80后小伙瓶子里做“立体沙画”Post-80s man creates sand images in bottles

An Nike creates a painting with colored sand in a glass bottle in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Sept 4, 2018. [Photo/IC]

An Nike, a post-80s man from Bangladesh, has been selling(卖) sand painting(沙画) in glass bottle(玻璃瓶) at a Xi'an shop for three years.

Paintings with colored sand in glass bottles made by An Nike on display at the shop. [Photo/IC]

Sand bottle artwork is the most representative souvenir(纪念品) for tourists in the Middle East. People use special tools(工具) to pour(倾倒) colorful sand into glass bottles and arrange(安排) the sand to create(创造) different images.

Colored sand and tools are seen at the shop. [Photo/IC]

An Nike learnt the skill at the age of 10 and has worked as a bottled sand painter for 20 years. He came to Xi'an, the capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province in 2015, and has created lots of bottles with different pictures, including Xi'an famous tourist attractions the Bell Tower(钟楼) and the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda(大雁塔).

Customers look at paintings with colored sand in glass bottles made by An Nike at the shop. [Photo/IC]

An Nike creates a painting with colored sand in a glass bottle in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Sept 4, 2018.[Photo/IC]

词汇 words:

[mài] 卖 sell
[huà] 画 painting
[píng zi] 瓶子 bottle
[jì niàn pǐn] 纪念品 souvenir
[gōng jù] 工具 tool
[qīng dào] 倾倒 pour
[ān pái] 安排 arrange
[chuàng zào] 创造 create

重点词汇 Key word:

画

• <动词 v.> draw; paint
  E.g. Tā àihào tán jítā hé huà sùmiáo。
  她爱好弹吉他和画素描。
  Her hobbies were playing the guitar and sketching. 

• <名词 n.> drawing; painting; picture
  E.g. Māma bǎ huà guà zài le qiáng shàng。
  妈妈把画挂在了墙上。
  Mamma fastened the picture on the wall.

• <名词 n.> something decorated with painting or picture
  E.g. Huàláng jǔbàn le yī chǎng Zhōngguó nǚ huàjiā de zuòpǐn zhǎn。
  画廊举办了一场中国女画家的作品展。
  The gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Chinese women painters.

• <名词 n.> stroke of a Chinese character
  E.g. “rén ”zì yǒu liǎng huà。
  “人”字有两画。
  The character  "人" is made up of two stokes.

• <动词 v.> make gesture with one's hands to express something.
  E.g. Nǐ zuìhǎo búyào zhǐshǒu - huàjiǎo。
  你最好不要指手画脚。
  You'd better stop acting as if you were master of the place.