Inner Mongolia
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Wheat straw painting is a court handicraft that originated in the Sui and Tang dynasties. It is a kind of clipping art like paper cutting and cloth pasting. Wheat straw has to go through many processes such as "smoking, steaming, bleaching, scraping, pushing, ironing, cutting, carving, weaving, and painting". According to the luster, pattern and texture of the wheat straw itself, it is generally not colored, but cut and pasted according to needs. Wheat straw painting has the advantages of bright luster, good decoration effect, and strong artistic appeal. The figures, flowers, birds, and animals produced are lifelike and vivid, giving people a simple, natural, noble and elegant beauty.