Countryside market on Tet holiday

January 20, 2023 10:35

Just like the old days/The Tet market is bustling and crowded/Noisy with buyers and sellers/Unlike now/Everyone is in a hurry...

Same as old days
Bustling and bustling Tet market
Noisy buyers and sellers
Different now?
Everyone is in a hurry.
The seller offers,
Buyers rarely bargain.
The scent of Tet is everywhere!
Spring market now

No figurines or dice
Scattered, messy fruits of all seasons
Dong Ho paintings, flower pots and bonsai
Noisy jostling, some watching, some buying...

Be friendly with each other
Villager, stranger
Chung cake stalls, dong leaves for sale in bundles
Where to buy perpetual calendar
People asking for calligraphy, praying for wealth…

Some people go to the spring market to remember Tet in the past.
People go to flower market to have fun with friends

The old year is about to pass
Spring lasts through the years
The Tet market in the countryside now is different from the spring of the past…