CATEGORIES

© Copyright 2004; Hanoitimes - Economic and Urban Newspaper;

The tribune of Hanoi People’s Committee

Publication Permit: 29/GP-CBC

Editor - in - Chief: Nguyen Thanh Loi

Managing Editor: Ta Thu Giang

Email : thugiang@hanoitimes.vn

Head Office: 21 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi

Branch Office: 221 Tran Phu Street, Ha Dong District, Hanoi

Vietnam - Asia 2023 Smart City Summit Hanoi celebrates 15 years of administrative boundary adjustment 12th Vietnam-France decentrialized cooperation conference 31st Sea Games - Vietnam 2021 Covid-19 Pandemic
Home / PHOTO GALLERY
Hang Ma Street gets hectic as Mid-Autumn Festival nears
Jenna Duong - Le Giang 18:52, 2022/08/21
Hang Ma Street is a sales hub of decorations. After a year of closure due to Covid-19, the street is glowing again with various colored lanterns.

With three weeks to go until the Mid-Autumn Festival, the atmosphere on Hang Ma Street is already extremely festive.

In contrast to last year’s gloomy and empty scene, this year, right from the end of the 7th lunar month, many shops have been busy displaying a variety of colorful toys.
  1. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, Hang Ma Street is known as the sale hub of decorations. After a year of closure due to Covid-19, this year, the street is glowing again with the brilliant colors of lanterns, star lanterns and a myriad of eye-catching decorative items.
  1. Coming to Hang Ma Street these days, anyone can feel an atmosphere of busy trading. Shops along the street have begun to display mid-Autumn decorations and toys - both traditional and modern - for children.
This year, most of the toys here are lanterns in various frames, including star lanterns and revolving lanterns, and masks, all of which are familiar yet beautifully made and decorated.
Thanh, an owner of a mid-autumn toy shop at 74 Hang Ma Street, said that this year, she stocks more traditional toys than modern ones because old-fashioned items are not only diverse and familiar but also environmentally friendly, "and choosing folk toys is contributing to preserving traditional values as well," she told The Hanoi Times.
The prices of traditional toys range from VND20,000  to VND100,000 each, depending on the size and type.
  1. A wide variety of traditional paper mache masks are also on sale, depicting such characters as Chu Teu or Uncle Comedian, Thi No, Chu Cuoi or Moon Boy, Jade Rabbit, and the buffalo, among others and also costing upwards of VND30,000 or around US$1.2.
  1. Located in the center of the Old Quarter, Hang Ma is the most vibrant and colorful street in Hanoi on holidays. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, young people from everywhere flock to this area to shop, have fun and take photos.
  1. This is not only a place for trading but also a fascinating destination to visit and experience the festive atmosphere.

RELATED NEWS
TAG: Mid-Autumn Festival; Hang Ma Street
Comments
Other news
14:03, 2023/12/07
Buckwheat flowers attract visitors to Ha Giang
Buckwheat is the mountain flower that blooms at the onset of winter between October and November.
08:11, 2023/11/11
Selfies with the beautiful Tithonia diversifolia in Hanoi
Tithonia diversifolia is said to have been brought to Ba Vi Mountain in Hanoi by the French in the 1930s.
14:47, 2023/11/02
Vietnamese, Dutch government leaders tour Hanoi on bike
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has a special affection for Vietnam due to the nation's rapid growth in recent years.
20:52, 2023/10/29
Vibrant display: Ao Dai parade shines on Hoan Kiem Lake
The event aimed to promote the image of Hanoi as a millennium-old capital with a rich heritage, heroism, civilization, and modernity.
22:20, 2023/10/17
Hanoi's street filled with tons of "spooky" toys before Halloween
Two weeks before Halloween, toy sellers on Hang Ma Street, Hoan Kiem District, are busy preparing scary toys and costumes as the day draws near.
10:08, 2023/10/08
Six hundred rowers compete at Hanoi Open Dragon Boat Racing Tournament 2023
The Hanoi Open Dragon Boat Racing Tournament 2023 was held on October 7 to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the Capital Liberation Day (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2023).