Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown flower show ready for opening
TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 01/22/2017 11:40 GMT + 7
Preparations for Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic annual Lunar New Year flower show on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street are nearing completion for opening on Wednesday.
The flower street will open to the public from 7:00 pm on January 25 to 10:00 pm on January 31.
The flower display is an annual event put together by the city’s administration to celebrate Tet, or the Lunar New Year, which is the biggest national holiday in Vietnam during which citizens enjoy a full week off.
The Lunar New Year celebration, which is deeply rooted in Vietnamese culture, includes a series of ceremonial preparations as well as festive exhibitions customarily lasting one week before and after Lunar New Year’s Day, which falls on January 28 this year.
The 720-meter Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1 will feature thousands of flamboyant flowers from across Vietnam and around the globe arranged in different shapes and structures, accompanied by esthetic lighting and virtual reality displays.
The street has been fenced off weeks before its opening for preparatory works.
Decorations on the flower street will be divided into three sections, each bearing a different theme and meaning, according to the city’s administration.
The first section, starting from the Le Loi-Nguyen Hue intersection, will feature a giant flower arch and flower statues of a flock of chickens, honoring the coming lunar year’s zodiac animal.
The tallest statue will measure 3.5 meters in height, decorated by 108 lanterns and other smaller sculptures.
The second section will demonstrate Ho Chi Minh City’s dynamism and modernity, featuring flower models of the city’s most iconic constructions such as Dragon Wharf, the City Hall, Ben Thanh Market and the Phu My Bridge.
A giant map of Vietnam made out of flowers will also be displayed in this section of the street.
The third section will be reserved for flowers imported from foreign countries, and will boast an 18-meter illuminated lake.
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper photojournalists were allowed by the street management to capture a quick peek into the flower street.
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