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How to be a sugar man?

Method:

First, gently rub the linoleum on the marble slab. A very delicate little copper spoon scoops up a little syrup, and the syrup slowly flows out with a slight inclination. Then when the hand is lifted, it becomes a sugar line. As the wrist flies up, down, left and right, people, animals or flowers appear one after another on the marble slab, and when it is cold, it will be shaped. Dot two dots on the sugar man with syrup, stick the bamboo stick on it and pick it up, then put it on the straw handle.

The granddaddy of the sugar blower is Liu Bowen. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang built a "hero pavilion" to burn heroes in order to pass on the throne from generation to generation. Liu Bowen got away with it and was saved by an old man with a sugar burden. They changed their clothes. From then on, Liu Bowen was anonymous, carrying a sugar man to rags every day.

In the process of selling sugar, Liu Bowen creatively softened sugar and made all kinds of sugar people, such as chickens and puppies, which were so cute that children rushed to buy them. On the way, many people asked Liu Bowen to teach sugar blowers, and Liu taught them one by one. As a result, this craft has spread from one bite to ten, and it is said that it has a history of more than 600 years.