[Our festival, May Day]
Tianshan.com - Xinjiang Daily reporter Yu Jiangyan
On May 1, the Changzhou Street rear box market of the 12th Corps Division opened. Tianshan.com - Photographed by Qin Meihua, a reporter of Xinjiang Daily
Open the trunk, pull out the eye-catching slogan, hang up the atmosphere lamp, and set up the small table, which is a "mobile booth". On May 1, the trunk market in Changzhou Street of the 12th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps opened. Bubble blowing machines, dolls, strange stones, cakes, etc., all kinds of goods on the "mobile booth" are dazzling.
Li Xiaoya, 30, learned to make flowers with twisted sticks through the Bilibili website and the dithering platform. At the boot market, Li Xiaoya's roses, lilies, etc. are eye-catching. "A rose costs 9.9 yuan and never withers!" Li Xiaoya, who came out to set up a stall for the first time, was a little shy. She said she had a job. This time, she went out to set up a stall to exercise her courage. Li Xiaoya was satisfied with selling two flowers in half an hour.
Tao Meixiu, 27, will make lacquer fans. In order to attract customers to understand intangible cultural heritage, she specially made a publicity display board to introduce the skills of making lacquer fans. In a bucket full of water, Tao Meixiu dropped a few drops of red, yellow, cyan, and gold paint. After gently mixing, she put the fan into the water. After a few seconds, she pulled it out, and the fan was painted with colorful colors. "It's the first time to see the production process of the lacquer fan, which is very novel." Customer Li Tao recorded the production process of the lacquer fan with his mobile phone, preparing for the trembling sound platform.
Nie Mingxuan and her pet dog set up a stall together. "I wish you every success today, and the dog loves you". She hung such handwritten slogans in the trunk of her car, and displayed various kinds of dog toys and clothes on the stall. "These are all pet products bought online. If you buy more, you can take them out for cheap disposal," Nie Mingxuan said.
Ding Kai, member of the Party Working Committee and deputy director of the Management Committee of Changzhou Street Area of the 12th Division of the Corps, said that the trunk market attracted more than 100 car owners to set up stalls. The market condensed the various forms of the market, showing the normal life of young people.
Trendy, interesting and popular, compared with the traditional market, the trunk market is small, but it supports a large consumption space. In recent years, boot fairs in Kuitun City, Khorgos City, Jinghe County and other parts of Xinjiang have sprung up like mushrooms.
On May 1, a car owner showed her bubble blower to the passing citizens at the Changzhou Street trunk market of the 12th Corps Division. Tianshan.com - Photographed by Qin Meihua, a reporter of Xinjiang Daily
More than 200 car owners set up stalls in the trunk market on Haitang Road, Yining City. In addition to local residents visiting the trunk market, more and more foreign tourists have also come to the market to "Taobao" in the past two years. "I bought some local specialties, such as dried apricots and walnuts, as well as Russian candy and Kyrgyz honey." On May 1, Yuan Liang, a tourist from Sichuan, joyfully displayed the fruits of "Taobao" to his companions, who were going to take them home to send them to relatives and friends.
In June 2022, the first trunk market in Jinghe County was launched, which led 135 car owners to set up stalls and lit up the local "night economy". At present, Jinghe County also places the trunk market on various events and festivals, such as the Jockey Club, to help more farmers and herdsmen sell local products and handicrafts.
The trunk market is characterized by high mobility and flexibility. At present, some tourist road service areas in Xinjiang also have trunk fairs. For example, when Duku Highway is in the peak tourist season, the tourist souvenirs and tourism supplies sold in the trunk fairs meet the needs of tourists.
Tan Yongxian, associate professor of the economics teaching and research department of the autonomous region party school, said that the boot market is a relatively free business mode with low transaction costs. To some extent, it can expand the consumption scene and stimulate consumption vitality, and has become a new way of flexible employment and free employment. The rise of the economic model of the boot market in Xinjiang has made people feel the "fireworks" and "trendy taste" brought by the fresh consumption experience, which also plays an important role in the prosperity of the "night economy".
[Editor in charge: Liu Fang]
