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1. Hang Luoc Flower Market
For a long time now, the traditional Hang Luoc flower market in Hanoi has been a familiar sight every time Tet (Lunar New Year) comes around, with its bustling atmosphere of shopping amidst colorful flowers and the lively chatter of buyers and sellers. This year, for Tet Quy Mao (Year of the Rabbit), many people also came to shop for Tet decorations and enjoy the approaching spring atmosphere.
The vibrant and captivating decorations attract a large number of Hanoi residents. For the people of Hanoi, admiring the flowers on Hang Luoc Street every spring is a refined pleasure.
Hang Luoc Flower Market is considered the oldest flower market in Hanoi. Each year, the market only convenes for a single period, from the 15th day of the lunar month until the 30th day of Tet (Lunar New Year), and attracts a large number of Hanoi residents and tourists.
In the days leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year), Hang Luoc flower market is overflowing with color thanks to the influx of peach blossoms from Nhat Tan, kumquat trees from Tu Lien, chrysanthemums, and more. Everything contributes to the market's unique Tet shopping atmosphere, typical of Hanoians. Taking a stroll around the traditional Hang Luoc flower market, you'll find a wide variety of peach blossom branches and kumquat trees in different designs, sizes, and styles to choose from.
Although Hanoi has many famous flower markets, for those who enjoy reminiscing about Tet (Vietnamese New Year) of the past, the Hang Luoc flower market in the Old Quarter remains an unmissable shopping destination in the days leading up to Tet. After visiting the flower market, tourists can continue to explore the traditional beauty of Hanoi's Old Quarter.
Many kumquat trees are available in various designs, sizes, and styles to choose from.
Many Hanoians still maintain the habit of visiting the traditional flower market in the heart of the Old Quarter to shop, hoping to enjoy the atmosphere and beauty of this long-standing traditional flower market of Hanoi.
The Hang Luoc flower market today still blends modern and nostalgic elements rarely found elsewhere. In the period leading up to the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month (the day of the Kitchen God), the most popular and best-selling flower item is still small peach blossom branches, suitable for use on the altar for early incense offerings to ancestors.
The kumquat trees at the market are quite diverse, with prices ranging from 100,000 to 300,000 VND depending on size and shape. However, most of the kumquat trees at Hang Luoc flower market are small, suitable for decorating living rooms during Tet (Lunar New Year). Besides buying peach blossoms, kumquat trees, and fresh flowers, this is also an opportunity for families to enjoy the scenery and relax after a busy year of work.
Hang Luoc Flower Market is not only a place to buy and sell products with the spirit of Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), but also a place of spiritual beauty, a vibrant and colorful aspect of Hanoi's life in the days leading up to Tet.
For generations, starting from the 15th day of the 12th lunar month, flower growers gather to open the Tet flower market on Hang Luoc Street (Hanoi). The flower market area is integrated with neighboring spaces, creating a beautiful and meaningful traditional cultural feature of the people of Hanoi.
This year, the traditional Tet flower market on Hang Luoc Street starts from the intersection of Hang Cot, Hang Luoc, and Phung Hung streets and extends to the intersection with Hang Ma street.
The market is located in the Old Quarter, so you can easily stroll around Hoan Kiem Lake and then visit the flower market. Additionally, next to Hang Luoc flower market, visitors can walk to Hang Ma street to take photos and shop for colorful flower stalls, Tet decorations, and lucky money envelopes.
2. Quang An Flower Market
With the Lunar New Year approaching, Quang An flower market is more bustling than ever, adorned with the vibrant colors of thousands of flower varieties for customers to browse, choose, and purchase to decorate their homes for the new year.
Located on Au Co Street in Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Quang An Flower Market is an important wholesale and retail market selling a wide variety of flowers at prices ranging from low to high. The market resembles a giant flower garden, overflowing with flowers of all kinds: roses, orchids, lilies, chrysanthemums, carnations, and even rare varieties in a multitude of colors and fragrances. Because the market operates at night, dew drops still glisten on the petals, reflecting the light from flashlights, creating a magical and delicate beauty that easily captivates the hearts of those who appreciate beauty.
Quang An Flower Market is known as the largest wholesale market for fresh flowers in Hanoi. The market is located along Au Co dike road (Tay Ho district, Hanoi).
Every Lunar New Year, this place becomes a bustling market for peach blossoms, as peach blossoms are one of the characteristic flowers of the Northern Vietnamese New Year. The peach blossoms here come from famous peach-growing villages in Hanoi such as Nhat Tan and Phu Thuong. During these days, the spring flower market is not only crowded with shoppers, but also attracts many locals who come to admire the flowers, take photos, and choose their favorite branches.
During the Lunar New Year season, Quang An flower market also features a peach blossom market.
As Tet (Lunar New Year) approaches, Quang An flower market becomes increasingly bustling, with buyers and sellers flocking to bring the spring atmosphere to their families. In the cool Hanoi weather mixed with gentle sunshine, the flower market becomes warmer with the appearance of peach blossom branches.
Especially if you have the chance to stroll through the flower market at night, you will be able to admire the bustling scene of people bringing in flowers, the simple, rustic stalls displaying clusters of flowers in an incredibly neat and enchanting way under the yellow lights.
At midnight, when the whole city has fallen asleep, the bustling nightlife begins at Quang Ba flower market.
To fully experience the atmosphere and beauty of the night flower market, you should arrive around 3-4 AM. This might be inconvenient if you have to wake up early at this time. Therefore, Travellive suggests the following itinerary for visiting Quang An flower market:
10 PM - 12 AM: Lemon tea at the Grand Cathedral
0h - 2h30: Enjoy the cuisine in the Old Quarter.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Go to Long Bien Bridge to enjoy the breeze and take photos.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Visit Quang An Night Flower Market
5:30 AM - 7:00 AM: Watch the sunrise at West Lake.
3. Dong Xuan Market
Dong Xuan Market is the largest and busiest market in the heart of Hanoi, always embodying the iconic beauty of nostalgia, simplicity, and everyday life. Dong Xuan Market is also one of the most beautiful locations for taking photos in traditional Vietnamese ao dai dresses during Tet (Lunar New Year) thanks to its unique and unpretentious features: street vendors' stalls, market sections reflecting the style of previous decades...
Dong Xuan Market is the largest and busiest market located in the heart of Hanoi.
Visiting Dong Xuan Market, consumers can choose from a wide variety of dried goods, confectionery, and Tet jams that are already on display.
As Tet (Lunar New Year) approaches, young people in Hanoi flock to Dong Xuan Market to take photos in traditional ao dai dresses for the new year.
Dong Xuan Market sells everything from food to fabrics and potted plants. As Tet (Lunar New Year) approaches, young people in Hanoi flock to Dong Xuan Market to take photos in traditional ao dai dresses for the new year. Each picture you take here will have its own unique beauty, a sense of simplicity and nostalgia, as if you've stepped into the Hong Kong of bygone decades.
According to Thuy Hien, shooting 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 most beautiful places to take photos in traditional Vietnamese ao dai dresses during Tet (Lunar New Year) thanks to its simple and charming features: street vendors' stalls, market stalls from previous decades, etc.
Phan Thuy Hien, 19 years old, was also eager to wear an ao dai (traditional Vietnamese dress) for a photoshoot during Tet (Lunar New Year) at Dong Xuan Market because the space and atmosphere there were very suitable for her outfit.
"Dong Xuan Market is quite popular, so I wanted to create a photoshoot in ao dai (traditional Vietnamese dress) that evokes a bit of old Hanoi. Since Dong Xuan Market is very crowded and has a lot of people coming and going, confidence and thorough preparation are crucial for getting satisfactory photos," Thuy Hien said.
During the Lunar New Year holidays, the market is also busier than usual. You can choose to visit early in the morning, at midday, or near the end of the afternoon to avoid disrupting the stalls and traffic around the market.
During Tet (Vietnamese New Year), Dong Xuan Market is much busier than usual.
In addition, when visiting Dong Xuan Market, tourists can enjoy many delicious and attractive dishes with the distinctive flavors of Hanoi. Visitors can find snacks in every alley near Dong Xuan Market, in small but cozy spaces. The shops selling shrimp cakes, pork rib porridge, pho, snail noodles, pork sausage cakes, rice cakes, mango cakes, and various types of sweet soups offer affordable prices and impressive flavors.
