Nanning’s Dancun Village fresh market has quietly unveiled a burst of colour with a series of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) murals that now brighten its trading halls. Playful, anime-style figures and vivid scenes of “medicine and food as one” have turned routine shopping into a photo-worthy experience.Local vocational college students designed and painted the works after field visits and on-site surveys, blending TCM classics, regional spices, and ethnic patterns. Over two months, they completed 2,000 square metres of artwork across 24 walls, producing 50 distinct murals — including a TCM-themed popularization corridor. The bold colours and friendly characters have already stopped shoppers in their tracks.Merchants say the murals have boosted the market’s visual appeal, added everyday warmth and social-media-friendly energy, and woven Guangxi’s ethnic flavour and TCM culture into the neighbourhood’s public life.