The special market only meets once a year on the first day of Tet

TPO - In Binh Dinh, there is a special market that only meets once a year and that day is always the first day of the Lunar New Year. Buying and selling here does not put much emphasis on profit - losses are just an opportunity for people to exchange exchange fortune and luck at the beginning of the year.

TPO - In Binh Dinh, there is a special market that only meets once a year and that day is always the first day of the Lunar New Year. Buying and selling here does not put much emphasis on profit - losses are just an opportunity for people to exchange exchange fortune and luck at the beginning of the year.

It has become a traditional cultural beauty of the people of Binh Dinh. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people everywhere enthusiastically go to Go market in Phong Thanh neighborhood, Tuy Phuoc town (Tuy Phuoc district). The market only holds one day, so it has a very unique feature that is different from normal daily markets. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

For generations of local people, Go market is an opportunity to welcome good fortune and pray for love on the first day of the new year. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

The unique feature of Go market is that buyers and sellers wish to bless and wish for the best things to come to them, so there is no challenge to each other when buying and selling. Not only people in Tuy Phuoc, residents in neighboring areas also bring their own products to make such as: vegetables, tubers, fruits, areca pods, betel stacks, bunches of water spinach, pork, shrimp, fish... Go to Go market to sell for luck at the beginning of the year. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

The most commonly sold and traded items are betel, areca nut and salt. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa (60 years old, Dieu Tri town, Tuy Phuoc district) said that she has been going to Go market for 20 years. Her daily job is not to trade in the market, but every time on the first day of Tet, she brings a few products from the growers. brought to the market to sell mainly for good luck and fortune at the beginning of the year. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

Coming to the Go meeting at 5:00 a.m., Ms. Nguyen Thi Tong (64 years old, Phuoc Son commune, Tuy Phuoc district) brought with her some home-grown produce, a few bunches of water spinach, some figs, betel and areca nuts... she Tong said, he is not a businessman, but in the morning he also wants to exchange money and pray for luck at the beginning of the new year. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

The unique feature of the Go market is that buying and selling here does not focus on profit or loss, it is just an opportunity for people to exchange fortune and luck at the beginning of the year. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

The most commonly purchased items are salt, betel, and betel. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

Ms. Pham Thi Chi (60 years old, Quy Nhon City) shared that every year, on the first day of Tet, her family visits Go market to buy some fortune, pray for luck and be ready to travel on the first day of the new year. . (Photo: Truong Dinh).

Legend has it that the Go market has existed for hundreds of years since the Tay Son dynasty. Up to now, the Go market still exists, preserving the rustic features of a traditional rural market of the people, bringing with them the wishes of a peaceful, happy, and lucky new year like spring fortune. (Photo: Truong Dinh)

People are eager to go to Go market. (Photo: Truong Dinh).

With its own unique characteristics, Go market has been ranked "100 most unique markets in Vietnam" by the Vietnam Record Book Center. (Photo: Truong Dinh)

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Update day : 14/02/2024