According to PV VTC News, from 6 a.m. on April 14 (March 3 of lunar calendar), many people were present at some places of making floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to buy cakes for the ceremony.

At Ngo Thi Nham street, a long line of people squeezed their feet to buy floating cakes and vegetarian cakes.

Many people cry to heaven because they have been waiting for an hour but still have not been able to buy the cake.

Sharing with PV, the owner of a floating cake shop on Ngo Thi Nham street said: “The number of visitors this year is higher than last year. We have to constantly add flour and mold to serve the customers buying ”.

“To serve the needs of customers, the store has prepared about 90kg of cake flour. Right from last night, the store has soaked cake dough. At 3 am, the store staff gets up early to do the dough, ready to serve every stage to serve customers ”, said the store owner.

Chen feet in the sea of ​​people waiting to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes on the real Korean New Year, Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung (in Ngo Thi Nham street, Hanoi) said: “I wait in line here for about 30-40 minutes. This year, I bought 2 kinds of whole vegetarian cakes. In my opinion, buying floating cakes, vegetarian cakes is a beautiful custom of my country. On this day, my family often eat the two types of cakes above instead of cooking as usual ”.

Glad to be able to buy floating cakes to worship the family, Ms. Thoa (in Cau Giay district, Hanoi) shared: “Every year, I come here to buy floating cakes and vegetarian cakes for my family every year. This year does not wait as long as every year “.

Floating cakes at stores cost about 15,000 VND / plate, vegetarian cakes 20,000 VND / bowl. Most of the stores sell both cooked cakes and pastries to customers who buy them to make them themselves.

Beautiful five-color floating cake attracts the attention of many customers.

However, the white floating cake is still the type most customers choose to buy.

On this day, many families also buy sugar, green beans, glutinous rice flour, sesame … to make their own floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to offer to their ancestors.

The Vietnamese custom of offering floating cakes and vegetarian cakes reminds the story of “wrapping a hundred eggs of Au Co’s mother”. Floating cake represents 50 eggs hatched into 50 children to the forest following their mother. Vegetarian cake represents 50 eggs that hatch into 50 children following their father into the sea.

Therefore, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese people mainly means towards the origin, commemorating the merits of the dead.

According to cultural experts, when March comes, the weather starts to heat up, preparing to turn into summer. Vietnamese people in the past have created floating cakes, vegetarian cakes which are cool and cool dishes. This dish is sweet, very suitable for hot days.

The use of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes to worship also brings many good meanings, showing the wet rice culture. Both cakes are made from fragrant glutinous rice flour, the fruits of hard work can be offered to grandparents and ancestors.

The Vietnamese custom of offering floating cakes and vegetarian cakes reminds the story of “wrapping a hundred eggs of Au Co’s mother”. Floating cake represents 50 eggs hatched into 50 children to the forest following their mother. Vegetarian cake represents 50 eggs that hatch into 50 children following their father into the sea. Therefore, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese people mainly means towards the origin, commemorating the merits of the dead.

However, with a rather busy, hustle and bustle life due to the current work reel, many families choose to buy drifting cakes, ready-made vegetarian cakes to worship their ancestors. Recorded by PV on the morning of April 14 (March 3 of lunar calendar), on the streets and markets in Hanoi, small merchants sold a lot of floating cakes, vegetarian cakes as well as baking ingredients. to serve the people.

Sharing with PV, a baker at the Nghia Tan market area said: “These days, the demand of people coming to buy ready-made cakes is relatively high, so most small businesses trading this item have to Prepare ingredients such as sugar, green beans from early and carefully, after being bought, rice for baking, after being bought, must soak enough time, then grind and then go through many other stages to make cake dough. In actual welding, the baker has to get up at about 4:00 am to make it to have the cake for customers to buy … “.

Floating cakes, vegetarian cakes are all made from fragrant glutinous rice flour. Floating cakes made small balls of longan fruit, in addition to white, in red sugar filling, while vegetarian cakes are round and flat, filled with cooked green beans and pureed with sugar.

A cake floats after it is finished with the filling by the baker.

After the kneading is finished, the cake is placed in a pot of boiling water. The freshly boiled cake will sink on the bottom of the pot. When cooked, it will float and be picked up and put into a plate.

Vietnamese people in the past have created floating cakes, vegetarian cakes which are cool and cool dishes. This dish is sweet, very suitable for hot days.

People wait in line to buy floating cakes, vegetarian cakes at Nghia Tan market area (Cau Giay, Hanoi). This year, the average price of vegetarian cakes is 20,000 VND / bowl, floating cakes cost 15,000 VND / plate.

