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Students in Baotou learn folk culture
Updated: Mar 1, 2017
By Lu Wei
chinadaily.com.cn
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Students from Qingshan district toured the Dongdashan Arts District in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and learned about traditional folk culture, especially the handicraft arts listed as part of Chinese intangible cultural heritage on Feb 20.
Located in Qingshan district, Dongdashan Arts District features folk arts and boasts themed experience zones. Five folk artists –– Wang Hongchuan, Liu Zhanqiang, Wang Haiyan, Guo Qipeng and Li Yongjun –– have settled in the district and exchanged their views and techniques on arts and handicrafts.
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| Students learn about the sugar-figure blowing art, Feb 20. Sugar-figure blowing is a traditional Chinese folk art. The sugar-figure blowers first heat the sugar up to the appropriate temperature, and then knead it into a ball. They use their fingers to press a deep hole into the ball, and then pull their fingers out along with the sugar until the sugar is very thin. At this moment, they break off the sugar stick and blow air into the sugar to make it into molds. Lastly, the folk artists make the molds into different shapes. [Photo/Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Qingshan district] |
