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With the approach of the Spring Festival, Tianjin Ancient Culture Street is becoming more and more lively, red lanterns are hung high in strings, and every entrance and exit of the ancient street is placed with dragon-shaped lanterns, and people are constantly coming and going here as if they are in the middle of the festival in advance.
3-year-old Tian Tian was led by his parents and also came here to join in the fun. It took nearly two hours to slip from the north gate to the south gate, Tian Tian's mother is a native of Tianjin after the 80s, she found that this trip down, found a lot of new ideas in the ancient culture street, no wonder more and more people come here to "check in"......
Draw your own sugar painting
Painting sugar paintings and blowing candy people, these are not uncommon in the ancient culture street, and even once people passed by to see, but what is new is that the old craftsmen keep up with the needs of the times, so that you can paint sugar paintings and blow candy people by yourself, which is not only clean and hygienic but also adds to the satisfaction of self-creation, how can you not be "punched in"?
Xing Likai has been operating in the ancient culture street for more than ten years, and at first, he used the traditional spoon to paint sugar paintings for guests, "Painting with a spoon, the patterns that can be drawn are relatively few, and people are used to seeing this kind of craftsmanship is not new."
Later, when he was traveling, he saw someone in the south using a pen to draw sugar paintings, with various patterns underneath, and he only needed to sketch with a pen to draw various styles of new sugar paintings, and the guests could also make them themselves.
"Nowadays, people like to make their own products, which is more ritualistic, and isn't it a coincidence to cater to the psychology of customers to paint their own sugar paintings? Xing Likai immediately bought a number of sets of equipment and sugar painting albums in the local area, and after returning to Tianjin, in order to add local characteristics, he also deliberately designed dozens of them, such as Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, Yangliu Youth Painting Style Sugar Painting Pictures, and hung out a signboard to start operating the "Sugar Painting Experience Hall".
Immediately afterwards, his "sugar painting experience hall" ushered in a lot of small guests, couples, girlfriends to come, "now it is approaching the Spring Festival, you can draw hundreds of pictures a day, business is very good", this year, with the liberalization of the epidemic prevention and control policy, the popularity of the ancient culture street has been rising, "Now it is more people come and go, the street is popular, but also drives our merchants to do good business, business is not only new, but also new!"
Candy blowers are also fine for children
As an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, Song Fengqing watched his grandfather walk the streets and alleys to blow candy since he was a child, and later his father inherited this craft, and now he is Song Fengqing who makes a living from it.
"Nowadays, people's concept of hygiene is getting stronger and stronger, and it is more hygienic and meaningful to let guests blow their own candy. "Blow a sugar man 30 yuan, Song Fengqing first pinched out a basic shape with his hands, pulled out a long mouth, let the guests put it in their mouths to blow, according to his command, the guests cooperated with the blowing force, Song Fengqing continued to pinch the sugar man to make various shapes, and after a while, horses, sheep, chickens and other zodiac signs appeared vividly.
The guests on the ancient culture street were constantly attracted by this kind of craft, and they lined up one after another to try, and at the end of the day, Song Fengqing made more than 100 sugar people, and the business was very good.
"Doing business depends on the general environment and personal efforts, a few years ago when I was blowing candy people, because the customers felt unhygienic and could hardly sell, now I have changed my thinking to let the guests blow candy people, and the business is hot again. "Of course, the general environment has a great impact on business, "Since the beginning of this year, the cultural tourism industry has received more and more attention, you see that the Spring Festival is almost over, our ancient cultural street is lit up, and it is very festive, plus Internet celebrities have come here to broadcast live, there are more and more people on the street, and we craftsmen have a good platform to show."
The paper-cut into the frame is full of ritual
On the eve of the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival couplets and paper-cutting craftsmen are naturally indispensable on the ancient culture street.
Yun Guangming, who has written the Spring Festival couplets here for more than 30 years, has just retired, but he has inherited this love for calligraphy, and it is common to write dozens of couplets a day.
Design, draw, carve out little by little with a knife, the paper-cutting patterns on the ancient street are varied, the colors are gorgeous, many are the masterpieces of intangible cultural heritage veteran craftsmen, "It's the Year of the Dragon soon, our paper-cutting theme is designed around the dragon, you see this pair of red dragon window flowers, it took more than two days to complete, the hand-made window flowers are more ceremonial, the styles are more diverse, and you can't find them anywhere else!"
Some window grilles even take three or four days to complete, such as some dot dye design window grilles, a total of three layers of production, Cao Caixia's ancestors have been operating this craft for generations, every year after the New Year, her family began to feed paper painting patterns, and then began to make one after another, nearly a whole year of time finally concentrated on selling these crafts and works before the year, "because of the unique style, many are not enough to sell!"
In addition to these traditional sales methods, today's paper-cuts have also been pasted into the frame, the frame is large and small, according to the needs of the guests can be given as a souvenir, very innovative, and these paper-cuts in the frame can also be carefully viewed, very literary, fresh.
The new and new ancient streets are full of vitality
On the ancient culture street, Jinmen Xue Ji tea soup has been in business for more than ten years, in the last month, his tea soup stall has been upgraded to a shop, which can accommodate dozens of people to sit and taste, and many guests have taken a fancy to this point and settled in his house in the cold winter.
"To make tea soup, not only the taste must keep up with the times, but also the service must keep up with the times. "Boss Xue is very business-minded, "At first, we were selling tea soup in a small cart, only basic flavors such as oil tea noodles and millet noodles, and later enriched more flavors such as almond noodles, taro noodles, chocolate, longan and eight treasures, etc., to adapt to the diversified choices of young people."
This year, with the prosperity of the cultural tourism industry, Tianjin Ancient Culture Street has also become a must-visit check-in place for people, "You see, now the sanitary environment of our scenic spot is getting better and better, the red lanterns are hung in strings before the festival, and there are folk performances such as dragon and lion dances from time to time, which attracts many people, and Internet celebrities also come to record videos to increase popularity. ”
Boss Xue found that many people were too cold to eat with tea soup in their hands in winter, so he decided to rent a shop here, and set up tables and chairs to accommodate dozens of people to eat, such a service caters to the needs of guests.
In addition to traditional snacks, freshness can be found everywhere on Tianjin's ancient culture street, and the white rabbit toffee that I used to eat when I was a child has now been updated to 15 flavors, mustard, coffee, osmanthus, yogurt, durian, ...... In addition to the traditional bean paste filling, the time-honored Eryan Fried Cake also offers flavors such as taro and black sesame, and guests line up in a long line to try a bite of freshness. In addition to traditional pastries, the century-old Western-flavored cheese has also launched a variety of new pattern chocolates and lactose ......
Inheriting the classics and constantly innovating, so that Tianjin Ancient Culture Street has more charm of the times, every few steps, people always have the urge to pick up the camera to record, the pre-festival festive atmosphere is strong, this historical and cultural district is also flourishing with new vitality!
(Jinyun News reporter Zhang Heyang)