What is Langzhuang Village in Tao Zhen famous for?

Langzhuang Village, Guantao Town, Beiguan, guanxian, is famous for its traditional dough modeling technology.

Langzhuang dough sculpture, commonly known as the "face tiger", originated from Langzhuang Village, Guantao Town, North of guanxian City, Shandong Province. It is a folk handicraft with a long history and the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

Its inheritance

Langzhuang, guanxian City, Shandong Province is located in the northwest of Shandong Province. There are thirty or forty families in this small village, and every family can make dough sculptures. The height of the figurines is about 15 cm, and the height of the figurines is only about 6 cm. They are made of various materials, including the Chinese zodiac, historical legends, fairy tales, opera stories, flowers, birds, insects, fish, vegetables and fruits.

For example, Guan Gong, Eight Immortals, Liu Hai, Jin Chan, Yi Na, Zhu Bajie's wife, goldfish, cicada, frog, rooster, tiger, monkey, Chun Yan and so on. Langzhuang dough sculpture mostly uses refined wheat flour, which is simple to make. It is shaped by kneading, kneading, beating and gluing, and decorated with scissors and combs. After steaming, coloring, coloring and drying, the dough is bright and not easy to dry.

Langzhuang dough sculpture is a circular sculpture, mostly flat, which is suitable for hanging flat and airing. Rich and colorful, high purity, in addition to a large area of magenta, yellow, green, but also dotted with a small amount of white powder, cobalt blue oak, and finally carefully outlined with ink lines, the overall feeling is lively and colorful.