China News Agency, Guangzhou, February 20th, title: Cold wave "quick freezing" Guangdong's low temperature promotes heat and cold economy
China News Agency reporter Wang Jian Cheng Jingwei
Guangdong has been affected by the cold wave from north to south since the 18th, and the temperature in many parts of the province has dropped rapidly. The local temperature in Shaoguan, Qingyuan and other places in the northern part of the province has dropped below 0 degrees Celsius one after another.
On the 20th, 65 cities and counties in the province recorded the lowest temperature since 2022, setting a record for the largest range of the lowest temperature in Guangdong this year.
The cold air not only brings frigid winds to Guangdong, but also brings snow to many places in Guangdong.
During the day on the 19th, the Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve in northern Guangdong ushered in the first snow in 2022, which is very beautiful; Qingyuan Jinzishan "transformed" into an ice and snow world overnight, and the branches of the mountain were covered with ice hangings. The snow-covered Lingnan land interprets the beauty of "frozen people".
"Wow, it's snowing, it's so beautiful!" Huang Puyang, a forest ranger from the Dadong Mountain Management Office of Nanling National Nature Reserve in Guangdong, woke up on the 19th and found that the world outside the window had changed, and it was all white.
Huang Puyang excitedly wrote the words "2022" on the snow.
The cold, ice and snow brought by the cold wave not only allowed the people of Guangdong to experience the severe winter in the north in the supposedly warm February, but also heated up Guangdong's cold economy, and brought fire sales of winter clothing and catering consumption such as hot pot and milk tea.
"I didn't expect it to be so cold after the Spring Festival. It was so cold that I went to the mall to buy down jackets to keep out the cold," said Mr. Wang, a resident of Guangzhou.
Affected by the strong cold air and precipitation, on the 20th, the temperature in various districts of Guangzhou ranged from 3°C to 8°C.
It is expected that there will still be continuous rain in the city from the afternoon to the night of the day, and the average temperature will drop to 6 ℃ and below.
At present, the cold orange warning signal for the whole city of Guangzhou is in effect.
"Many consumers come with their families to buy winter clothes, and the sales of winter clothes have increased sharply, which is much higher than that in February of previous years." said the relevant person in charge of Guangzhou Victoria Plaza.
The reporter saw at the scene of Victoria Plaza that many citizens were carrying shopping bags with large and small bags in their hands.
It is reported that some styles of down jackets even have broken codes.
Tianhe City, across the street from Victoria Square, also ushered in hot sales of winter products.
According to the relevant person in charge of the mall, the winter clothing, heating appliances and other commodities in the mall have increased significantly in the past few days, and some commodities have even doubled in sales.
Under the cold wave, in addition to the "spring" in the sales of cold-proof products, the sales of many seasonal foods in winter also increased.
In Tian Henan, where Guangzhou food gathers, there are various hot pot restaurants such as Chongqing hot pot, beef hot pot, beef hot pot, fish hot pot, frog hot pot, etc. on the short street of a few hundred meters, and there are many people queuing for hot pot. citizens.
"In such a cold weather, it's best to invite three or five friends to eat hot pot together." Mr. Han, a citizen, told reporters that he had always heard that "hot pot is the best match for winter", and they deliberately took advantage of Guangzhou to experience "winter" in these few days .
The owner of a beef offal hotpot restaurant said that because of the cold wave and the weekend, the number of diners who came to eat beef offal hotpot has increased significantly, and all the employees in the store are too busy to go to work.
Not only hot pot restaurants are crowded, but also hot pot ingredients, hot pot base ingredients and other food ingredients from supermarkets and online e-commerce platforms have also entered the peak sales season.
The reporter learned from AEON Supermarket that the sales of hot pot ingredients packages in their stores are also very gratifying.
According to the monitoring and forecast of the Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Department, the impact of the cold wave on the province will continue. The province will maintain rainy and cold weather until the 23rd. Among them, from the night of the 20th to the morning of the 21st, there will be 5 The low temperature is below ℃, and the minimum temperature in the high-altitude mountainous area is minus 3℃ to 0℃.
The cold wave brought not only a low temperature of 0 ℃ to Guangdong, but also the cold economy that became popular at the end of February.
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