Hang Ma Street bustling with Mid-Autumn Festival toys
VOV.VN - Shops on Hang Ma Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter are bustling with customers and a vast array of lively, colourful traditional toys.
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| The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, falling on October 4 this year. Many people flock to Hang Ma Street to prepare for the festival. |
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| In recent years, traditional hand-made toys have replaced imported toys and are in great demand by kids during the festival. |
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There are hundreds of lanterns, masks and paper lion heads in all shapes, colours and sizes. |
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| Colourful lanterns. |
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| This star-shaped lantern is associated with childhood memory of the Vietnamese of many generations. |
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Traditional toys are made of paper and bamboo. |
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Annually I bring my grandchild to Hang Ma Street, enjoying bustling atmosphere ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival and buying a star-shaped lantern as a special gift for her, Tran Thi Nham from Truong Chinh street, Dong Da district, Hanoi says. |
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| Star-shaped lanterns, |
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drums, |
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and paper masks are indispensable for children during the Mid-Autumn festival. |
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| Many young people are interested in traditional toys. |
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The forms of To he (toy figurines) are taken from characters in cartoons such as doraemon and superman. |
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