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.
The objects on sale are showcased on the pavements to lure in potential buyers with some even costing hundreds of millions of VND.
A stall is fully decorated to appear like an old house.
Thousands of products are put on the shelves to satisfy antique lovers’ diverse demands.
Several stall owners note that customers visiting the market are seeking to buy antiques, as they pray for luck in the new year.
A stall displays a range of items that were attached to Hanoi families in the old times.
The fair of antique items provides visitors with a wide range of old objects at unbelievable prices.
Ancient artifacts, bronze products, and reproduced antiques are available at the market.
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.
Antique collectors consider the market a chance for them to meet and hold productive exchanges at the end of the year.
Medals and even the old table used to display things are showcased.
Ancient lamps attract plenty of customers.
Glasses used by Hanoians in the 1980s and 1990s go on sale at the market.
A man examines special products carefully before buying them.
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.