In Tashi Square and Youhan Park on the Macau Peninsula, large-scale New Year markets will be opened from before the Spring Festival to the first day of the New Year, so that residents can buy New Year’s goods and experience the "New Year’s flavor".

htmlOn November 29, citizens bought Spring Festival couplets, Fu characters, etc. at the New Year’s Eve market located in Youhan Park, Macau. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Jinjia

Xinhua News Agency, Macau, January 29 (Reporter Hu Yao) As the Spring Festival approaches, the New Year atmosphere in Macau is getting stronger and stronger. In Tashi Square and Youhan Park in Macau Peninsula , a large New Year's Eve market will be opened from before the Spring Festival to the first day of the Chinese New Year, so that residents can buy New Year's goods and experience the "New Year's atmosphere".

At the New Year's Eve Market in Macau, the largest Tashi Plaza, large lanterns and floral art exhibitions were arranged around the square early, with various New Year's goods dazzling, residents were bustling with each other, and merchants greeted them warmly. Cantonese opera, children's dance and magic are also regularly performed on the stage set up in the square.

stalls selling years of flowers are crowded in front of them. There are all kinds of special flowers such as golden -year orange , chrysanthemums and plum blossoms of various colors, rich bamboo , phalaenopsis, bougainvillea, North American holly , Dutch red jade beads and other special flowers, with prices ranging from dozens to thousands of Macau dollars.

htmlOn November 29, citizens purchased New Year oranges and New Year flowers at the New Year market located in Youhan Park, Macau. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Jinjia

The owner of a flower shop stall told reporters that the flowers here were bought from Zhuhai or the flower market in Guangzhou early in the morning and transported to Macao through the Macau Lotus Port. "Although the cost is a little higher, it is very fresh, and Macau people like it very much." The stalls selling New Year's gifts are very popular. The red spring (Spring Festival couplets in Cantonese) and are sealed , Chinese knots, New Year's hanging ornaments, different shapes of Year of the Pig dolls and windmills are hung with shelves of the stalls. After the busy year, residents traveled with their families and selected their favorite products. When acquaintances meet, they also shake hands and say hello, send holiday wishes to each other, and say "Congratulations on getting rich."

The New Year market located in Youhan Park is slightly smaller in size, and residents here are also in a constant stream of residents buying New Year oranges, New Year flowers and New Year gifts. Next to the New Year Market in Youhan Park, in the third-floor Youhan Hawker Building, there are all kinds of fresh seafood, vegetables, chicken, duck and pork.

htmlOn November 29, a vendor sold the Year of Pig dolls at the New Year market in Tashi Square, Macau. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Jinjia

These fresh New Year’s goods are excellent ingredients for making New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve dinner “ pot vegetables ”. "Banchuan" is the final dish for Macau people on the New Year's Eve dinner table. There are as many as a dozen ingredients, including goose palms, radish, abalone, , and , which symbolizes "making wealth" and "efficiency every year".

Macau citizen Mr. Li specially accompanied his mother to the vegetable market to buy "pot vegetables" ingredients. He was carrying a full shopping bag in one hand and skillfully picked up live shrimps at the stall in the other hand. "I accompany my mother here to buy New Year's pots every year, and it has never stopped for decades. It's so happy that the whole family sits together for a reunion year!" he said happily.