Flower bouquets are displayed for sale in the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, on Wednesday, a day before this year’s Qixi Festival. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day, is a busy period for the Dounan Flower Market. From July 27 to Wednesday, the market sold more than 2 million flower stems each day on average, according to a Yunnan.cn report. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

A seller carries floral bouquets in the market. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

A seller carrying her child makes a floral bouquet. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

Buyers choose floral bouquets in the market. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

Shoppers wearing garlands chat with other buyers. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

Built in 1998, the Dounan Flower Market is one of the largest flower markets in China. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

A worker at the auction warehouse of the Dounan Flower Market on Wednesday. Statistics from the market’s electronic trading center show it sold more than 1.1 billion flower stems in July, valued at more than 745 million yuan ($110 million). Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

Flowers sold at auction are stacked in the Kunming International Flora Auction Trading Center in Kunming on Wednesday. The city remains one of the world’s busiest flower markets, exporting more than 300 tons of flowers from July 27 to Wednesday, according to a Beijing Youth Daily report. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

A seller sells carnations at the entrance of the Dounan Flower Market. Photo: Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin