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Youth survey: Camping picnics, outdoor performances, cultural and creative markets activate urban "park consumption"

2025-04-17   

Spring has arrived, and parks with blooming flowers have become popular check-in spots. While strolling in the park, everyone also participates in consumption scenes such as camping and cultural and creative markets. A recent survey of 1342 respondents showed that camping and picnicking (51.8%), outdoor concerts and performances (46.6%), and cultural and creative markets (46.0%) are the consumption scenarios that people experience more when visiting parks. Guo Ruiqi, a junior student of Renmin University of China, is a member of the School's Botanical and Natural History Society. She goes to the park almost once or twice a month, and often goes to the forest park and botanical garden with the members of the society. Last year at the National Botanical Garden, Guo Ruiqi saw a natural themed cultural and creative market, featuring creative ice cream, hand drawn postcards, plush toys in the shape of flowers, and more. The exhibition hall in the park also has a food themed exhibition, which is very innovative in form and has educational significance. Song Junwan, a post-2000 generation from Shaoyang, Hunan, has experienced camping in the park. Lying in the tent, listening to the chirping of insects and birds, and watching the sunlight shining through the gaps of the tent, Shaoyang felt very good, as if he had merged with nature. I have observed that most of the people who come camping are parents with their children. Adults rest on the side, and children gather together to play, even if they don't know each other before, they can still have a great time. Song Yu, born in the 1990s, is a parent who often takes their children to the park. "In recent years, the greening of the park has been getting better and better. Taking children to the park on weekends not only helps protect their eyesight but also exercises their bodies, making it a very good outdoor activity. Song Yu feels that in the comfortable environment of the park, children can have a lot of fun playing, "not as noisy as at home, and can play on a lawn for a long time". Every time Song Yu goes to the park, he buys a bubble stick and a creative balloon for his child, and also rents an electric bike or family bicycle in the park for the whole family to ride around. Nowadays, some parks have opened libraries, cafes, and beverage shops. Adults buy a cup of coffee and sit on outdoor chairs, watching children run around, and taking care of them has become very comfortable. According to the survey, the consumption scenes that people have experienced in parks include art exhibitions (42.8%), sports courses (37.5%), specialty cafes and other small shops (35.9%), and parent-child study activities (18.9%). Song Yu hopes that the park can develop more venues so that children can take sports classes in the park. "Currently, I have enrolled children in physical fitness classes and roller skating classes, but they are all indoor. If we can have classes in such a good park environment, it will be even better for the children's physical and mental development," he said. In the survey, 44.1% of respondents believed that the current innovative consumption scenarios in parks have stimulated economic vitality. In spring, everyone likes to camp and have picnics in the park. I like to sit with friends on picnic mats, looking down at delicious food and up at the lake, lawn, and flowers. It's very happy, but some parks have restrictions on camping areas Guo Ruiqi hopes that the park can provide more such spaces while ensuring safety and hygiene. Song Junwan hopes that the park can hold more cultural and creative activities, such as small-scale art exhibitions, handicraft markets, etc., making the park not only a place for leisure, but also a platform for cultural exchange. Among the respondents, males accounted for 40.8% and females accounted for 59.2%. Post-2000s accounted for 13.3%, post-90s accounted for 46.3%, post-80s accounted for 30.6%, post-70s accounted for 8.7%, and post-60s accounted for 1.1%. (New Society)

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