Yantai flower markets see boom before holiday

Flower markets across Yantai, a coastal city in Shandong province, have entered their peak selling period as the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches.

Due to the epidemic, this year's sales season for Chinese New Year flowers is 10 days earlier than usual, said Wang Wenhua, owner of a stall at the Yantai Xianghe Flower and Bird Market.

The Xianghe market is not only the largest flower and bird market in Yantai, but also the only flower distribution center in the Jiaodong region.

Zhang Chunlun, manager of the Xianghe Flower and Bird Market, said that to cope with the epidemic control and prevention, every seller at the flower and bird market will disinfect their stalls every day and customers are required to wear masks before entering the market.