Artificial flowers, also known as artificial flowers, silk flower and silk flower, can not only keep fresh and beautiful for a long time, but also be free to do whatever you want according to the season and needs: spring is arranged by you, summer is cool and handy, autumn can be golden, and winter can warm your eyes; Roses can be used to express love at any time, and peonies can be picked anywhere to convey blessings. Lifelike appearance, various shapes, longer viewing period and richer modeling techniques are the important reasons why people like artificial flowers. In China, artificial flowers have become a daily necessity. No matter the opening ceremony, wedding banquet, office and home environment, there are artificial flowers. It is reported that the sales of artificial flowers grow at a rate of 40% every year. In foreign countries, especially developed countries in Europe, America and Southeast Asia, more and more people like handmade products. Artificial flowers are more popular because of their unique advantages of low price, low maintenance cost and continuous success. In 2004, China exported 60 billion artificial flowers, which became one of the important industries to earn foreign exchange through export.

China spends about 54 billion yuan each year. It shows that the flower market contains great potential and business opportunities. With the annual growth of more than 40% in the international interior decoration industry in recent years, the annual industrial demand of artificial flowers (plastic flowers and artificial flowers) is also more than tens of billions of yuan, and the market demand is huge.

The artificial flower is also called "silk flower" in Guangdong, because the cloth of the flower is generally made of silk cloth, which has a soft and bright luster. As the name implies, flowers are like silk. In Tianjin, people like to call fake flowers "silk flower", because fake flowers in Tianjin are mostly made of silk and silk, so they are called silk flower. The most famous hometown of silk flower is located in Caozili Township, wuqing district, Tianjin.