Besides, there are large and small feeders, complete sets and single pieces.

Prices range from high to low, and there are plenty of choices.

The preference for flowers is a common need in human nature.

Although the capital is located in the north, the winter this year is extremely cold and windy.

But it is precisely because of this that people in the capital look forward to spring more than people in the south, and they all pin their hopes on the flowers at the beginning of the year.

Placing a pot of narcissus, wintersweet or wintersweet on the desk has always been a habit of middle-class families and wealthy literati in the capital.

In particular, the capital has been the capital of the country for hundreds of years. In the past, dignitaries and even the palace would spend a lot of money to buy fresh flowers during the Chinese New Year.

For example, "Three Friends of Winter" with pine, bamboo and plum planted in one pot, and "Yutang Spring Wealth" with magnolia, spring and peonies planted in one pot.

Even during the Republic of China, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Banner people's interest in flower appreciation remained as strong as before.

On the contrary, there are more arty Beiyang bureaucrats and the special consumption needs of foreign groups.

This has made the flower planting industry in Beijing particularly developed, and the technology for cultivating flowers in winter has become increasingly mature.

In the past, there were flower farmers who relied on flowers in the surrounding villages and towns, and this technique has been passed down ever since.

For example, Tiantan Garden has cultivated many highly ornamental varieties this year according to old methods.

Wintersweet, green peach, winter jasmine, daphne, bergamot, citron, narcissus, crabapple, descendant pomegranate, descendant grape and other exotic herbs, green branches and green leaves, colorful purples and reds, fascinating and refreshing.

Speaking of which, even though it is the twelfth lunar month in the cold winter, the flowers placed in the west side hall look more colorful than those in spring, summer and autumn.

Although Ning Weimin knew that bad things were going to happen in Changchun this year, he did not buy Clivia worth thousands of yuan to attract public attention.

But these flowers are already endearing enough to leave tourists nostalgic.

Take pomegranates and grapes for example. Those pomegranates and grape beads hanging on the slender branches are more lovable than anything else.

Especially the good fortune, which symbolizes many children and good fortune, all the older people are looking around with smiles, looking forward to a bright future.

There is also daphne, which is the real world famous flower and also the traditional famous flower of our country.

"Chu Ci" calls it "Lu Shen", and among the people it is also called Mountain Dream Flower, Qianli Xiang, and Snow Frozen Flower.

The flowers are not only beautiful in color, but also have the most pleasant fragrance, which is as refreshing as one's sleeves.

In winter, a pot should be placed in a warm house. There will always be a fragrant fragrance of flowers, and there will no longer be the smell of charcoal fire or filthy smell rushing to the forehead.

Therefore, the sales of these flowers are also excellent, even if the price is a little expensive.

Especially when foreigners are involved, even if the best flowers cost more than 100 yuan, there are still people who are willing to invest in them.

It's just that the best of these flowers have been decided by the Altar Palace a long time ago and are not for sale.

And once it is sold, there will be nothing left to add to the flower shelf, which will greatly lose its appeal.

So this turned out to be a business that was used by the store to deceive customers, and many customers left disappointed, feeling somewhat resentful and regretful.

But the good thing is that the interactive projects here are both beautiful and entertaining, which greatly alleviates customers' dissatisfaction.

The first thing Ning Weimin arranged here was sugar paintings, the second was sugar figures, the third was dough sculptures, and the fourth was earrings.

Let’s talk about sugar paintings first. As the name suggests, they are paintings made of sugar.

It is both sugar and paint, and can be viewed and eaten.

This is an authentic folk painting, a distinctive street art, and a craft food that is loved by the common people.

In Beijing, as soon as winter enters, folk artists wearing cotton coats will walk into the alleys, beat sugar gongs, and set up stalls.

Then, a crowd of children stood on tiptoe and picked up the stall.

Folk artists will use the rusty old sugar pot to boil honey-colored sugar, and use spoons and shovels to mix the coveted syrup with great dexterity, as smoothly as painting.

After a while, there were cotton-tied pillars standing on his stall, which were filled with various sugar paintings of different shapes, like a complicated and colorful art exhibition.

The standard of this stall set up by Ning Weimin is particularly high.

The old artist's surname is Cui. He is over sixty years old. He has been practicing this craft for almost his whole life. He is absolutely the best among sugar painting artists.

Not only can he draw traditional flat patterns, he can also make three-dimensional sugar paintings, and he is very skilled in everything.

Like ordinary sugar painting artists, they only make dragons and phoenixes, goldfish, monkeys, butterflies and so on.

However, the two-dimensional sugar paintings made by Mr. Cui not only include novels, opera characters, auspicious flowers and fruits, birds and animals, text and other contents, but also keep pace with the times and innovate themselves.

Things like "Three Turns and One Ring" and today's "Four Major Appliances" are his unique flat sugar paintings.

Speaking of three-dimensional sugar painting, it is Mr. Cui’s family skill.

Sugar crabs, sugar dragonflies, sugar butterflies, and sugar grasshoppers are all lifelike.

It was also because of this that he was favored by Ning Weimin and hired as the sugar art master of Tan Palace for a long time.

Dai Hong, who went to Maxim's Restaurant on behalf of the Tan Gong Cold Dish Group, shocked the French chef with a sugar flower basket, a skill she learned from Mr. Cui.

Among the many people watching at the scene, Mr. Cui was seen holding a large spoon and a small spoon.

After the sugar is boiled, use a small spoon to pick out the sugar and draw it, first the wings and then the body, all separate pieces.

After several pieces have cooled down, take a small iron spoon and heat it red for "spot welding".

Then I used small clips to pick them up and put them together, and I really made those sugar insects.

But this is not over yet, Mr. Cui also has a unique and innovative process.

He took several spoons and melted a few pieces of sour and three-colored fruit candies in each, and then used a small brush to brush the candy colors on those small objects.

Hey, the finishing touch!

The dragonfly turned pink, the grasshopper turned emerald green, and the butterfly turned three colors.

The audience at the scene dared to guarantee that this is definitely the best in the world of sugar painting!

This level is comparable to that of a national-level art master.

Even though it's just a snack, to put it bluntly, it's just something to entertain children.

But people are stunned that this folk art has been integrated and created into something exquisite enough to be used in a house!

The sugar bugs cost two yuan a piece, and everyone rushed to buy them, and this time no foreigners were allowed.

Why is this? If you can’t afford a costume worth tens of dollars, why can’t you afford a candy painting worth two dollars?

Eat? Who would be willing to eat!
Chapter completed!