What is dough sculpture?

The art of dough sculpture was recorded in writing as early as the Han Dynasty, and it was also called flour flower in China. It is used as a token or symbol of gifts, celebrations and decorations in etiquette, New Year's Eve and other folk festivals. After thousands of years of inheritance and management, it can be said that it has a long history and has already become a part of China culture and folk art.

In the Han dynasty, people steamed flour into a certain image to enhance the decorative effect of eating.

In the Ming Dynasty, dough figurines gradually broke away from eating and evolved into a pure art form. In the busy downtown area, there are some noodle people running around with toolboxes on their backs to make a living and further promote the improvement of artistic level.

In modern times, influenced by literati art, the content and form of dough sculpture are constantly innovating, and its artistic charm is also touched by many princes and nobles. They don't hesitate to pay a lot of money to order, or give them to relatives and friends as gifts, or display their desks as furnishings. The dough sculpture changed from street shooting to entering the room, and it has been worth a hundred times since then. On the whole, there has been a leap in level and quality, and the means and skills of expression have become more and more mature and perfect.

Modern dough sculpture art is favored by the world with its beautiful posture. It is precisely because of the accumulation of the culture of the times and the enthusiasm and talent of the creators that it has become a refined and simple culture. It exists and develops freely among the people according to its own laws. With its folk characteristics of less pollution, it can stand in the forest of folk art with its unique and complete image in today's elegant and popular culture convection.

The raw materials of dough modeling are mainly flour or composite soft pottery materials after processing and configuration. Its manufacturing process is more complicated, different from colored plastic works, and it is colored after molding. The dough sculpture is composed of pre-dyed dough, which fully embodies the ingenious mind and delicate technique of the creator.

A complete work must go through the processes of conceptual design, dough mixing, steaming, dough mixing, color matching, plastic kneading, drying and packaging. In the process of kneading, various techniques such as kneading, kneading, pressing, rolling, grinding, poking and cutting are adopted, and the works are vivid in shape and bright in color. Due to the continuous improvement of anti-corrosion and anti-cracking technology, some works can be preserved for decades or even hundreds of years.