During Tet Festival, i.e. the Vietnamese New Year, local shops decorate their entrances, and people put up yellow flowers in and in front of their homes (fig.), preferably yellow apricot blossoms, which represent riches, wealth, and affluence, and are deemed auspicious, while others, especially in northern Vietnam, many also erect kumquat (fig.) trees. At night, landmark sites in the cities are lit up with colourful lights, as in the bottom picture of the Ben Thanh Market in Saigon.