Have you ever seen a "painting" that you can eat?
Here, this is a traditional Chinese folk handicraft - sugar painting.
Spoon as pen, sugar as ink
In the flow, everything in the world can be sketched.
According to legend, Chen Ziang, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, liked brown sugar very much.
But his way of eating is different.
He melted the sugar on the clean and smooth table,
Cast into a variety of small animal patterns,
After the sugar liquid solidifies, hold it in your hand and enjoy it while enjoying it.
Later, Chen Ziang went to the capital Chang'an to study and seek officialdom.
He also brought this way of eating to the capital.
Since then, the craft of sugar painting has been passed down from generation to generation.
In the Qing Dynasty, sugar paintings became more popular, and the production skills became more and more sophisticated.
Most of the shapes are flowers, birds, fish and insects, Fu, Lu, Shouxi, zodiac signs, etc.
They are all auspicious patterns that the public likes to see.
Sugar painting is an art that combines food, culture and handcraft.
Both to watch and to eat,
The painter usually does not need a manuscript, and can do it in one go.
Today's sugar painting has more innovative forms,
Cartoon sugar painting, three-dimensional sugar painting,
Bringing new life to traditional sugar painting.
Chinese culture, the spirit of sugar painting,
It has been passed down slowly between generations of craftsmen's sugar spoons.
Jointly produced by China News Network and Communication University of China
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Producer: Qin Yuming, Wu Qingcai, Qi Bin
Creation team: Bai Xiaoqing, Zhou Xiaomeng, Sun Hongliang, Wang Jingwen, Li Yiying, Cao Hangyu, Fu Bairan, Bu Xinrong, Wang Jiahui, Wen Mohan
Coordinator: Wang Kai, Zeng Nai
Editor: Wang Ning
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]