“烟火”世界,别有乐趣

The Astonishing Beauty of smoke

因为工作的原因,接触过很多新奇的"玩意",或时尚、或高雅、或新颖、或古怪,但是它——水烟壶,是有趣。一尊齐膝般大小的葫芦状玻璃瓶摆放在地上,拖着一条长长的软烟管,瓶内盛上半瓶水,上面顶着一个小火炉,烟泥置于其中,火炭置于其上,任其缓缓燃烧。抽烟时会发出"咕噜噜"的响声,犹如鸟啼凤鸣般,引人无限遐想,而那缕缕轻烟飘溢缭绕,香气更是弥漫袭人。

I had a lot of fun as having seen many amazing gadgets because of work:fashionable,elegant,novel or unique as they may be,but there is an interesting one-shisha hookah.Placed on the floor,it is a glass bottle in calabash shape and at knee height,with a long flexible fire tube.It is filled to the half with water.On the head of the bottle,there stands a small stove,inside and above which is respectively fed with smoke materials and charcoal,burning slowly.When smoking,we can hear a sound of 'murmur',like the romantic bird tweet;and see wisps of smoke,light and fragrant,creating an illusionary world for us.Looking back on the history of hookah,the Arabic shisha hookah is an unavoidable part of it.At the very beginning,people might use coconut shell or even a hollow bamboo as shisha hooka to hold cut tobacco.As time goes by,Arabic shisha hookah has been designed in an increasingly delicate manner.It is more than a smoking set,but an exquisite craft.Hookah is made as colorful glass vase,crystal vase and agate vase;the carbon vase is even inset with gold,silver or coral and carved with many mysterious and magnificent patterns.Thus shisha hookah is vividly called as 'dancing princess and snake' by artists.