Yunnan flower sales soar by 42% amid Qixi festivities
Flowers are on sale at the Dounan market next to central Yunnan’s Kunming Flower Auction Center.
More than 57 million flowers at central Yunnan’s Kunming Flower Auction Center have been sold to destinations in China and beyond from August 2 to 17, representing a big increase of 42% year on year.
The major driving force behind the increase was the celebrations over the past weeks for the Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, which falls on August 22 this year.
Flowers are on sale at the Dounan market next to central Yunnan’s Kunming Flower Auction Center.
Flowers are on sale at the Dounan market next to central Yunnan’s Kunming Flower Auction Center.
The center’s daily selling peak of 11.25 million flowers occurred on August 17, breaking the daily-sale record of 9.31 million in 2021.
From August 12 to 21, some 2.2 million Yunnan flowers were transported to other Chinese provinces via bullet trains.
An auction goes on at central Yunnan’s Kunming Flower Auction Center.
Flowers are on sale at the Dounan market next to central Yunnan’s Kunming Flower Auction Center.
Source: Yunnan Daily; Trans-editing by Wang Shixue