Traditional toys still rule Mid-Autumn Festival
VOV.VN - This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival top sellers are the traditional toy carp lanterns, lion heads and turning lamps, say Hanoi shopkeepers.
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Shops on popular streets for selling toys in Hanoi like Hang Ma, Luong Van Can, Hang Combs are bustling with customers and a vast array of lively, colourful traditional toys. |
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Many toys once routinely imported from China are now produced locally in Vietnam. |
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Such as these scary devil and witch’s masks. |
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Or these star-shaped lanterns, associated with childhood memories of many generations of Vietnamese. |
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Paper lion heads and drums are also selling out fast. |
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So are lanterns in the shape of the Vietnam flag inscribed with the words ‘I love the homeland.’ |
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Most customers prefer Made in Vietnam toys over concerns for the health effects of poor quality materials and workmanship defects. |
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Two young friends pose for photo in front of star-shaped lanterns. |
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Five fruit trays of locally grown produce are as popular as ever this year. |
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Every autumn this vendor says she returns to sell To he (toy figurines) on Hang Ma Street. |
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The forms of tò he figurines are taken from characters in cartoons such as minion, doraemon and superman. |
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There are still a few parents who choose Chinese toys for their children says this vendor because they like the design or eye-catching colours. |
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Foreign tourists line the streets to join in the fun of the Mid-Autumn Festival. |
