Coming up again, starting in the 8th lunar month, the bustling atmosphere of Mid-Autumn Festival is filled with shops on the old streets of Hanoi, especially Hang Ma Street.
Every mid-autumn festival, Hang Ma Street in Hanoi begins to wear new clothes with bright colors.
Hang Ma Street in Hanoi is filled with red for Mid-Autumn Festival
Photo: @MAZE Vietnam
Is one of the 36 ancient streets in Hanoi, Hang Ma Street is known for its traditional crafts of making gold codes for use in offerings and old paper decorations. The shops sell splendid items. The most typical item of mid-autumn season is the lanterns with a variety of materials, styles and colors. But the main color is still red, yellow.
Hanoi Hang Ma Street is busiest at night
At night, the whole row of Hang Ma streets shimmering lanterns is also the busiest neighborhood. Each line of young men and women, families nostalgic to take young children to walk the streets of Hang Ma to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together. Not only holidays, Hang Ma neighborhood has started to be crowded for 2-3 weeks, especially on weekends. The closer to Mid-Autumn Festival, the more people flock to Hang Ma Street, the more young people come to capture the beautiful moment.
A variety of mid-autumn festival items in Hang Ma Street
Photo: @huyntr
At Hang Ma Street in Hanoi, you will see the opportunity full of mid-autumn toys of all kinds, diverse in designs and colors. From made of fabric, leather is very simple but still eye-catching with traditional cultural motifs such as groom masks, rice drums, lanterns, star lights, carp lamps, unicorn faces, procession drums to modern toys such as glow masks, princess-shaped headdrets, hand-held bulbs, fairy wings with lights, animal lights … All create a special colorful space when the sunset falls.
The most beautiful mid-autumn photo location in Hanoi
Mid-Autumn Festival in Hang Ma Street in Hanoi is not only an opportunity for children to own funny toys, adults have the opportunity to recede memories of childhood but also an ideal place for young people to take pictures.
No need to be beautiful “tilt the water, tilt the wall”, no need to pose in a sleek shape but the colorful backdrop created from mid-autumn items in Hang Ma Street will make you stand out at every
angle. Plus a little camera effect, you’ll have a set of “don’t ask” photos right away. So what are you waiting for without going to Hang Ma Street for some beautiful photos!
Some notes when taking photos in Hang Ma Street Hanoi
Photo: @quynhaanhhh
* Do not understand ever since people in Hanoi consider the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tet holiday is to go to Hang Ma to go out, go for a walk so if you intend to go on the holiday will be very difficult and hard for traveling as well as taking souvenir photos. So you can go out to Mid-Autumn Festival 1-2 weeks in advance. The shops in this street have been preparing mid-autumn festival before the ceremony for more than 1 month, so do not worry about going out early, Hang Ma street will not shimmer full of colors.
* You can arrive in the evening, between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m., when the city starts to light up as the best Hang Ma
time. This is also the right time to give the photos “virtual life” quality. If you arrive in the early morning, I’m afraid it’s not very convenient to take pictures because it may hinder the trade of households here. And be sure to ask the store owner’s permission in advance or take photos at angles that don’t affect their work to avoid trouble.
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