China News Network Jilin, April 4 Topic: Northeast traditional village markets have been fresh for a long time: from "rushing to the market" to "catching up with fashion"
China News Network reporter Cang Yan Shi Hongyu
Catching up with the gathering once a week has become Wang Nan's habit. In the crowded village market, this "post-95" will always "return with a full load".
Endless shouting, steaming fried twist flowers, freshly ground sesame oil, all kinds of seasonal fruits and vegetables... The aroma wafts on the Ula Street fair in Jilin City. In front of the pancake stall, customers in line set up a "long snake array", and the sound of "scanning the code to pay" began one after another.
City drinkers like to visit the village bazaar Photo by Cangyan
In the bustling market, from time to time, online anchors will pick up mobile phones to broadcast live. The freshly baked food on the big set is often the most concerned by the anchors when they "explore the collection". With the help of the anchors, the "Internet celebrity food" cold cake will be sold out before noon.
Wang Nan is in the village market under the camera, and for her, visiting the market is like traveling, looking forward to it every week. The Manchu town of Ula Street in Jilin City has a weekly market, when traders gather and the variety of goods is complete.
As a "senior collector", Wang Nan is familiar with the characteristics of each nearby village market. "I have also viewed and shared some 'strategies' on the mobile app, and exchanged information with many people who love to travel."
In fact, city drinkers are not uncommon in village fairs. At present, unique short-distance leisure methods such as suburban fishing, picking, wild camping, and catching a lively village fair are very popular among urban people.
The village market is crowded with wild geese
Cheng Yu, 40, is also a rusher, and Wangqi Town, 35 kilometers from Jilin City, is her first choice. The area is adjacent to Songhua Lake, and the market is often filled with fresh fish and wild vegetables that have just "descended".
Of course, in addition to the "hot" souvenirs, there are also seafood, pastries, cultural toys and other items from the city in the village market. As the oldest trade activity in China, in the new market environment, "catching up with the big fair" is becoming more and more "fashionable".
Nowadays, the live broadcast cameras of various Internet celebrities have also begun to focus on rural markets, and they will also compare the similarities and differences between rural markets in the north and south, triggering discussions on social platforms.
In northeast China, bazaars are the most common places of consumption in rural daily life. Pi Fusheng, a researcher in the history of the Jilin CPPCC, introduced that the traditional rural market is a form of agricultural civilization, carrying the important function of the purchase and sale of agricultural products and agricultural materials, and its longevity is conducive to the "upward" and "hem" of commodities and promoting consumption in rural areas.
Pi Fusheng said that the fairs in the Jilin region have a history of hundreds of years and have become part of local folklore. In the past, markets were generally based on townships and villages, with "social distancing" restrictions.
Photo by Cangjian at the village market
"In the context of China's continuous promotion of rural revitalization, with the development of economy and society, people's activity radius has gradually expanded, and visiting rural markets is not only shopping, but also evolved into a new way of leisure." Pi Fusheng believes that as more people are keen to visit the fair, folk culture and farming culture will be passed on for a long time.
Leap February makes this year's spring slightly longer than usual. This morning, Wang Nan once again caught up "fashionable" and "panned for goods" in the village fair, this time her harvest was the "open river fish" of Songhua Lake. (End)