Chinese handicrafts: dough figurines

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Editor's note: Dough figurine molding is a traditional Chinese folk art. It is a kind of small sculpture that uses flour and glutinous rice flour as the main raw materials. Components such as color, paraffin and honey are added and the sculpture undergoes crack control and mildew-proof processing. In the process of molding the dough figurines, craftsmen knead, twine, rub and lift the colored dough, and then use small scissors, bamboo knives and small combs among other tools to cut, carve, draw and mold the small figurines. After decorated with hair and clothes, various artistic images are created, including graceful and elegant beauties, lovely children, historical figures, living creatures and characters. The following pictures tell the story of a dough figurine artist from Shandong Province and his latest works for China's forthcoming Year of the Monkey.

 

Dough figurine artist Li Jinguo works with great care in Donggang District, Rizhao City in Shandong Province, on Jan. 6, 2016. His latest work – a hundred monkeys welcome the Chinese New Year – took him more than one month to design, two weeks to mold and five kilograms of flour. The dough figurines come in a great variety of shapes and postures. [Photo by Liu Mingzhao/China.com.cn]



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