Guangzhou winter jasmine flower market's historical legend

Guangzhou Flower Market originated from Huadutou. Its formation can be traced back to or before the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the flower market in Guangzhou, the medicinal materials market in Luofu Mountain, the fragrant market in Dongguan and the pearl market in Lianzhou were called "four cities in Guangdong", which had a wide influence. By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the old Guangzhou flower market had developed again, expanding from the city gate to the city, and it was still open all day, developing from a single jasmine flower to a diversified jasmine flower. After the Revolution of 1911, the old city was demolished and the flower market expanded to Gaudi Street. With the development of commodity economy, Flower Street has become more prosperous. However, the annual Lunar New Year Fair was only formed in the 1960s. The flower market in front of Francisco has gradually turned into a Lunar New Year's Eve flower market and moved to Shuangmendi. Besides selling flowers, it also sells antiques and Lunar New Year's Eve products. Shuangmen became the busiest place in Guangzhou during the Spring Festival. Even during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Japanese planes flew overhead every day, and citizens still liked to shop and sell flowers here.

After the founding of New China, the New Year Fair lasted for three days from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. In order to avoid crowding, Guangzhou Education Road and Xihu Road have also set up New Year's Eve central flower markets.

1960s: The "first spring" ushered in the Winter jasmine market.

1956, in order to better carry forward the tradition of the flower market, shops scattered in various streets and lanes were concentrated on Taiping Road (now Renmin South Road), and people used bamboo poles to build archways and flower stands, which was called "Winter jasmine market". The 1960s was the first heyday of Guangzhou flower market. 1960, the city's flower market increased to four. At that time, national leaders often visited the flower market and enjoyed themselves with the people. When the "Cultural Revolution" approached, the spring-blooming markets in many places were filled with "revolutionary atmosphere". At that time, slogans such as "African people stand up" and "carry out the revolution to the end" were often seen on Xinghua Street.

In the 1980s, foreign flowers competed for spring, and citizens visited the flower market online.

1980s, guangzhou winter jasmine flower market ushered in its second heyday. At this time, foreign flowers came in, and the market of winter jasmine was further expanded. According to custom, at the end of the flower market, flower farmers must smash the unsold flowers. In the flower market in 2000, Yuexiu District persuaded merchants to buy flowers that flower farmers could not sell and give them to the lonely elderly in nursing homes. This action has been supported by many young volunteers. This "flower protection activity" was followed by other flower markets in Guangzhou. Flower farmers in Guangzhou followed the bad habit of throwing flowers and smashing them after New Year's Eve for one or two hundred years, and it came to an abrupt end.

In 2008, Yuexiu Flower Market pioneered the "online flower market" and "mobile phone flower market", and citizens can visit the flower market at home with a click of a mouse or a mobile phone. In 2009, the first wireless Spring Festival market with free Internet access in China also opened in the Spring Festival Market on Xihu Road in Yuexiu District. The flower market in Haizhu District has also seen a popular "Haizhu Kangyuan Handicraft Charity Sale Point".