The history of Nanjing velvet flowers is very long. It is said that they were listed as royal tributes as early as the Tang Dynasty when Wu Zetian was in power. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were more standardized, and the Qing Dynasty Kangxi and Qianlong were the heyday. The velvet flower works are made of fine velvet, with a good feel, exquisite and delicate, obvious pattern characteristics, and strong modeling expression. Some velvet flower artists walking the streets often improvise according to customer requirements, and their works are often unique. The modern handicrafts designed and produced by the craft flower factory established after liberation are light, vivid, and cute. They are mostly produced in an assembly line manner, and the products are relatively regular. As foreign trade export products, they are deeply loved by people at home and abroad. In the past, there were many varieties of velvet flowers, including temple flowers, hat flowers, corsages, drama flowers, etc. Among them, temple flowers are the most popular. They are mostly used for weddings and birthdays, so they are also called "happy flowers". Women, young and old, like to insert one or two velvet flowers in their hair, braids or temples, or use velvet flowers to decorate the room. Velvet flowers are homophonic to "glory", which means auspiciousness and blessing. There is a common custom of using velvet flowers as decorations for three festivals (weddings, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival) to pray for blessings and ward off evil spirits. The themes of Nanjing velvet flowers come from things that are popular among the people. They use well-known auspicious language and adopt the method of combining the homophony of real objects with artistic images to express people's desire for a better life. Its strong folk color and local flavor prominently show the characteristics of national art. The traditional hairpin flower "Everything Goes Well" is composed of patterns of evergreen, persimmon, and ruyi, which are homophonic to "everything", "things", and "ruyi", implying auspicious blessings. The "Dragon and Phoenix Bring Good Luck", "Dragon and Phoenix Candle", and "Phoenix Crown" velvet flowers created by the old artist Zhou Jiafeng have typical Ming Dynasty velvet flower art style and are now collected by the Nanjing Folk Museum. The most prominent artistic feature of Nanjing velvet flower handicrafts is that they are colorful, exquisitely shaped, and auspicious. It uses exaggerated and deformed techniques to create a vivid image, showing a lively, exquisite, and interesting demeanor. (No pictures available, please provide them.) (No pictures available, please provide them.)