Sugar painting is a traditional art project in the sixth batch of representative projects of Huai'an's municipal intangible cultural heritage. Sugar painting is commonly known as "inverted sugar people", "inverted sugar cakes" and "sugar lantern shadows". It has a long history and can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty more than 400 years ago. In the Ming Dynasty court, there was a custom of "melting sugar frost" to print and cast animals and figures as sacrificial offerings. After the development and evolution of the Qing Dynasty, it gradually reached its peak during the Republic of China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huai'an's economy and culture prospered, and sugar painting has been passed down to this day. Sugar painting is a design made of sugar as the main material and solidified materials. The tools used are relatively simple, a spoon, a shovel, a scraper, and a sugar-melting iron plate. The sugar material is generally red and white sugar plus a little maltose, which is boiled on the stove over a slow fire. When it can be used to draw threads, it can be used for casting. Use a small spoon to scoop up the melted sugar juice, and quickly pour it back and forth on the iron plate to draw the shape. The key to sugar painting is the ability of the heart and the skill of the hands. All the shapes are completed by controlling the small spoon with the hand. When the shape is completed, the sugar painting is immediately scooped up with a spatula, glued with bamboo sticks, cooled and solidified, and a work is completed. The subject matter of sugar painting is relatively wide, including characters and landscapes in novels, character props in operas, vegetables and fruits in daily life, birds and beasts in nature, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and text totems with special meanings. Among them, the shapes of people and animals are the most agile and interesting. The side image is expressed with lines; the front image is piled with sugar into a relief three-dimensional shape. For complex shapes, multiple steps are required to complete. Due to the fluidity of sugar, even the same image will not have a similar shape. Folk artists have mastered the characteristics of sugar in long-term practice, and often use full and symmetrical lines in the shape, creating a variety of artistic shapes with different forms, forming a unique style and giving people a beautiful enjoyment. (No pictures available, please provide them.) (No pictures available, please provide them.)