A photo taken by Ruan Xiao at the site

Experiencing the intangible cultural heritage of handicrafts, tasting traditional food, collecting stamps to exchange for exquisite souvenirs... On March 22, Ningbo Drum Tower was hustling and bustling. Here the Chunxiao "Common Prosperity" Workshop Market kicked off at the directly-managed store of the "Common Prosperity" Workshop, which was a totally fresh experience for tourists.

Walking along the Gulou Pedestrian Street, a strong flavor of local characteristics came rushing towards you. The stalls were filled with all kinds of fresh and appealing agricultural products of Chunxiao, such as Shuangshi potatoes, rice steamed bread, multi-flavored rice cake slices, fried bran, tea-flavored self-pleasing gift boxes, and so on, attracting many tourists to stop and buy.

The folk-custom exhibition area was crowded with numerous tourists. Here visitors were invited to make Ningbo traditional snacks. The experience of making Qingtuan and fried bran was the mostly popular on that day. There were also many tourists who stood in long queues waiting for playing Chuiwan (an ancient Chinese ball-hitting game) and Touhu (an ancient Chinese pitch-pot game). By collecting stamps and drawing a lottery, tourists can exchange for a special souvenir. "I have sold for more than 1500 yuan in just half an hour after opening. There are so many people here!" Said Zhou Ke, the stall owner, with a smile.

The product exhibition and sales area on the second floor displayed the various special products of many "Common Prosperity" workshops, attracting many people to come to visit and buy. The lacquered fan making corner and tea art exhibition and tasting corner also attracted many tourists to take a look and have a try.

"When I was a child, the greatest pleasure was taking a bite of fried bran. I didn't expect that I could experience the making of traditional delicacies today! "Ms. Zhang, a tourist, said with a smile while holding her freshly-made fried bran. As the first "One Town and Street, One Brand" Common Prosperity exhibition activity held in the downtown area of Ningbo with each sub-district as a unit, two characteristic workshops of Chunxiao Sub-district, i.e. Damaoji and Boyun Tea Industry, jointly debuted in the event. Through intangible cultural heritage performances, food testing, and other forms, they vividly demonstrated the practice of Chunxiao Sub-district in exploring common prosperity.

"This event is intended to promote the brand construction and marketing of agricultural products of Chunxiao, present the mount and sea landscapes of Chunxiao, and recommend the agricultural and cultural tourism resources of Chunxiao through the exhibition and promotion platform of the directly-managed shops of the municipal 'Common Prosperity' workshop." Said a responsible person of Chunxiao Sub-district, adding that in the future, they will dig deeper into the local specialty resources, organize the market according to local conditions, promote and sell the local specialties, create new "Common Prosperity" scenes featured with "human touch", "liveliness" and "harmony", and strive to transform the cultural and tourism "fame" into a pillar of common prosperity. (Reporter: Weng Tianyu; Correspondent: Ruan Xiao).