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On Tomb-Sweeping Day's Clay Sculpture Making

The clay in Tomb-Sweeping Day is handmade, as follows:

You can choose various shapes and elements, such as ancestor worship supplies, tombstones, bouquets, candles and so on. First of all, you need to prepare ultra-light clay and related tools, such as knives, molds, pigments, etc. , easy to create. According to your own ideas and design, you can first use ultra-light clay to shape the basic shape of elements, then use tools to carve more specific details, and finally use pigments to color.

You can make a small sacrifice, such as an incense burner or an incense table. You can first make a base with ultra-light clay, then carve the shape of the incense burner and open a few small holes in it. Then, we can mold the incense burner with small pieces of ultra-light clay and fix it on the incense burner. Finally, the incense burner can be decorated with different colors and details to make it more realistic and beautiful.

In addition to sacrificial supplies, you can also try to make a small tombstone. You can use gray ultra-light clay to shape the grave, and use a knife to carve the patterns and characters of the tombstone. Then, you can use paint to make it more realistic. In a word, Tomb-Sweeping Day's ultra-light clay sculptures can better inherit and respect traditional culture, and at the same time, they can also improve their hands-on ability and creativity.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a very important traditional festival. On this day, people will go to the grave to worship their ancestors and sweep the grave to show their respect and memory for their ancestors. Ultra-light clay sculpture is a common hand-made tool, which can better express the love and respect for traditional culture.