In order to welcome visitors from all over the world and boost cultural tourism consumption, on February 1, Urumqi Sayibak District launched the 2024 Pearl Flower New Year Exhibition and Sales Week cultural event “Let a hundred flowers bloom to celebrate the New Year and celebrate the New Year happily” at the Urumqi Pearl Flower Market.
The picture shows the cultural activities scene of the 2024 Pearl Flower Spring Exhibition and Sales Week (photo by Zhang Xinyue)
In front of the Flower Hall 1, with a burst of intense drumbeats, the performance officially kicked off. The Shehuo team’s uniform team, colorful costumes and wonderful performance were undoubtedly a highlight of this event. Dragon dance and lion dance performances allow you to appreciate the unique charm of traditional dragon dance. Look, the dancing dragon body, lion body, shocking tumbling, and loud gongs and drums welcome the arrival of the New Year with a festive atmosphere and wonderful performances. .
The picture shows the performance scene of the gongs and drums team (photo by Zhang Xinyue)
“I came here with my mother to buy flowers today, and I was shocked to see the Shehuo performance, especially when the dragon and lion dances intersected. The whole scene was very lively, and I really felt the atmosphere of celebrating the New Year,” said Yang Xiaojie, a 13-year-old citizen.
There are noisy gongs and drums outside and exciting events inside. Flower Hall No. 2 was filled with people singing and dancing. Whether it is the female classical dance “What a Beautiful Jasmine”, the Kazakh song and dance “A Lovely Rose”, the Uyghur dance “Zhu La”, or the Hui flower male and female duet “Congratulations Song”, the pipa and tambourine “Tianshan” “Spring” and the erhu ensemble “Melody in the Sun” both received bursts of applause. The women’s classical dance “Bronze Hairpin” was widely praised, and the youth chorus “The Most Beautiful Flower on Tianshan Mountain” pushed the event to a climax.
The enthusiastic Shehuo performance was accompanied by the poetic and picturesque display of Hanfu. The Mingzhu Flower Market was full of New Year’s spirit, lively and joyful, with colorful and unique Australian wintersweet, phalaenopsis, carnations, lilies and other New Year flowers and red blessings. The tube attracted many passing citizens to buy it.
At booth 10-89 of Hall 2 of the Mingzhu Flower Market, Hu Qinqin, a forestry graduate, has been selling flowers since 2005 and has been operating in the Urumqi Mingzhu Flower Market for more than 18 years. In the past, the types of business included orchids, bonsais, green plants, etc. Currently, Phalaenopsis is the main business category, and the products are sold locally, in northern and southern Xinjiang, and in foreign Central Asian regions such as Kazakhstan. As one of the earliest operators of Mingzhu Flower Market, Hu Qinqin said that with the recovery of the flower sales market, more than 8,000 Phalaenopsis orchids have been stocked before the year, which can provide sufficient supply for citizens who come to purchase flowers, and she is confident that Can strive for new sales success.
From a single flower sales in the past to a comprehensive market integrating flower display and sales, technical consulting services, and flower wholesale transactions, Mingzhu Flower Market relies on the technical advantages of the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences to become the largest flower market in Xinjiang, the first-class in northwest China, and a nationally renowned flower market. , won the title of “National Designated Market” by the Ministry of Agriculture, “National Key Flower Market” by the State Forestry Administration and the China Flower Association, a leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization in Xinjiang, and an “AAA Credit Enterprise” in Urumqi. The flower market covers an area of more than 50,000 square meters and has more than 700 stalls. Its business scope covers flowers, gardens, rockeries, agricultural supplies, seedlings, grass industry, fish and birds, etc. At present, more than 80% of the flowers in the flower market are produced locally in Xinjiang, and all grass flowers are produced by themselves. A development model that integrates production, supply and marketing has initially been formed. At the same time, the flower market provides more than 3,000 jobs to the society, driving the development of dozens of surrounding industries such as transportation, catering, agrochemicals, and related machinery. After years of operation, the flower market has played a linking role, enabling flowers to be sold from their place of origin to Central Asia abroad, further broadening the market scope and injecting vitality into the development of regional industries.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and hundreds of flowers are blooming, and citizens are enthusiastic about visiting the flower market and buying New Year flowers. This event provides citizens with a wealth of festive customs and high-quality cultural and tourism experiences, making the flower market even more popular. There are more than 400 florists in the modern greenhouse flower trading hall of 18,000 square meters. The best-selling varieties of New Year’s Eve flowers include orchids, green plants, hot plants, succulents and other thousands of varieties. Citizens have said, “The beautiful flowers are very eye-catching! It’s a pleasure to buy them.” !”
(Mao Weihua, China Daily Xinjiang Reporter｜Zhang Xinyue, Ma Qianni)
[Editor in charge: Cai Donghai]
2024-02-02 08:32:00
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