Scenic spots follow the trend and offer cultural and creative ice cream, please give me some snacks

As a foodie, Dasanrianer Dianping is the favorite APP for full girls. After browsing the local ones, I have to check out what people in other cities are eating.

Originally, everyone’s life was quite colorful, but last year, a bad wind blew out of nowhere and all that was left was cultural and creative ice cream. 8 of the 10 pictures were filled with them. Today, it appears more frequently in travel check-in photos than silk scarves.

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I thought that this gust of wind would stop as the weather got colder, but I didn’t expect that it has been blowing until now, and it has also blown to all parts of the country, almost becoming a standard feature of scenic spots. Even though it's winter, you can still see them often.

Where did this gust of wind blow from?

Looking against the wind, it turned out that the wind was blowing from the Cherry Blossom Festival in Yuyuantan.

Every year when the cherry blossoms bloom, Yuyuantan Park holds a Cherry Blossom Festival. In 2017, an ice cream peripheral product was launched.

15 yuan/stick, available in 5 flavors: vanilla, strawberry, matcha, chocolate and yogurt

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Needless to say, it’s pretty good-looking. Although the taste is average, it is better than the first one. People who see this kind of peripheral for the first time are conquered by its creativity.

As a result, it became a preserved project of Yuyuantan. Holding it and taking photos with the cherry blossoms as the background has become a standard check-in pose.

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It has been like this for several years, and finally became popular in 2019. It was seen by other scenic spots and several imitators appeared.

In April, a set of peony ice cream was released in Jingshan Park. In addition to the traditional mango, strawberry, and matcha flavors, there is also peony flavor.

I thought I was going to work on the taste, but the result is still the same, full of ice but easy to melt. Fortunately, it has been on sale since April when it is still not warm, so I don’t have to worry about melting when I take pictures now.

18 yuan/piece

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Two months later, in July, the 11 ancient lotus seeds unearthed in the Old Summer Palace were resurrected and bloomed one after another to celebrate (Finally found a reason to release the same style), launched lotus shaped ice cream.

Like Jingshan, some work has been done on taste. In addition to the traditional strawberry, rose, rum and grape flavors, there are also pistachio and lotus flavors.

15 yuan/piece

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This time I really put in some effort. Although some people think it’s not worth it, they all say it’s better than Jingshan’s. eat.

This year, version 2.0 of the pattern was also released - the first lotus and beast model.

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During this period, many scenic spots launched cultural and creative ice cream, but they could only be regarded as a small hit. Until the National Day in 2019, the Forbidden City launched I bought a set of Ridge Beast ice cream and it immediately became a hot search.

Holding it and taking a picture against the red wall of the Forbidden City, and then taking a picture against the blue sky are the basic check-in postures.

Although the taste is also average, the price of 10 yuan a piece is considered a good conscience. Later, a new pattern was released, priced at 15 yuan each, but it was also slightly larger.

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Since then, cultural and creative ice cream has become everywhere.

The Great Wall Ice Cream in Badaling and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest Ice Cream in the Temple of Heaven.

Great Wall ice cream is 20 yuan/box, and Hall of Prayer ice cream is 28 yuan/box

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The National Museum’s “Raping Figurine” and “Moire Pattern Sacrifice Statue” "ice cream.

15 yuan/stick

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Qianmen Louzi and Fresh Fish Baby Ice Cream are also available in Qianmen Pedestrian Street.

15 yuan/piece

If you buy it, run quickly, or when you find a suitable background...

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There are also Crescent Bay, Mogao Grottoes and Nine-story Ice Cream of Dunhuang Academy.

15 yuan/stick

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Surprisingly, after finishing the ice cream, the cleaned ice cream stick still has a "nine-color deer" pattern bookmark.

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The architecture, pistols and classic car ice cream of the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall.

This is the ice cream that has received the most positive reviews for its taste, perhaps due to its limited edition handcrafting.

10 yuan/piece

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Xi'an City Wall even released 12 types of ice cream, including Xi'an City Wall, Warriors of the Tang Dynasty, and Ladies of the Tang Dynasty.

Just hearing the name "City Wall Taste" makes you not have high hopes for the taste.

25 yuan/piece, these are just two of them

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Hangzhou West Lake also has several models, with their own wonderful stories and the appearance of broken bridges. The Huihe Chinese Valentine's Day Butterfly Lovers collection is quite different.

These two models are priced at 35 yuan per set, and the other 3 models are priced at 20 yuan/piece

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But no matter how they change, they all have one thing ** *The same characteristics: The taste is average and not cheap.

Some people defended them, saying, "Milk tea costs more than 20 yuan. This is cultural and creative ice cream, and creativity is priceless!"

But the milk tea is delicious!

And are these ice creams really creative?

From the first launch of cultural and creative ice cream in Yuyuantan, to the launch of special flavors in Jingshan, to the hidden surprises of Dunhuang Academy ice cream sticks, these cultural and creative ice creams It's indeed quite creative.

But as cultural and creative ice cream has become a standard feature of scenic spots, this idea has become less and less popular. It can be said to be "always imitating and never trying to surpass."

The museum still has to choose among its treasures. For ancient architectural scenic spots, it is the simplest. Just cut out the original pattern of the commemorative coin.

But those scenic spots with scenery as the main feature are in trouble. The choices are just flowers and trees, and the result is a "face-off".

The one that gets the most hits is Lotus. The Old Summer Palace produced lotus ice cream because of the resurrection of the ancient lotus, which is considered commemorative. West Lake also sells lotus ice cream, but fortunately it is one of the series. Beihai has released lotus ice cream again, which is embarrassing. Not to mention this one, it is similar to the one in Yuanmingyuan.

From left to right: lotus in the West Lake, lotus in the Old Summer Palace, lotus in the North Sea

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There are also designs that don’t offend, and can be designed casually. What a fool.

Suzhou Gardens has produced three types of ice cream, among which the Tiger Hill Tower and the Humble Administrator’s Garden look very good, but what the hell is this Taihu Stone? A stick of ice cream was squeezed into the corner of the refrigerator, and it seemed to be the same after melting and freezing.

From left to right: Tiger Hill Tower, Taihu Stone, Humble Administrator’s Garden, 15 yuan/piece

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What’s even more annoying is the one from Xiangshan Red leaf ice cream, cut a smiley face on a leaf-shaped brick and it's over.

There are so many ice creams with clear textures, but it’s a copycat homework. This grinning face with bared teeth seemed unhappy.

10 yuan/piece

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In fact, these scenic spots are a bit lazy. Cultural and creative ice cream should be regarded as another one that does not require much after the scenic spot commemorative coins. When it comes to peripherals, all you need to do is find a symbol and make a mold. It’s really not “creativity is priceless”.

Of course, ice cream is quite interesting among the many cultural and creative peripherals. So, please take a look at the scenic spots and think more about it.

At least, let’s take a walk. After all, as an ice cream cone, deliciousness is the most basic thing.

Some of the pictures in this article come from the Internet

Author - Bei Zai

Design- Heavy Rain

Editor- Bei Zai