The rhythm of visiting the ancient town has always been slow, and it is also a comfortable rhythm in spring. Perhaps it is to welcome tourists from all over the world who come to eat loquats. The enthusiasm moved the temperature and directly hit the mark of summer. However, it did not affect our mood of slowly visiting the ancient town, perhaps this is another feeling.

Tangqi has a long history. It was once a place where merchants gathered. It is a veritable big town. In the ancient town of Tangqi, there is a museum that tells the local history and stories of Tangqi-Fangzhiguan. If you are just strolling along the riverside under the blue tiles and white walls, you may feel that it is just the quiet atmosphere of the ancient town, and the peace you seek in your heart. But walking into the local chronicles pavilion can really make you understand this ancient town.

As the head of the “Top Ten Famous Towns in the South of the Yangtze River”, Tangqi has a profound cultural heritage and many scholars have emerged. Tangqi is home to many cultural relics, including the Guangji Long Bridge, Guo Pu Ancient Well, Qianlong Royal Stele, Shuinan Temple… and tells people the style of the past. Tangqi is not only an outstanding place, but also rich in products. Loquat is famous all over the world, silk fragrant overseas, and it has been a tribute town since ancient times.

Tangqi is an ancient town and a new city at the same time. Although it has lost the “36-Six Bridges” and “72-Tiao Ban Nongs” after the vicissitudes of time, her soul and roots are still there, and it is still full of vitality. And vitality. There are also many models combined with 3 technologies on display in the museum, which more vividly show the past and present of the ancient town of Tangqi.

The appearance of the ancient town of Tangqi after years of change.

Starting from the Guangji Bridge, this masterpiece of ancient bridge architecture connects the two banks of the ancient town of Tangqi and stands on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

As the only remaining seven-hole stone arch bridge on the ancient canal, it also assumes the most important building between the two banks. No matter where you go along the river, you have to go back to Guangji Bridge if you want to cross the other bank.

Suddenly, the water lilies under the bridge rushed to bloom, light pink and white, dotted on the river bank, ripples, all adding vitality to this ancient town.

Next to the Guangji Bridge is the ancient well of Guo Pu, built by the Eastern Jin writer Guo Pu. The river whose water depth exceeds that of the Tangxi River was excavated as a water supply site at that time, so it is now fenced off and used as a cultural relics protection site.

The Qianlong Royal Stele is on the west side of Jesus Church on Shuibei Street. Since it is the Qianlong Royal Stele, it was naturally erected during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, this imperial stele in Tangqi serves as a demarcation stele. In the past, Shuibei Street was under the jurisdiction of Deqing and Hangxian counties. With this monument as the boundary, Hangzhou County is located on the east of the monument, and Deqing County is located on the west of the monument.

If you are hungry, you might as well come to Shuibei Street to taste the local delicacies here. The old street is more than one kilometer away, and there are gatherings of Tangqi folk food, intangible cultural heritage display, traditional folk art display, traditional folk art display, and traditional silk. Cultural display…rich food and folklore, just an old street makes people linger.

The most delicious food on the old street is the mochi. All kinds of mochi can’t help but swallow. There are also steamed meatballs, turquoise loquat, zongzi, etc., from the street to the end of the street, from the end of the street to the street.

If you are interested in storytelling in the south of the Yangtze River, you might as well go to the Tangqi Tea House and spend 20 yuan for tea money, and listen to the storytellers here, telling stories about the family stories that happened in this small town.

Listening to storytelling is not just about listening. Yan Yi of the storyteller can be said to be very hard, and a piece of it is an emoticon. However, the storytelling here is all in the ancient town dialect. For outsiders, it is still a bit confusing, so the old people in the teahouse are more of the town.

Compared to the rhythm of the day, it is more suitable to visit the ancient town at night. The ancient town of Tangqi at night has a more mysterious flavor than during the day. There are fewer people, the lights are on, and the river is brightened by lanterns on both sides of the river. , There are waves of gentle singing in the clear bar on the other side. I like the ancient town, probably because I like this atmosphere.

The ancient town at night faded from the heat of the day and returned to a hint of coolness. The breeze blew across the creek, blowing on the face, and the refreshing taste surrounded him. At this moment, walking by the river should be the most comfortable time of the day.

Although there are many auras on her head: the top thousand towns in the country, the civilized towns in Zhejiang Province, the top 100 towns in Zhejiang Province with comprehensive strength, the top ten historical and cultural towns in Zhejiang Province, the top ten towns in Hangzhou for economic development, and the national loquat origin protection town… …But she is still that simple and ancient town, warming the years of history with her own softness. So have you been to Tangxi Ancient Town in Hangzhou? Do you know which niche ancient towns are still hidden in Hangzhou? Welcome to leave a message and express your opinion.