Chinese New Year Flower Market

It's the week before Chinese New Year. Usually, there are flower markets right about this time, and everyone goes to the flower market to "walk the flower market" (行花市).

With the COVID-19 situation, since flower markets will attract A LOT of people, the government in Macau (and in Hong Kong, that I hear) has decided to cancel the flower markets this year.

So... what happened now is... each florist (and non-florist) is hosting their own flower market!

The most popular flower for the Chinese New Year would be the Orchid. I'm trying to think of the Chinese name and if it links up to anything, but I can't think of anything that pops to my mind. And since I'm lazy, here's a handy website explaining each and everything. I wanted to get a very simple orchid that my Sis got last week, so after lunch today, we made a grand tour of visiting all the florists we know of (and those we don't know of).

About my comment above, "each florist and non-florist" is actually a hilarious truth. Let me explain!

So there are the regular florists and/or flower shops/stores/stalls...

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