Food culture · Binh Tien
Che Ba Chay
The last remaining "boats below, buyers on the wharf" Tet flower market in Ho Chi Minh City
Stretching along the Tau Hu Canal in Phu Dinh Ward, opposite Vo Van Kiet Boulevard, Ho Chi Minh City. This is the only "boats below, buyers on the wharf" Tet flower market left in Ho Chi Minh City. Flower boats from Mekong Delta provinces such as Vinh Long and Dong Thap arrive loaded with ornamental plants like yellow apricot blossom, pompom chrysanthemum, marigold and bougainvillea, mooring side by side along the wharf to form a dazzling "floating market" right in the middle of the city. Buyers stand on the bank to pick their flowers while the goods stay on board the boats. The market is at its liveliest in the days just before Tet, especially from the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month onwards. The boat traders usually try to sell out before the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month; many celebrate Tet right on their boats and only head home once every last flower has been sold.
English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.Good to know
Best time to visitEnd of the 12th lunar month (around the 20th to the 30th, before Tet)
Services
- Buy Tet flowers and ornamental plants from merchant boats
- Stand on the bank and choose flowers displayed on the boats
- Stroll the wharf to see Mekong Delta flower boats moored along the canal
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