Ningbo Daily reporter Yu Jianwen Fenghua District Party Committee report team Yan Shijun
"These two days, the delicious Fenghua peaches will be on the market. Now, I teach my friends to draw a peach and feel the sweet taste of summer in watercolor..."
On the evening of June 24, the "Bangji" cultural and creative night market in Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province was opened. In the dense drizzle, Yao Yao dressed in pink. In her "Peach Cultural Creation" exhibition booth, she taught fans the skills to draw fan watercolor one by one through the live broadcasting platform, and brought the flavor of Taoxiang.
Yao Yao shows hand painted peach blossom fan. Photographed by Yu Jianwen
Yao Yao, whose name is Yao Fangmin, is a sweet looking, soft spoken Xiang girl. "I'm Fenghua's daughter-in-law. Fenghua is as beautiful as my hometown, Zhangjiajie, Hunan." Yao Yao and her husband, Xiao Liang, are the same age, both 1986. She told the author that her husband, Xiao Liang, had been a soldier in Shenzhen before. They met and fell in love with each other through friends, and finally married to Fenghua.
Yao Yao's father was a painter in Zhangjiajie. Influenced by his father, Yao Yao drew and wrote calligraphy in primary school and majored in animation art in college. Married to Fenghua and had children, Yao Yao never gave up painting. She opened a nail salon in Fenghua City. Three years ago, she launched the "Peach Cultural Creation", integrating the beauty of Fenghua into her works.
On the exhibition booth of "Yao Yao Cultural Creativity", there are various kinds of small ornaments, hand-painted T-shirts, fans and bags, etc., which are painted with flowers, animals and letter graphics, among which the most popular is the theme of peach culture, with a dazzling array of beautiful peach flowers, mountain peach forests, hardworking peach farmers, and harvested peaches. "Although the length of the work is not large, every stroke should be carefully drawn. It is like drawing a simple peach blossom fan, which takes at least more than an hour and consumes energy." Yao Yao said that she also designed several peach themed postcards, which are very popular as small gifts for fans.
"Peach is the representative product of Fenghua, which means sweetness and happiness, and it is very congenial to me." Yao Yao told the author that her husband's family has a small peach garden in Yuelin Street, which is usually managed by her parents in law. "It's hard to grow peaches. Recently, peaches have to be picked. My parents in law are busy in the peach garden every day. It's not easy." Yao Yao said that in her spare time, she used a paintbrush to record each growth stage of peach and make it into a cultural and creative product. Unexpectedly, the more she does, the more she paints, the more she feels, and it is also very popular.
In recent years, Yao Yao has created paintings related to peach whenever he has time, and found opportunities to submit and display them. Her works have gradually been recognized by everyone, and she has also become a member of Fenghua District Artists Association. A year ago, she opened a live broadcast of "Peach Watercolor" on Tiaoyin to teach and exchange painting techniques. Now, she has more than 10000 fans, and has become a "messenger" of Fenghua Peach Culture virtually. In the peach sales season every year, she also helps her husband sell peaches through WeChat and other channels to supplement the family.
"I also like Fenghua seafood, but I still want to eat a heavy spicy dish for a week or so." Since he married to Fenghua eight years ago, Yao Yao has long fallen in love with Fenghua's landscape, local customs and food. The gentle Xiang girl said that combining Fenghua's peach culture and Maitreya culture, a lot of cultural and creative works can be produced
