As the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival is coming, Ha Long’s Spring flower market is blossoming with colourful fresh flowers of various kinds.
Traditionally, flowers are an indispensable feature in each Vietnamese family home decoration during Tet, therefore, the high demand for flowers during the most important holiday helps preserve traditional villages growing flowers. People visit the flower market not only to buy flowers but also to enjoy the happy atmosphere of the upcoming Tet.
Vietnamese families started to buy flowers to decorate their houses to welcome the Lunar New Year of Pigs as the holiday is coming.The Spring Flower festival is annualy held with the aim of meeting the people’s demands of flowers at Tet. This year, the festival takes place from Jan. 25 to Feb.4 at the Quang Ninh Expo and Fair center.They go to the market not only to buy beautiful favourite kinds of flowers but also to enjoy the atmosphere of the upcoming Tet holiday.
This year’s spring flower market gathers various kinds of flowers, such as: peach blossom; apricot blossom; daisies; kumquat trees, orchid, marigold, etc.A typical pink or red peach branch is sold with a price from VND600,000 while a peach tree can cost from VND1,000,000.Yellow apricot blossoms from the South bloom in spring in the North, with the price for VND3,000,000 - 4,000,000.
Grapefruit, each worth around VND100,000, is also most wanted at Tet occasion.Along with peach and apricot blossoms, daffodil is the best option of the people.Moth orchid, one of the favourite flowers at Tet.
