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What does Hainan coconut carving "Carp Spitting Beads" look like?

The carp spit-bead picture is conceived and created according to the carp spit-bead picture which represents good luck in China traditional New Year pictures. It is composed of coconut balls, carp and base, which are connected into a seamless whole. Carp is carved from camphor wood, and the whole fish body is assembled from coconut shells. Carved with round carvings and reliefs, the image is realistic.

The big "water drop" on the fish's mouth is a huge coconut shell, carved by teeth. There are 10 carp with different shapes carved in the middle, which is quite interesting. A rotating device is installed at the bottom of the seat, which allows the "water drop" to rotate slowly.

For another example, this pair of coconut-carved seashells giant vases, with a maximum diameter of 0.8 meters, each weighs 80 kilograms. The height of the bottle body and the hollow lotus base is 1.9 meters.

Several "back" shaped laces horizontally surround the bottle body. On the bottle picture, each coconut tree bears 9 coconuts and is lined with 9 leaves. The vase is made of 5,200 carefully selected coconut shells of the same color12,400 coconut shells with the same radian and an inch square, which are spliced by coconut carving technology.

Then the surface of the bottle is inlaid with figures, coconut trees and other patterns processed by 280 kilograms of luminous snails. The pattern is set off by 32,000 osmanthus flowers and 60,000 grains of sand. It is exquisite and beautiful, and the coconut trees are magnificent and lifelike.