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Mid-autumn colored clay works

Methods and techniques for making colorful clay works in mid-autumn are as follows:

1. Take appropriate amount of blue color clay and roll it into a ball shape. Flatten the ball into a disk shape. Use a tool to create the shape of the edge of the mooncake. Take the yellow colored clay, roll it into a thin strip and bend it into a ring. Glue the rings on top of the mooncake. Finally, take the right amount of yellow colored clay, roll 7 small balls and glue them inside the ring.

2. Take the white color clay and roll it into small balls. Flatten the balls into round pieces and place them on the mooncake as the moon. Take the red colored clay and roll it into small balls. Flatten the ball into a round shape and place it under the moon as a red sunset. Take an appropriate amount of black colored clay and roll it into small balls. Flatten the ball into a thin sheet and place it on the moon as a star.

3. Take an appropriate amount of yellow colored clay and roll it into a small ball. Flatten the ball into a thin slice and place it on the star as a starburst. Take the white colored clay and roll it into a small ball. Flatten the balls into thin slices and place them on the moon as moonlight. Take the orange colored clay and roll it into small balls. Flatten the balls into thin slices and place them on the moonlight as a colorful sunset.

Related knowledge about Mid-Autumn Festival is as follows:

1, Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which is also known as Moon Festival, Moonlight Festival, Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Worshipping Festival, Moon Lady's Festival, Moon Festival, Reunion Festival, etc. The date of the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the fifteenth of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar every year, and there are also some places where the Mid-Autumn Festival is set on the sixteenth of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

2, the Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of heaven, from the ancient times of the autumn eve moon festival evolved, since ancient times there have been the moon festival, enjoy the moon, eat mooncakes, play lanterns, enjoy osmanthus flowers, drink osmanthus wine and other folk customs, handed down to the present day, and enduring. 2006 年 5 月 20, the Mid-Autumn Festival was included in the State Council of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage directory, since 2008 the Mid-Autumn Festival has been included in the national legal holidays.

3. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people also eat mooncakes, watch lanterns, enjoy osmanthus flowers and drink osmanthus wine, etc. Among them, mooncakes are one of the most traditional foods of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the flavors and appearances of mooncakes are different in different regions; lanterns are also one of the traditional handicrafts during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people express their joy and blessings of the festival by enjoying lanterns.