Flower Street

February 15, 2015 - 18:13
Pho Hoa
A seller sprays a peach blossom to keep it fresh.
Hang Luoc is a busy street with different varieties of shops but one week before Tet it turns to be a flower market.
Hang Luoc flower market is next to Hang Ma street which specialises in votive offerings.
A young seller tenders a peach blossom for buyer.
As a temporary market, few sellers have stalls while many others are movable.
Peach blossoms are in different sizes and in two colours: pink and light pink.
The traditional flower market attracts old-aged residents.
Two sellers are trying to fix their peach blossom.
Bonsai trees are on sale at the market.
A woman check buds of peach blossom. Buyers tends to prefer the branch with more buds than flowers.
This man hopes to sell the blossom before noon.
A boy follows his mother to the morning market.
The women tries to measure the size of the peach blossom to ensure it matches her house.

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