My identity as a collector was exposed by the village flower

Chapter 423 Traditional Chinese "Fruit Basket"

Suddenly, commotion came from ahead, Fang Xing and others walked over, and saw two foreigners fighting over something.

After seeing the appearance of that thing clearly, Fang Xing and the others were speechless.

The audience in the live broadcast room called out: Good guy!
"Isn't that the spittoon in our country?" Xu Qing couldn't help asking.

This thing, now outdated in our country, is actually sought after abroad?It has to be surprising!

Jackie Chan said with a smile: "Some foreigners are obsessed with spittoons, just like our countrymen like to grab toilet lids when they go to Japan. However, they grab spittoons not for spitting, but for holding things, such as fruits."

In foreign shopping websites, spittoons are introduced as follows: Chinese traditional fruit baskets in the 60s, Chinese enamel bowls of happy fruit baskets, Chinese antique kitchen and table decorations.

Can you think of this?The Chinese must not be silent when they see it?

Uh!
This……

Fang Xing was caught off guard, his eyes widened slightly.

Is it that heavy?

They don't know that the spittoon has become popular in the West because of its retro and unique design, patterns full of traditional Chinese artistic conception, and bright colors.

What impresses foreigners is not its practical function.It is the beautiful yearning for exquisite life brought to Westerners by oriental design aesthetics.At present, the craze for the traditional Chinese spittoon has intensified on overseas social media, and discussions about it are becoming more and more diverse.

"Actually, some of our domestic products are very popular overseas. For example, everyone knows the old godmother, have you heard of it?" Jackie Chan continued with a smile.

If you want to ask what are the three most popular veteran domestic products in the US market, the answer must be Laoganma, Ma Yinglong Musk Hemorrhoid Ointment and Feiyue Shoes.

There are also new favorites such as spicy strips in the back.

"The spittoon can be used for fire, and I never thought of its role in foreign countries." Some water friends lamented.

说实话，在国内，00后应该都不认得那玩意, 80、90可能有点印象, 60、70才比较熟悉。

In the old BJ's life, the spittoon, chamber pot, feather duster, and boiled water were known as the "four small pieces" of family life. At that time, no one in BJ could live without these four things.

The spittoon is a practical vessel invented by people to facilitate spitting and maintain environmental sanitation.

However, many people may not know that the spittoon has a long history.

According to historical records, the spittoon first appeared in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of about 3000 years.The earliest spittoons were bronze, and later spittoons were made of various materials, such as stone, bone, iron, glass, pottery, porcelain, enamel, stainless steel and so on.

Spittoons come in different sizes, the big ones are like a bench, and the small ones are just like the palm of your hand.This kind of pocket spittoon was specially used by ministers in the feudal era when they went to court.

When ministers inevitably cough and wheeze, there will be phlegm when they cough.Who dares to spit anywhere in front of the emperor?what to do?Had to take the spittoon with me.

The court clothes of the ministers are wide robes and long sleeves, and a palm-sized utensil can be put into the sleeves so that no one will find out.When they were discussing with the emperor about government and military affairs, their throats were itchy. They took it out of the sleeves of their robes, turned their faces, opened the cover, spit softly, closed the cover tightly, put it away, worked together, and their throats were happy. Without losing style.

However, at that time it was not called a spittoon, but a scum bucket.

In short, it is to install some dirty things.

I guess the spittoon didn't even think that one day, you can hold fruit and other food by yourself, right?

"Some things are really popular abroad for no reason. It reminds me of our country's Mingbi."

As soon as this remark came out, the discussion in the live broadcast room became louder again.

Some time ago on Halloween, China's Mingbi became a hot commodity, and it was definitely something that people talked about on the Internet.

In the final analysis, Halloween is still an overseas ghost festival, which was originally born to commemorate the dead.Therefore, on Halloween this year, some foreigners who drank water and thought about their source also began to burn paper money for their ancestors.China's Mingbi naturally became the protagonist.

On overseas video platforms, some psychic bloggers specially shot ten-minute-long videos, holding several ghost coins, and explaining to you carefully how to use these "ancestral money" from the East with a sense of ritual.

On overseas online shopping platforms, Mingbi is full of five-star reviews. Can you imagine this?
It's unbelievable, isn't it?
You know, experts in our country have already advocated not to burn paper money and talk about polluting the environment.

In fact, this is not the first time that China's Mingbi has successfully gone overseas.The use of ghost coins by foreigners can be traced back to six or seven years ago. With the magical stories and the blessing of ancient traditions, it has captured a lot of fans.

Foreigners even specially filmed lecture videos to teach everyone how to burn paper money.

Some exquisite people also set up altars: photos of ancestors, incense, water, fresh food, crystals... If you gather all the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, yin and yang, and light the banknotes under such a background, your fortune will be better improved.

There is also a creative combination of local and foreign, using the form of gypsy tarot divination to burn ghost coins, trying to obtain greater spiritual blessings in the form of a combination of Chinese and Western.

In short, there is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing they can't do.

Fang Xing and the others looked ahead, one of the foreigners bought the spittoon for $800, and the other walked away cursing, looking very sorry.

"This is too crazy. Didn't they check the information? What is the spittoon used for in China?" Xu Qing couldn't understand.

If they finally know that in China, that thing is for spitting, not a traditional fruit basket, will they immediately go to the toilet and vomit?
The water friends in the live broadcast room laughed: "Don't tell them, don't let them know."

To be honest, they were really dumbfounded just now.

"I guess I know it, but they didn't buy a spittoon that used to hold spittoons, so what does it matter?" Xia Yu laughed.

Everyone turned their attention to the small stall. Apart from the spittoon just now, there are also some strange traditional objects in China, such as warm water bags and so on.

"They're all hot sellers!" Jackie Chan said half-jokingly.

God TM's hot seller.

But when Jackie Chan said this, he didn't just talk about it.

Like warm water bags, it has been popular in the United States for a while, and many people still use it now.

Warm water bags are very popular in the cold America. Many Americans basically hold one in each hand, and it is very simple and convenient. It is simply a "walking stove" in winter.Therefore, it is deeply loved by Americans, and its evaluation is also very high.

have to!Fang Xing and the others were really convinced.

Never expected series.

"Come on, I see our Chinese painting in front of me, so I don't know if it's an ancient painting." Xia Yu said.

As soon as the words fell, Jackie Chan had already walked over immediately.

(End of this chapter)