Director Xu smiled: "There will be a large-scale expo at that time, you can come and have a look." ”

What is the nature of this? Jiulong asked, but Director Xu just smiled and told Jiulong to come and find out when the time came.

Well, since there is such a good opportunity, Kowloon naturally does not want to miss it.

Kowloon himself went online to find out, sure enough, there is information in this regard, this fair will be open for three days, starting from June 18, the full name is the fifth China (Putian) Strait Arts and Crafts Fair (referred to as "art fair"), crowned with China, the name is quite big.

With the theme of "Promoting Chinese Excellent Culture and Promoting Industrial Cooperation and Development", tens of thousands of crafts in 26 categories from cross-strait, Hong Kong, Macao and foreign handicraft production enterprises will be on display.

This year's "Art Fair" is led by the central Taiwan department, sponsored by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Federation of Light Industry, the Chinese Cultural Friendship Association and the Fujian Provincial Government, and undertaken by the China Arts and Crafts Society, the China Arts and Crafts Association, the China Folk Literature and Art Association, the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, the Provincial Taiwan Affairs Office, the Provincial Department of Education, the Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Provincial Department of Culture, the Provincial Press and Publication Bureau (Copyright Bureau), the Provincial Tourism Bureau, the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Provincial Urban Collective Industry Association, and the Putian Government.

This year's "Art Fair" set up a total of 644 standard booths and the "Zhengyan Cup" award-winning works exhibition area of 360 square meters, with wood carving exhibition area, classical craft furniture exhibition area, jewelry and jade exhibition area, root carving exhibition area, embroidery exhibition area, ceramics exhibition area, purple sand exhibition area, calligraphy and painting exhibition area, comprehensive handicraft exhibition area, Yiding Cup award-winning works exhibition area, China Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award exhibition area, Fujian Province Zhengyan Cup exhibition area and other professional exhibition areas, will exhibit wood carving, root carving, ceramics, There are 26 categories of handicrafts such as jade carving, stone carving, jewelry, lacquerware, weaving, embroidery, painting, bamboo carving, paper-cutting, and antique collection.

At the same time, this "Art Fair" will award the highest award of Chinese arts and crafts - "Hundred Flowers Award".

At that time, to participate in the "Hundred Flowers Award" selection of the country's highest level of arts and crafts convergence art fair, coupled with the second China wood carving "Yiding Cup" on-site creation competition, the fifth Fujian Province "Zhengyan Cup" competition and the first Putian arts and crafts master award-winning works display, will make this "art fair" become one of the highest grade handicraft professional exhibitions in China.

According to statistics, the exhibits of this art fair are mainly works of national and provincial masters and arts and craftsmen, and the number of booths is not less than 40% of the total number of booths.

This year's "Art Fair" will also use the resource platform of the Straits Forum to display the achievements and characteristics of cross-strait arts and crafts industry exchanges and cooperation, and Taiwan will participate in 84 booths.

According to the organizing committee, the "Art Fair" has been successfully held in Putian for four sessions, becoming the largest and highest standard professional arts and crafts exhibition focusing on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in China.

Kowloon is embarrassed, it has been held for four sessions, and I only know now that if it weren't for Director Xu's kind reminder, maybe I missed it again this year.

Well, take advantage of this rare opportunity to take a good look at the level of Putian workers, this is a real knife and a real gun, if the level is really high, the future carvings will be carved here, after all, Putian is still closer than Fuzhou, you can save a lot of costs.

On June 18, Kowloon set off early at six o'clock, drove the Buick Kaiyue sedan, and ran to Putian Arts and Crafts City.

Coming to Putian Arts and Crafts City, it was half past ten, there was a lot of traffic everywhere, and the cars in Kowloon didn't know where to stop.

Finally found a roadside stop, Kowloon walked towards the Arts and Crafts City.

Under the red walls and golden tiles, countless vertical banners congratulating the opening of the art fair poured down like a waterfall, turning the craft city into a sea of red.

Kowloon went to the wood carving area to visit, a lot of Buddhist theme handicrafts filled the entire exhibition hall, the carving is exquisite, the characters are lifelike, the works on display in the classical craft furniture exhibition area are very characteristic of the Ming and Qing dynasties, antique, high-end atmosphere, Kowloon is just to look at the flowers, his mind is in the jewelry and jade exhibition area.

When you come to this exhibition area, there is a large exhibition hall with three big characters on it.

Isn't this the name of Director Xu's shop? Jiulong hurriedly walked in.

Director Xu's eyes were sharp, and he saw Jiulong at a glance, and greeted him with a smile.

The two shook hands, and Director Xu pointed to the counter with his hand.

Kowloon saw that there were five glass trophies like torches, which were prominently displayed in front of Kowloon's eyes.

In 2010, China Arts and Crafts "Hundred Flowers Award" won two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze award.

Good guy, I feel that it is a prize shop, and there are a lot of prizes, Jiulong hurriedly congratulated Director Xu.

At this time, Jiulong understood Director Xu's good intentions, and it turned out that he used this method to tell him that Jiulong was looking for him to carve, and he definitely didn't find the wrong person.

Kowloon asked with concern what was going on with his carvings.

Director Xu asked his subordinates to put the carvings of Kowloon on the counter.

One side of the director Xu named the "magnolia flowers" carving, Jiulong remembers that this side of the original stone is fine wax jelly, there is a faint feeling of cotton, Jiulong is not optimistic, I did not expect to become a violet color after carving, there are small birds to smell the fragrance and fly in, settle down among the flowers, it is very pleasing.

The work named "Pastoral Elegance" on one side turned out to be fine wax, which was open-carved into a praying mantis crawling on a loofah, which is very pastoral.

One side of the work named "There are three more in the family", is also fine wax, is carved into Buddha's hand peaches and pomegranates, with Buddha's hand harmony blessing, peach harmony, pomegranate metaphor for many sons, showing the blessing of many longevity and many sons.

This time to Kowloon brought surprises, is the two side of the gadgets, these two gadgets carved into "Pixiu Ruyi" and "Fu Lu Shuangquan", the color is bright yellow, is the top grade color, the original stone is from Wan'an fine wax jelly, Kowloon did not expect it to be so good.

Jiulong also brought the two-sided wax stone from Tingjiang this time, and he also wanted to see what the color of Tingjiang stone was.

As a result, he was disappointed, not only was there a lot of cotton wool, but also partial, and the carved role of "Life Ruyi" and "Nanshan Hermit" was comfortable and comfortable, and there was no beauty at all.

This made Jiulong completely dead, Tingjiang wax is really not good to carve, or find a way to find a way.

At the time of the final settlement, Director Xu gave Jiulong a preferential price, and the seven works cost more than 20,000 yuan.

Now that the task was completed, Kowloon did not stay long, hurriedly said goodbye, and returned home.

The first thing he did when he got home was to upload the carvings to the Yellow Wax Stone Forum of Qishi.com, and he also wanted to hear what Shi friends thought about these carvings.

The first comment is Mr. Xiao - Xiaoyaozi, I don't believe that you just played with wax stone, your "Magnolia Flower Fragrance" and two small toys and seeds were bought from me, I knew it was so good, I wouldn't sell you so cheaply, I will call you master in the future.

Jiulong hurriedly politely, he was purely lucky, where do he know how to see the quality of the seeds, at that time he just felt that the skin color was very good, and the lights would be transparent, so he bought it without hesitation.

The super version said that he liked "Pastoral Taste" the most, and he didn't comment on the others, which means that he is not optimistic, which is to give Kowloon enough face.