Crown County North Pavilion pottery town what craft

? Face molding craft.

Face sculpture, refers to the flour, glutinous rice flour, glycerin or clarified noodles and other raw materials for the production of mature dough, hands and a variety of special molding tools, kneading and shaping into a variety of flowers, birds, fish, insects, landscapes, artifacts, people, animals and other specific image of the handmade crafts. It is commonly known as noodle flower, gift bun, flower cake, pinch noodle man.

According to historical records, the art of Chinese face painting has been documented as early as the Han Dynasty, after thousands of years of inheritance and operation, can be said to have a long history, has long been a part of the Chinese culture and folk art, but also the study of history, archaeology, folklore, sculpture, aesthetics can not be ignored in the physical data. In terms of the pinching style, the Yellow River basin is simple, rough, bold and deep; the Yangtze River basin is meticulous, beautiful and exquisite.

From the face made human figurines and piglets unearthed from the Tang tomb in Astana, Tulufan, Xinjiang, it can be inferred that it has been at least 1,340 years since the present day. The Southern Song Dynasty's "Tokyo Dreaming Records" also has a record of noodle kneading: "Use oil, flour and molasses to make them like smiling children."

At that time, all the noodles were edible and were called "fruit food". And folk on the pinch of noodles there is a legend, according to legend, the Three Kingdoms Kong Ming conquest of the southern barbarians, in the crossing of the Lujiang River suddenly encountered gusts of wind, witty Kong Ming then made of fabrics into a human head and livestock rituals to worship the river god, strange to say, the troops crossed the river peacefully and successfully pacified the southern barbarians, and thus from then on all the practitioners of the industry are dedicated to the Confucius as the ancestor of the masters.

Simply put, face painting is to add color to the flour, kneaded into a variety of small figures and things. The face sculpture is quick, only need to master "a print, two pinch, three inlay, four roll" and other techniques, but to achieve the shape of both God is not easy.

In the old days, face painting artists "just to make a living, tearful walk in all directions", picking up the box, walking through towns and villages, do in the street, loved by the masses, but their works are regarded as a kind of knick-knacks, can not ascend to the hall of elegance. Nowadays, the art of face painting as a valuable intangible cultural heritage has been attached importance to the gadgets have entered the hall of art.