Visitors throng Nguyen Hue Flower Street on opening night in Ho Chi Minh City
Sunday, February 03, 2019, 13:26 GMT+7
The Nguyen Hue Flower Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, created annually to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, was teeming with visitors during the opening night on Saturday.
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:00 pm, joined by key municipal government leaders, people began flooding into Nguyen Hue, which is florally adorned during Tet.
Stretching 720 meters, the street consists of three sections thematically called ‘Lovely City Steeped in Cultural Identity,’ ‘Smart City’ and ‘Creative Municipality.’
Placed in the middle of the road are the flower-surrounded statues of what is known as a nine-pig family going shopping for Tet, next to a seven-meter-tall structure resembling Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market.
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| The statues of a shopping pig family on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Visitors crowd the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
The 2.9-meter father pig dons a black-and-white checkered head scarf while the mother wears a conical hat and the traditional outfit of ao dai.
These items characterize the clothing and headwear of people in southwestern Vietnam, although the scarf’s popularity has waned.
The pig is figuring prominently in the street decoration design as it is the zodiacal animal of the upcoming lunar year, which starts on Tuesday next week.
The street also features six giant pig statues with different pictures drawn on their bodies.
Visitors fill the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Video: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
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| People take pictures of a large-size swine statue on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| A flower-filled canoe and wavy structures are seen on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
Visitors can admire a canoe full of flowers next to undulating structures that symbolize waves, and a scene that mimics aquatic life.
The flower street, now in its 16th edition, is open to the public through 10:00 pm on February 8.
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| Visitors crowd the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Visitors crowd the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Visitors crowd the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| A girl is seen above a crowd on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| People take pictures of a floral decoration on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| People walk on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Visitors crowd the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| People walk next to flower-adorned structures on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Flowers are seen on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| People pose for a group photo on the Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City, February 2, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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