  A convenient and effective way in the quantum double model to study anyons in
a topological space with a tensor product structure is to create and braid
anyons using ribbon operators connected to a common base site [A. Kitaev Ann.\
Phys. (N.Y.) \textbf{303}, 2 (2003)]. We show how this scheme can be simulated
in a physical system by constructing long ribbon operators connected to a base
site that is placed faraway. We describe how to move and braid anyons using
these ribbon operators, and how to perform measurement on them. We also give
the smallest scale of a system that is sufficient for proof-of-principle
demonstration of our scheme.
