Sugar painting (Yanting)

Sichuan
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The sugar painting products of Yanting County are located in Jinji Town, the southernmost part of Yanting County, Mianyang City, at the junction of Xichong, Shehong and Pengxi counties, 72 kilometers away from Yanting County. It belongs to the mid-hill landform, with fertile soil, strong water retention, long sunshine period, and mulberry trees in ridges, valleys, slopes and dams. Mulberry planting and silkworm breeding are the pillar industries of the villagers. Jinji Town is the birthplace and burial place of Leizu, the first wife of Huangdi. It has convenient transportation, developed culture and prosperous economy. Sugar painting, that is, painting with sugar, uses boiled paste liquid sugar to draw people, objects, flowers, dragons, phoenixes, tigers, mountains and water on marble boards. It is done in an instant. Sugar painting is not only beautiful to watch, but also delicious to eat. It is one of the favorite foods of children. Yanting sugar painting is an ancestral inheritance of the Duan family. Duan Shiyi is the only inheritor now. Sugar painting has the artistic quality of beautiful shape and delicious taste, and also has the value of cheap and good quality. "One yuan to buy a dragon, delicious and fun", it costs little and is affordable, and many consumers, young and old, men and women, have formed a prosperous market. It is a popular craft food in traditional temple fairs, markets, and mass activities in urban and rural areas. Sugar painting has attracted many consumers with its beautiful technical modeling and fragrant, sweet, crisp, and cheap quality, and has been passed down from ancient times to the present and has lasted for a long time. Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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