Taishan sugar painting has the same origin as Taishan shadow puppetry and folk paper-cutting. The modeling and techniques include both traditional flat techniques and innovative three-dimensional techniques. Traditional flat techniques are mainly based on lines, and the content is mostly Water Margin characters and zodiac patterns circulated locally. Innovative three-dimensional techniques are mainly based on pasting and bonding, and the content includes natural scenery such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, which are more diverse and varied. The production of Taishan sugar painting: You need to boil sugar. Put the pot on the fire, add an appropriate amount of water, put in white sugar, and boil out sugar slices. Melt the sugar before painting. Use warm fire to slowly dissolve the sugar slices and then paint. To make sugar painting, you must have a plan in mind and do it in one go. With the free floating of strands of sugar silk, a lifelike sugar painting emerges. Zhang Changyong is the fifth-generation inheritor of Taishan sugar painting. He was originally a physical education teacher at Laohu Town Middle School and has a bachelor's degree. Because he has been influenced by generations of sugar painting, he has a deep affection for sugar painting. He is talented and boldly innovates in the traditional art of sugar painting. For the first time, metal plates were used instead of traditional marble plates for materials and drawing boards, which are clean, hygienic, easy to carry, and suitable for mobile performances. Using traditional sugar painting, inheriting the excellent Qilu culture, integrating the content of the prosperous "Chinese Dream" into traditional skills, combining words and patterns, designing themes such as "Fuwa Heralding Spring", "Civilized New Style", and "Peace and Prosperity", showing the prosperity and prosperity of the new China and the new era, making Taishan sugar painting more appreciative and collectible. Zhang Changyong registered the Taishan Sugar Painting Art Research Institute, specializing in the history, craftsmanship, packaging and development of sugar painting. On September 26, 2011, he participated in the Second Peasant Heroes Conference of Dongping County, performed sugar painting on the spot, and won a commemorative award. In 2012, Taishan sugar painting was listed as a project in the Tai'an City Intangible Cultural Heritage List. In 2013, on behalf of Tai'an City, he participated in the "Chinese Traditional Skills Exhibition 'Tai'an Month' Event" held by the Gongwangfu Management Center of the Ministry of Culture in Beijing. In October 2014, Taishan sugar painting represented Tai'an City in the "Third China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo". In 2015, Zhang Changyong accompanied the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture's art delegation to Korea and Japan to participate in the "Happy Spring Festival" activities held by the Ministry of Culture abroad. He demonstrated Taishan sugar painting art on site and received wide praise from international friends. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)