Commercial districts in Zhengzhou brim with small shops of every kind, a dazzling array to the eye. Specialty restaurants see residents queue up and wait their turn, in quiet anticipation of time together. Scenic spots and city lanes come alive as tradition and modernity meet in one delight after another.
These vivid scenes came together into a warm and lively picture of National Day life in Zhengzhou.
The holiday brought rapid growth in consumer spending on everyday goods and services at major shopping centers across the city. Specialty commercial streets saw steady revenue gains, and supermarkets and department stores held steady in both visitor numbers and sales.
These vivid scenes came together into a warm and lively picture of National Day life inZhengzhou.
The holiday brought rapid growth in consumer spending on everyday goods and services at major shopping centers across the city. Specialty commercial streets saw steady revenue gains, and supermarkets and department stores held steady in both visitor numbers and sales.
The Guomian No. 3 Factory Historic and Cultural District, with its orange-red roofs and aged brick walls, preserves a Soviet-era architectural style. It combines cultural performances, sports, smart markets, entertainment, trendy retail and specialty dining. Many new stores opened during the National Day holiday, adding to the lively and joyful atmosphere.
Dining surged alongside shopping and leisure. Many restaurants in Zhengzhou introduced reunion banquets and autumn feasts for the National Day holiday, while specialty commercial streets and major shopping centers organized food markets and similar events. The Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce reported that the five catering companies it monitored (35 outlets) served 131,400 customers during the holiday, with revenue approaching 10 million yuan.
Meanwhile, "Performances in Zhengzhou: Art on the Move" takes the stage across the city's streets and alleys each day at 3 p.m. It draws visitors to venues such as New Bodu, the Mixue headquarters store and Fuminli, as well as to the Shangdu cultural tourism bus and the Jinrongdao metro station, all of which are places where the program rotates through Henan opera, quju opera, dance, acrobatics and songs.
At the Zhengzhou Ersha Cultural and Creative Park, a National Trend Intangible Heritage Fair featured stalls for porcelain mending, Song brocade and clay sculpture. Young visitors wore traditional knot-button hair ornaments, styled their hair in a classical Chinese style and posed against the old factory walls for photos. Zhengzhou Memory: 1952 Oil Chemical Factory Creative Park hosted the "Second Autumn Harvest Market," with specialty food, street performances and industrial-style craft workshops. New Bodu turned its original hundred-meter rammed-earth city wall into a natural stage, where a succession of performances brought a Shang dynasty royal wedding to life. Visitors wandered through and savored the distinctive charm of the Shang dynasty's rites and music. At Zhengzhou Jigu Zhanyuan, CREC Taiheli and other markets that blend multiple elements, visitors found everything they wanted, from photo spots and family outings to places where young people could relax and socialize.
With the 240-hour visa-free policy in full effect, 300 artists from 16 countries staged nearly 100 performances at Zhengzhou Green Expo Park, where French Avatar parades, Thai Worachet dances, Brazilian giant puppets, French clown stilt walkers and Russian Yakut song and dance brought the grounds to life. International visitors came to the Central Plains and discovered its distinctive culture, giving Zhengzhou's inbound tourism fresh momentum.
