China News Service, Shenyang, February 28th: Title: Satisfied with the mentality of seeing new things and exploring new things, young people are keen on "going to the big market" in Northeast China
China News Service reporter Wang Jingwei
Wang Xuyang, who works at a university in Shenyang, has recently received many students from out of town. It turns out that these classmates of his came here to attend the festival.
Despite the cold weather, the enthusiasm of young tourists to go to the market is still "hot".
It is understood that the market originated from the primitive social stage of China.
During the Warring States Period, "markets" became a gathering place for the masses.
Today's markets are no longer limited to meeting people's material needs, but also include various cultural exhibitions and performances, making them even more popular among young people.
Liaoning Daji has a dazzling array of items, diverse varieties and affordable prices, and eye-catching attractions... Through people's sharing on social platforms, it has attracted a large number of tourists.
Xiaoheyan Morning Market in Shenyang City is one of the local markets with the longest history. This winter, Xiaoheyan Morning Market has been frequently searched on the Internet, attracting tourists from all over the world.
Lion dances, writing blessing characters, sending Spring Festival couplets, eating stove candies... During the Spring Festival, the New Year's goods market in Xiaoheyan is lively and open, allowing tourists to feel the strong flavor of the New Year.
“Big fairs have been around since ancient times.” Xie Junping, associate professor at the Department of Economics at Shenyang University of Science and Technology, said that spontaneous barter markets took shape in primitive societies.
This is because when social productivity increases, surplus products are produced, and barter relationships begin to exist between people.
"The market trade in the Liaoshen area also has a long history. The difference is that the integration of multi-ethnic cultures has created the extremely lively and simple characteristics of the Liaoshen markets."
During the interview, some people also believed that "going to the market" is down-to-earth and smoky, and can make people feel the happiness and excitement in ordinary life.
At the same time, the display of folk culture is an important part of the Liaoning Fair.
Jumping and flipping lion dances, festive stilts, lively yangko, joyful duets, and readily available intangible cultural heritage displays - not only local specialties satisfy young people and foreign tourists, but also folk culture and intangible cultural heritage projects and high-quality services make Liaoning The collection is full of strong cultural meaning.
"The appeals of young tourists for cross-regional travel have undergone important changes." Ye Liqun, a researcher at the Institute of Literature and Culture of the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, said that cross-regional travel projects that have repeatedly gone out of the circle and become popular are often not scenic spots or attractions in the traditional sense, but rather A leisure tour with strong experiential and participatory characteristics.
In the past, leisure tourist traffic was dominated by locals.
In recent years, special leisure travel with catering, entertainment, shopping and other main consumption methods has welcomed a large flow of young tourists from outside the city.
These young tourists pay more attention to atmosphere, cultural experience and novelty when traveling, and they also pay more attention to cost-effectiveness.
The traditional morning markets and rural bazaars in Northeast China precisely meet the above-mentioned new demands of young people for cross-regional travel.
Morning markets and rural bazaars in the Northeast region, in addition to market transaction functions, originally had multiple functions such as displaying regional customs, folk culture, and social interaction.
Ye Liqun believes that visiting a large market is in line with young people’s mentality of seeing new things and exploring new things.
Finding out how local people live, gather, and communicate, and integrating into them, has become a new way of traveling.
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