Crowded street market in Taipei decorated with red and yellow paper lanterns for the Lunar New Year festival

Taipei New Year Market

Taipei New Year Market

20.5.2019
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Before the Lunar New Year holidays begin, sellers at the Dihua Street in Taipei offer everything you need for the days. From gifts for family and friends, to traditional snacks, to the famous red envelopes.

Large inflatable dog decoration in front of a Taipei New Year's market, with red and yellow lanterns.

Traditional Chinese religious ceremony under a striped tent with a large red lantern and deity statues

Chinese New Year market figure holding a scroll with Chinese characters.

Close-up of a large inflatable Maneki-neko (beckoning cat) with red ears and bib, and a gold coin.

Laughing Buddha statue with LED lights, wearing prayer beads, and holding a jeweled object; a burlap bag with a red bow and Chinese characters is nearby.

Crowded Taipei street market with pedestrians, red lanterns, and a woman holding a blue heart-shaped balloon

Vendor preparing skewered fried tofu at a street food stall

A masked market vendor stands behind a colorful candy stall filled with sweets in orange buckets at a traditional market.

Two female vendors in red traditional jackets serving customers at a bustling market stall stocked with large bags of peanuts

Person carrying a large bundle of pink flowers on their back.

Pile of dried mushrooms with brown caps and long pale stems

Dried Chinese lap cheong sausages hanging in clusters at a market stall

Assorted Chinese cured meats and sausages displayed at a market stall

A vendor in a red shirt uses tongs to cook meat in a metal oven at a Taipei night market.

woman in striped dress offering marshmallow on a stick to a young girl in red at an indoor market

People browsing and selecting red envelopes at a Taipei New Year's market.

assorted nuts, seeds, and snacks displayed in clear plastic bags at a market stall with cartoon paper labels

Taipei New Year market stall selling nuts and seeds in bags.

vendor cooking round flatbreads on large circular griddles at a night market food stall

masked vendor grilling sausage skewers at indoor market food stall

A sad-looking teddy bear balloon hangs in a Taipei New Year's market.