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Year-end antique market in Hanoi excites crowds

Monday, 17:21, 16/01/2023

VOV.VN - Located in the heart of Hanoi, an antique market that opens specifically once a year from the 23rd to the 30th days of the last lunar month attracts a large number of antique lovers.

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The annual fair sells various age-old artifacts, bronze products, and reproduced antiques which attract several curious visitors. Its opening coincides with the traditional flower market which runs on Hang Luoc street.
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The objects on sale are showcased on the pavements to lure in potential buyers with some even costing hundreds of millions of VND.
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A stall is fully decorated to appear like an old house.
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Thousands of products are put on the shelves to satisfy antique lovers’ diverse demands.
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Several stall owners note that customers visiting the market are seeking to buy antiques, as they pray for luck in the new year.
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A stall displays a range of items that were attached to Hanoi families in the old times.
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The fair of antique items provides visitors with a wide range of old objects at unbelievable prices.
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Ancient artifacts, bronze products, and reproduced antiques are available at the market.
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Some objects which are hundreds of years old are very time-consuming to find out and collect. Many people believe finding these things will bring luck to them in the new year.
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Antique collectors consider the market a chance for them to meet and hold productive exchanges at the end of the year.
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Medals and even the old table used to display things are showcased.
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Ancient lamps attract plenty of customers.
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Glasses used by Hanoians in the 1980s and 1990s go on sale at the market.
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A man examines special products carefully before buying them.
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Going to the flower or antique market ahead of the Lunar New Year represents a joyful activity and is a custom of local people in the capital.