There is a "Little Bear Market" in Chongqing: young people "sell" human fireworks here

　　China News Service, Chongqing, April 24th: There is a "Little Bear Market" in Chongqing: young people "sell" human fireworks here

　　Author Liang Qinqing

　　A group of people from all over the world, driving their own car, sells all things related to beauty in the trunk: specialty food, collectible figures, exquisite handicrafts, etc.

In the "post-epidemic era", the car trunk market called "Little Bears" in Chongqing has attracted many young people to "sell" human fireworks.

　　Xiao Xiong, the person in charge of the market, told a reporter from Chinanews.com that when the market first opened, most of the stall owners were subsidizing their households. Now, the stall owners are more willing to make friends and talk about life here, giving the "Xiao Xiong Market" more social interaction. Attributes, making money is not the ultimate goal.

　　Every Thursday to Sunday, from 16:30 to 22:30, the "Little Bear Market" will appear in Chongqing.

On the evening of April 23, the reporter walked into the market and was greeted by the trunks of cars with different characteristics. The goods sold by each stall owner originated from their favorite or good fields.

When customers are tired from shopping, they can sit down and drink tea, chat and feel comfortable life.

　　"The car boot market first originated from the Car Boot Sale in the UK, and the inspiration for me to open the boot market also came from this." Xiaoxiong said that in the UK, every weekend early in the morning, locals will pull out the supplies they don't need. When you go to the market, you can open the trunk to sell, which not only solves the old goods at home, but also makes the best use of the items.

"The characteristic of 'Little Bear Market' is that the location is not fixed. We will do it wherever there is a venue. In summer, it is more outdoors, and in winter, it is indoors."

　　Xiaoxiong was originally the manager of a coffee shop. One day in August 2021, he tried to sell milk tea in the trunk of the car after get off work. Unexpectedly, a short video he posted at that time became popular on the Internet. A group of like-minded car friends found him and wanted to Do a car trunk fair with him.

"From fans to netizens to offline meetings, we are looking for a different kind of fun in life together, and unknowingly gathered more than 700 stall owners."

The picture shows one of the stalls of the "Little Bear Market".

Photo by Liang Qinqing

　　In "Bear Market", everyone has their own story and wants to make life shine on ordinary days.

　　Mr. Jin, 32, sells flowers at the market. He says he is a firefighter at the airport and likes the atmosphere here. Ms. Zhou, 35, sells dolls with her husband. She is a car salesman and likes to collect various items. Like dolls, "I don't sell objects but feelings"; 57-year-old Mr. Zheng is the first time a stall owner. He is a good painter in the architectural design industry. "It's better to stay at home and paint stone paintings" ...

　　Customer Mr. Hu stumbled upon this "treasure place".

He said that behind the "Little Bear Market" is a group of young people who love life. They are not selling items, but full of human fireworks. The small trunk is loaded with everyone's stories.

"Every time I come here, I sigh that the life of a migrant worker can be so beautiful."

　　There are many foreign faces at the "Little Bear Market". The customer, Nicholas, is from the United States. He has lived in Chongqing for more than three years and is currently working as a foreign teacher in a kindergarten.

He said that he was introduced by a friend. This kind of trunk market has never been seen before, and the format is very novel. He feels that it can shorten the distance between people.

　　Zheng Hao, director of the Sociology Teaching and Research Office of the School of International Law and Sociology at Sichuan International Studies University, believes that going to the market is a Chinese folk custom, which regularly gathers for commodity trading activities.

Different from the previous market, the trunk market is more like a new type of youth community, which can create a sense of community.

It brings together people with the same hobbies and similar lifestyles. It is a new type of market with a sense of fashion and fireworks, presenting a modern and beautiful life.

　　At present, trunk markets have emerged in many places in China, such as Chengdu, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, etc.

Although this kind of market does not have the large-scale and high-end urban life, it is full of rural atmosphere.

Xiaoxiong said that Thailand's "train market" is very famous. People set up stalls on both sides of the railway to do business. The railway and the vegetable market coexist harmoniously.

He hopes that the trunk market in Chongqing will develop into a cultural phenomenon like a "train market" in the future, and become a beautiful landscape imprinted in people's hearts.

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