Inheritance and Protection of Chengdu Tang Hua

1996, in order to investigate and sort out the Tang Hua art widely circulated among the people in Sichuan, the folk Tang Hua Art Association was established in Jinjiang District, Chengdu, and the slogan of "based on Sichuan, going to the whole country and rushing out of Asia" was put forward, aiming at inheriting and carrying forward this unique folk handicraft skill. Since the foundation of the Association, many famous artists from Tang Hua have demonstrated their skills and talents in foreign cultural exchanges. Artists from associations such as Cai Shuquan, Xu Shuhua, Fan Deran and Chen Changji have performed in Japan, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong and Macao, and won warm applause and high praise from local audiences.

1989, the famous Tang Hua artist Cai Shuquan and others creatively combined Tang Hua with lantern art, thus creating a sensational masterpiece "Sugar Dragon", with a total length of 16 meters and nearly 2 tons of sugar. It won the first prize at the 20th Chengdu Lantern Festival, and became the audience's favorite work of art. Later, Sugar Dragon was exhibited in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fujian, Wuhan, Kunming, Qingdao and other places, which was well received by the central leaders and ordinary audiences, and also won the first prize at the National Lantern Festival Invitational Tournament held in Zibo, Shandong.

65438-0993 Jinjiang District of Chengdu was awarded the title of "Hometown of Folk Tang Hua Art" by the Ministry of Culture of China. Tang Hua has left a rich and beautiful imagination for people, and it is one of the most popular Han handicrafts in temple fairs, fairs and ordinary streets. In 2008, it was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.