People purchase traditional food at a bazaar in Yengisar county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
URUMQI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A bazaar in Yengisar county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has come back to life.
People purchase daily necessities at a bazaar in Yengisar county, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Every Tuesday is bazaar day for the people of Sagan, a town in Yengisar. The bazaar held on March 17 was abuzz with vendors and shoppers trading food, clothes and other necessities.
A child buys cotton candy at a bazaar in Yengisar county, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
People purchase flowers at a bazaar in Yengisar county, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
People purchase accessories at a bazaar in Yengisar county, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
People purchase notebooks at a bazaar in Yengisar county, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
All bazaars were suspended amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus. As the last COVID-19 patient in Xinjiang was discharged from hospital on March 10, markets across the region have resumed, and the Sagan bazaar was the first in Yengisar to have reopened. ■
