan peach branches, Tu Lien kumquat pots, chrysanthemums... Everything makes the atmosphere of the market have a very unique Tet shopping flavor of Hanoi people. Walking around the traditional Hang Luoc flower market, you will see many types of peach branches, kumquat pots with a variety of designs, sizes and styles to choose from.
Although Hanoi has many different famous flower markets, for those who like to reminisce about the old Tet, Hang Luoc old town flower market is still a shopping destination not to be missed in the days before Tet. After visiting the flower market, visitors can continue to explore the traditional beauty of Hanoi's old town.
Many kumquat pots with various designs, sizes and styles to choose from
Many Hanoians still keep the habit of going to the traditional flower market in the heart of the old town to shop with the desire to enjoy the atmosphere and beauty of the long-standing traditional flower market of Hanoians.
Hang Luoc flower market today still has a blend of modernity and nostalgia that is rarely found anywhere else. Before the 23rd of December (the Kitchen Gods), the most popular flower items among the people, the best-selling are still small peach branches that can be used on the altar to burn incense early for ancestors.
Kumquat pots at the market are also quite diverse, prices range from 100,000 to 300,000 VND depending on the size and shape of the tree. However, the kumquat pots at Hang Luoc flower market are mainly small, suitable for decorating the living room on Tet holiday. In addition to shopping for peach branches, kumquat trees, and fresh flower bouquets, this is also an opportunity for families to enjoy the spring scenery and relax after a busy year of work.
Hang Luoc flower market is not only a place to buy and sell products with Tet flavor but also a spiritual beauty, a colorful and lively feature of Hanoi's life on the eve of Tet.
For many generations, from the full moon of December (15th lunar month), flower growers have gathered to open the Tet flower market on Hang Luoc Street (Hanoi). The flower market area is combined into a block with neighboring spaces, creating a beautiful and meaningful traditional cultural feature of the people of Hanoi.
This year, the traditional Tet flower market space on Hang Luoc Street starts from the intersection of Hang Cot - Hang Luoc - Phung Hung Streets and extends to the intersection with Hang Ma Street.
The market is located in the old town, so you can conveniently walk around Hoan Kiem Lake and then go to the flower market. In addition, next to Hang Luoc flower market, visitors can walk to Hang Ma street to check-in and shop here with flower stalls, Tet decorations, and colorful lucky money envelopes...
2. Quang An Flower Market
Lunar New Year is coming, Quang An flower market is more bustling than ever because it is decorated with thousands of colorful flowers for customers to visit, choose and shop to decorate their houses to welcome the new year.
Located on Au Co Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Quang An Flower Market is an important wholesale market that sells all kinds of flowers at wholesale and retail prices from low to high. The market is like a giant flower garden, with flowers of all kinds such as roses, orchids, lilies, chrysanthemums, carnations. Even rare flowers of all colors and fragrances. Because the market is held at night, the petals still have sparkling dew drops, reflecting the flashlights, creating a magical, delicate beauty that easily touches the hearts of those who love beauty.
Quang An flower market is known as the largest fresh flower wholesale market in Hanoi. The market is located along Au Co dyke (Tay Ho district, Hanoi).
Every time Tet comes, there is a peach blossom market here, because this is one of the typical flowers of Tet in the North. Peach blossoms here are gathered from famous peach growing villages in Hanoi such as Nhat Tan, Phu Thuong... The spring flower market these days is not only crowded with people coming to shop, but also has many people going to see the flowers, take pictures and choose the peach blossom branch they like.
On the occasion of Tet, Quang An flower market has a peach blossom market.
The closer to Lunar New Year, the more bustling the Quang An flower market becomes, with buyers and sellers bustling to bring the spring atmosphere to their families. In the cool Hanoi weather mixed with a little sunshine, the flower market space becomes warmer when peach blossoms appear.
Especially, if you have the opportunity to walk around the flower market at night, you will be able to see the scene of people bustling to import flowers, simple and rustic stalls displaying flower bushes very neatly, shimmering magically under the yellow light.
At midnight, when the whole city has fallen asleep, the bustling nightlife at Quang Ba flower market begins to take place.
To feel the atmosphere and beauty of the night flower market, you should come here at 3-4 am. This will be a bit inconvenient if you have to wake up early at this time. Therefore, Travellive suggests the following itinerary for visiting Quang An flower market:
10pm - 12am: Lemon tea at the Cathedral
0:00 - 2:30: Enjoy cuisine in the old quarter
2:30 - 4:00: Go to Long Bien bridge to enjoy the breeze and take pictures
4:00 - 5:30: Go to Quang An night flower market
5:30 - 7:00: Watch the sunrise at West Lake.
3. Dong Xuan Market
Dong Xuan Market is the largest and busiest market located in the center of Hanoi Capital, this place always has the symbolic beauty of nostalgia, rusticity and everyday life. Dong Xuan Market is also one of the beautiful places to take Ao Dai photos every Tet holiday thanks to its simple characteristics: street stalls, market stalls with the style of the decade...
Dong Xuan Market is the largest and busiest market located in the center of Hanoi capital.
Visiting Dong Xuan market, consumers can choose from a variety of dried foods, candies, and Tet jams that are on display.
The closer to Tet, the more Hanoi youth eagerly go to Dong Xuan market to take photos checking in ao dai at the beginning of the year.
Dong Xuan Market sells everything from food to fabrics and potted plants. As Tet approaches, young people in Hanoi flock to Dong Xuan Market to take photos in ao dai at the beginning of the year. Each photo you take here will have a unique beauty, which is simple and nostalgic, like being lost in the Hong Kong space of the old decades.
According to Thuy Hien, taking photos at Dong Xuan market is quite crowded so being confident in front of the camera is very important.
Dong Xuan Market is one of the beautiful places to take Ao Dai photos every Tet holiday thanks to its simple features: street stalls, market stalls from decades ago...
Phan Thuy Hien, 19 years old, was also eager to take photos in ao dai on Tet holiday at Dong Xuan market because the space and atmosphere here were very suitable for her outfit.
"Dong Xuan market is quite hot so I want to take a photo series in Ao Dai with a bit of old Hanoi. Dong Xuan market is quite crowded and has many people passing by, so to have a satisfactory photo series, being confident and preparing carefully in advance is very important," Thuy Hien said.
During Tet, the market is also more crowded than usual. You can choose early morning, noon or late afternoon to avoid affecting the stalls and traffic around the market.
On Tet holiday, Dong Xuan market is bustling, different from usual days.
In addition, when coming to Dong Xuan market, visitors can enjoy many delicious and attractive dishes with the rich flavor of the capital at the market. Visitors can eat snacks in every alley near Dong Xuan market in a small but cozy space. Shops selling shrimp cakes, rib cartilage porridge, pho, snail noodles, rice cakes, rice cakes, mango cakes, various types of sweet soups... have affordable prices and impressive flavors.
