Compared with the simplicity, roughness and boldness of the northern sculpture, the characteristics of the art of Jintan face sculpture are meticulous and exquisite, and the expression is delicate and rich, and there are various postures. For example, in the mythological drama works "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Thief of Fairy Grass", the characters such as the White Lady, Xu Xian, Fahai, Xiaoqing, etc., not only have clear costumes and clear facial features, but also have subtle and realistic demeanors, which are about to come out.

The Jintan dough sculpture is not only made of local materials, but also closely related to the local folk customs and cultural landscape, and has the folk characteristics and traditional connotations of the water town farming area.

For example, the auspicious dim sum works of Qingqing "Golden Boy and Jade Girl", "Jiang Taigong Fishing", "Fairy Offering Treasure", "Peacock Opening Screen", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", "Flower Face Butterfly", "Crane Longevity", "Happy Mandarin Duck", "Fish in a Row", "Ten Thousand Years of Evergreen", "Reunion of Children and Grandchildren" and "Canglong", "Cornucopia", "Blessing and Blessing Prayer for Jubilee Wealth", etc., all have a distinct Jiangnan folk customs and folk color, exuding a strong water town farming atmosphere.

Through generations, Jintan Dough has accumulated more than 3,000 works of more than 10 categories. