Many items increase in price on the occasion of the Kitchen God worshiping ceremony
HERO•January 21, 2025 14:04
As December 23 approaches, the market for offerings to the Kitchen Gods at markets and stores in Hai Duong City becomes bustling, with many items increasing in price.
At some traditional markets such as Thanh Binh and Dong Ngo Quyen markets, goldfish cost from 7,000 to 35,000 VND/fish. According to some traders, this year the price of goldfish has increased from 2,000 to 15,000 VND/fish compared to last year.On this occasion, many types of fruit also increased in price. Specifically, grapefruit is 40,000 VND/fruit, dragon fruit is 50,000 VND/kg, tangerine is 60,000 VND/kg, apple is 65,000 VND/kg, these prices increased from 5,000 - 15,000 VND/kg compared to normal days.For this year's ceremony to worship the Kitchen Gods, Ms. Dinh Thi Nguyet in Mac Thi Buoi Street (Hai Duong City) has made about 200 ceremonial chickens. Each ceremonial chicken costs about 350,000 VND.In addition, Ms. Nguyet also sells many offerings such as ham, banh chung, banh phu the...According to Mr. Tran Vuong - a merchant selling votive paper in Tuy Hoa street (Hai Duong city), this year, purchasing power is slower than last year because many people have changed their habit of burning votive paper. Each set of offerings for Ong Cong and Ong Tao is priced at 30,000 - 70,000 VND depending on the size.Fresh flowers and betel nuts are also in high demand these days. Chrysanthemums range from 5,000 - 7,000/flower, betel nuts range from 7,000 - 10,000/betel leaf, areca nut.Before Tet, pork prices began to rise. Currently, pork belly costs VND140,000 - 150,000, pork loin VND130,000/kg, and ribs VND160,000. These prices have increased by about VND10,000/kg.HERO
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