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Modern Express News "The lotus leaves are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers are different red" "Scorching lotus flowers, pavilions out of the water." "From ancient times to the present, the lotus flower is very popular with everyone, it is not only synonymous with summer, but also a representative of classical and elegant. Recently, the popular wind of "new Chinese + lotus" has blown, and lotus flowers, lotuses and other seasonal flowers, with antique packaging, have become "explosive" bouquets. The Modern Express reporter found that in Nanjing, there are also new Chinese-style dessert shops to launch summer limited lotus desserts, and all kinds of desserts are made into the shape of lotus petals and lotus leaves, attracting many customers to punch in.
Elegant lotus flowers become the "top stream" in summer, and some flower shops can sell 600 flowers a day
△ Lotus flowers in the flower market
The summer heat is a good time for lotus flowers to bloom. From the ancient bouquet of lotus flowers and lotuses, to the milk tea and afternoon tea dotted with lotus petals... This summer blows up the elegant "lotus" wind, and the lotus flowers come out of the circle, which also adds an antique flavor to this season.
On August 17, a modern express reporter came to a flower wholesale market in Nanjing. In addition to common bouquets of roses, hydrangeas, and platycodons, lotus flowers and lotus ponies can be seen in almost every shop. The lotus flowers in the market are mostly two colors, pink and purple, the price is mostly 25 yuan 10 sticks, are in a state of buds to be put, one by one, tied together, very good-looking.
△ Lotus flowers in the flower market
The price of the lotus is also 25 yuan for 10 sticks. A citizen who was choosing lotus flowers said that it was more meaningful to mix lotus flowers and lotus puffs together and insert them in vases. "This season lotus flowers, lotuses are the most suitable, I have come to buy before, inserted in the vase is very beautiful, basically can be put in 7 to 10 days or so."
△ Bouquets of lotus flowers and lotus puffs with other seasonal flowers are very popular
In addition to lotus flowers, there are also water lilies, and the price of water lilies is 20 yuan for 10 sticks. Ms. Yan, the owner of a flower shop, told reporters that the petal shapes of lotuses and water lilies are different, and lotus flowers have more ornamental value and can buy more people. "Lotus flowers are listed in June, at the end of August it is almost going to go to the market, these years lotus flowers are quite popular, our store this summer can sell an average of 60 per day, a handful of 10 is about 600 flowers." Ms. Yan said that unlike previous years, this year's lotus flowers are no longer just used as matching flowers, but it is popular to use lotus flowers as the main flower, and paired with lotus puffs to form an ancient bouquet.
△ Lotus bouquet courtesy of the store
The reporter searched for "lotus bouquet" on the life service platform and found that many stores in Nanjing have elegant ancient lotus bouquets for sale, and the price ranges from 100 yuan to 300 yuan. According to the clerk of one of the shops, the bouquet of lotus flowers in the store is composed of 4 lotus flowers and 4 lotus ponchos, priced at 168 yuan, and many customers have recently ordered.
△ Lotus flowers purchased at the flower market
"This summer I made more than 30 bouquets of lotus flowers, which is a very high return rate," another florist owner in Nanjing told the Modern Express reporter, this year's Tanabata, the lotus bouquet appeared as a dark horse, becoming a new choice in addition to roses. According to the owner, compared to other flowers, lotus flowers are very "squeamish" and must be picked on the same day to maintain the best condition, otherwise it is easy for the petals to turn black. Although the "squeamishness" can not be put down, many customers will still be attracted by the beauty of lotus flowers, order such a bouquet of "summer limited" home.
Lotus meets "New Chinese", a creative group that the public is happy to pay for
The romance of the lotus flower is full of tranquility and ancient charm. This year, many restaurants also use lotus flowers to decorate dishes and drinks. Lotus flowers meet "new Chinese style", which gives summer a touch of elegance.
△ Lotus creative desserts courtesy of merchants
There is a dessert tea room near Laomendong that specializes in new Chinese afternoon tea, and this shop launched a new summer menu on July 23, with poetic and ancient dessert names such as Xia Chi, Fei Hong, Lu Hua and so on, full of ancient rhymes. Among them, Revell's dessert is decorated with a pink lotus petal, covering the dessert with a lotus fragrance. The clerk said that the summer food menu is called "a summer feast", which includes 5 desserts and 1 drink, and the price is 328 yuan.
"Recently ordered this afternoon tea set by many people, have to make an appointment one to two hours in advance, and the most suitable in the summer is the lotus, we also added some lotus, lotus vase decoration, more Zen, but also to sweep away the summer impetuous." The clerk told reporters that in the store, it is often seen that young people wearing new Chinese clothing such as Hanfu or improved qipao are chatting and taking pictures in the store.
△Popular limited lotus milk tea
In recent years, new Chinese milk tea has also become very popular. This summer, lotus-style milk tea is also sought after by young people. Many milk tea shops in Hangzhou, Suzhou and other cities have launched Lotus Milk Tea, with lotus tea as the base, accompanied by a special lotus cake, and then paired with a few lotus petals and small lotus leaves, which has a different flavor. Drink a cup of cold lotus milk tea and feel the coolness of summer.
From house decoration to daily wear, the "new Chinese style" is on fire
There are lotus flowers in summer and plums in winter, and the new Chinese style is not only popular in summer. The reporter noted that from daily wear to creative dishes and house decoration, in recent years, the new Chinese style has become popular in all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation.
△ The new Chinese dress sells more than 1,000 times a month
From the red carpet style of the major evenings to the daily wear of the public, you can see the figure of the new Chinese style. The improved cheongsam of the actresses and the new Chinese-style suits and dresses of the male stars are frequently on the hot search. Search for "new Chinese" keywords on an online shopping platform, there will be a lot of hot hits, and some styles will sell thousands of times a month. The new Chinese style not only retains the traditional Chinese elements, but also integrates modern styles such as sweet cool and hot girl style, and innovatively cuts the tighter traditional Chinese costumes such as the qipao into improved cheongsams and coiled-button dresses that are easy to move.
Ancient colors such as buckles, small standing collars, national style patterns and turquoise colors combined with puff sleeves, dresses, short skirts and other daily clothing will transform into a new Chinese costume full of ancient charm. The reporter learned that many shops that focus on new Chinese original clothing are very popular, and one of the online stores has nearly 300,000 fans, and the buttoned short tops and smudged trousers are all hot sales.
In recent years, the new Chinese style of interior decoration has also been popular. On the social platform, many netizens posted a new home in the new Chinese decoration style, and the traditional Chinese cultural elements combined with modern design techniques presented a different texture, which attracted the envy and praise of many netizens, and many people in the comment area left a message saying that "the horse lives, and my new home in the future will also be dressed like this." ”
The interior design has set off a "new Chinese style", and the outdoor landscape has also taken off the new Chinese style. Zhou Huihui, a doctor from Southeast University, mentioned in "Research on New Chinese Landscape Based on the Perspective of Art" that the new Chinese landscape draws on classical Chinese gardens and Western modern landscapes, fully absorbs the essence of traditional Chinese culture, and interprets tradition with modern design techniques. "From cultural self-confidence, blind acceptance of foreign cultures has gradually changed to recognize local cultures, identify with national characteristics, and gradually tap the advantages of our national culture." The rational return of the people to local culture has really promoted the development of the "new Chinese" landscape style. Zhou Huihui analyzed.
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(Edited by Zhou Dongmei)