Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, January 5th (Xi Jinyan, Wang Yiwen, Guo Hongyi) The temperature in Hangzhou on a winter night fell below 10 degrees. However, as the peak of the first wave of the epidemic fell, the fireworks gradually recovered in various places revealed a hint of warmth.

Recently, the reporter visited Wulin Night Market, one of the landmarks of Hangzhou’s night economy. Amidst the neon lights, the sound of hawking, and the heavy traffic, the reporter felt the atmosphere of returning.

　　Wulin Road is located in the "C position" of Hangzhou City, which can be regarded as the center of Hangzhou.

With a total length of 1650 meters, it starts from the beautiful West Lake in the west and crosses the Millennium Grand Canal in the north.

One road connects two major world cultural heritages, and also gathers ancient and modern Chinese and foreign merchants and tourists.

　　The "Dawulin Commercial District" named after the road is Hangzhou's leading carrier of 100 billion social zero (retail sales of social consumer goods).

The Wulin Night Market, located on the southern section of Wulin Road and about 500 meters away from the West Lake in Hangzhou, has become an important landmark of Hangzhou's night economy.

　　The night market, a special economic form, carries the yearning of ordinary people for a better life.

As night fell, the sleepy night was awakened again by the shouts of stall owners and the noise of tourists.

Handmade soft pottery stalls at the Wulin Night Market.

Photo by Guo Hongyi

　　There are a total of 175 stalls in the Wulin Night Market. The products sold include art, toys, jewelry, clothing, mobile phone accessories, etc. The stall owners come from all over the country.

The business hours of the night market are from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m., and Wang Xiankui, who sells traditional Korean cake making, starts setting up his stall before 4:00 p.m.

　　"Business has been slowly improving since the end of the year. There are more people during the New Year's Day holiday. The 30 catties of cakes prepared yesterday were sold out in the blink of an eye, double the amount before the epidemic was released." Wang Xiankui waved his hand vigorously. Hitting Jiang Mi with the gavel, he told the reporter that he had been setting up a stall here for four years and was very familiar with the situation here.

　　The fireworks of his return also ignited his confidence, "Hangzhou is a good place, with good public security and good people. When I have the ability, I will settle here and take my children to study here."

　　After being busy for a while, finally when there were fewer people, Wang Xiankui took the opportunity to introduce his own cakes to the reporter, "There are peanuts, black sesame, osmanthus...a total of ten flavors, of which the osmanthus flavor came from Hangzhou. This city has brought me a unique inspiration.” The reporter also bought a sweet-scented osmanthus-flavored cake, which is soft, glutinous and sweet, and overflowing with cinnamon.

　　In the corner of the night market, the reporter noticed that several children were arguing in front of a stall selling handmade soft pottery. It turned out that they were undecided about which doll to choose.

The stall owner, Wang Dewen, is almost 50 years old this year, and he smiled and introduced patiently to the children.

　　"Originally, I was painting by the West Lake, and later came into contact with the intangible cultural heritage art of hand-made clay figurines. I like it very much and want to pass it on." Wang Dewen has been making handmade soft pottery at the Wulin Night Market for five years.

　　He introduced to the reporter: "Traditional clay figurines have a short service life and single color. We combined modern environmental protection materials with traditional techniques, and made these handmade soft clay figurines based on popular animation and movie characters. The colors are rich and the quality is excellent. , not only children love to play, but also young people.”

　　Wang Dewen has lived in Hangzhou for 20 years from Guiyang, Guizhou. "As a new Hangzhou native, every time I come to Hangzhou, I feel like coming home. This is a very tolerant city."

　　Hangzhou's inclusiveness is more reflected in the collision of tradition and trend.

"Hot milk treasure" is the new favorite of trendy girls and guys on social software. Looking around, the longest queue must be the new stall of that hot milk treasure.

I saw two young girls make hot blood glutinous rice into balls, put them on the cones, and then spread cream on them, allowing tourists to have a warm "ice cream" in the cold winter.

　　8:30 in the evening is the time when the night market has the largest flow of people. The young girls in front of the nail booth are busy confirming the nail styles with the customers who are seated; Holding flowers and handing them to her beside her...

A stall owner at the Wulin Night Market is making candied haws.

Photo by Wang Yiwen

　　The smell of fireworks in the world is the most soothing to the hearts of ordinary people.

In this alley less than one kilometer long, people come and go, and the lights are just on.

In the twilight, not only the fireworks, but also people's good expectations for the future.

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