The origin of flower street shopping

Visiting Flower Street is a local traditional folk cultural activity in Guangdong. Luoyang, known as the Peony City, and Kunming, known as the Spring City, are both famous for flowers and flowers. However, Guangzhou is a beautiful southern city. After the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, exotic flowers and plants from other countries were first moved to Guangzhou, making the story of grass fragrance and flowers here unparalleled for hundreds of generations. Flower Street, in particular, as a unique traditional folk custom in China, has been famous all over the world since ancient times, enjoying a good reputation on five continents.

origin

As an ancient traditional folk culture, in ancient Guangdong, it did not follow the laws of the Central Plains. Since the reunification of Qin Shihuang, the whole Lingnan has been incorporated into the territory of the Qin Dynasty. General Ren Xiao built a city in Panyu County, Nanhai County (now Gufanshan and Yushan, west of Cangbian Road, Guangzhou City) as a county magistrate. In history, it was called Renxiao City, and later it was built in South Vietnam through Zhao Tuo. Liu Li, the king of the South China Sea, proclaimed himself emperor in Panyu (now Guangzhou, Guangdong) and built a great mountain. Guangzhou became the ancient capital of three dynasties. The southern part of Guangzhou, once regarded as a wild land, is endowed with this unique geographical environment, although its folk customs are different from those of the Central Plains, because there is no heat in summer, no cold and freezing in winter, abundant rainfall, moist soil, evergreen trees and blooming flowers in Lingnan, which has handed down this story of grass fragrance and flowers throughout the ages.

Current situation of ancient streets

The flower street, which has gone through many years, has changed from a long street of three or four miles to a short street of two or three hundred meters now. It is dilapidated and hangs in the shadow of the surrounding high-rise buildings. The call for the renovation of Huajie Street has been very high.