Unique fruit for Tet

In the last days of the year, Mr. Pham Anh Minh's fruit decoration facility for Tet in Van Phu ward, Viet Tri city is bustling with orders. To meet market demand, in 2022, Mr. Minh invested in opening a facility specializing in fruit decoration for Tet holidays.

Decorative fruit products of Mr. Pham Anh Minh's family are loved by many people and they contact to order to display during Tet.

Minh shared: “Being a talented person and loving the art of fruit carving, I researched and learned how to do it myself. Over time, with some experience in decorating for Tet, I decided to invest in this profession, both to satisfy my passion and to make life more beautiful. Every year, each product will be improved in design and pattern to create attractiveness, uniqueness, and sophistication, meeting the increasingly high tastes of customers.

To complete a product, it must go through many stages. Initially, the craftsman uses a damp cloth to clean the surface of the fruit, sprays a layer of clear paint on it and lets it dry, chooses the decoration style, draws letters, attaches accessories, sprinkles colored glitter to highlight the fruit. However, the most important step is still the stage of choosing large, beautiful, fresh fruit, which will create a high-quality, artistic product.

It is known that Mr. Minh's Tet fruit products are ordered in large quantities by small traders in and outside the province, serving the needs of people during the holidays. During the Lunar New Year alone, Mr. Minh's facility supplies the market with over 100 grapefruits and coconuts per day. Each fruit costs between 150,000 VND and 200,000 VND.

Decorative fruits with good meanings are loved by many people during Lunar New Year.

Tet display fruits have unique advantages with eye-catching shapes, bright colors, carved with folk motifs, engraved with words. In addition to the words Phuc, Loc, Tho, Cat Tuong, Thinh Vuong... the fruits are also decorated with images of peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, poinsettia flowers, flower branches, sparkling gold leaves bearing the mark of Spring. Another advantage is that Tet display fruits can be displayed for a long time. Therefore, this will be the choice of many people, can be used as gifts, gifts for relatives, partners, carrying New Year greetings and many other meaningful messages, so even though the price is many times higher than normal fruits, decorative fruits still attract customers to buy.

Ms. Nguyen Thanh Huyen in Bang Luan commune, Doan Hung district said: “Creating a handmade product to display during Tet is a very unique idea, both beautiful and luxurious. Understanding the needs of the people, in addition to selling the specialty Bang Luan grapefruit, every year my family imports more types of decorated fruits, painted with calligraphy, to serve the shopping needs of families during Tet.”

Coconuts and grapefruits become more vivid through the skillful hands of the craftsman.

Going to the market on the day before Tet, we will see stalls selling Tet fruit that always attract a lot of customers to buy and choose decorations according to their needs. Mr. Phung Duy Hung in Tien Cat ward, Viet Tri city shared: "Every time Tet comes, my family often prepares a traditional five-fruit tray with Phu Tho specialties such as: Banana, grapefruit, dragon fruit, tangerine... In recent years, I have seen many types of beautiful and unique decorative fruits on the market, so I also chose to buy a pair of yellow coconuts and a red watermelon to display on Tet, with the hope that my family will have good luck and prosperity in the new year".

Not only sold at traditional markets and supermarkets, this type of fruit is also sold by many people on social media channels, posting videos of instructions on how to make it at home and selling accessories. With just a little ingenuity and care, anyone can decorate a pair of coconuts or grapefruits for Tet as a gift for relatives with wishes for a new year of health, peace and happiness.

For many Vietnamese families, a carefully arranged fruit tray is an indispensable part of every Tet holiday. Each type of fruit, each color and the way the fruit tray is arranged on Tet holiday all have their own meaning, a wish of the homeowner. Although there are differences between regions, customs, and personal views. But above all, each way of displaying the traditional fruit tray on Tet holiday shows respect towards the origin, ancestors and prays for a new year of peace, prosperity and wealth.

Thu Giang

Source: https://baophutho.vn/doc-dao-trai-cay-chung-tet-226688.htm