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.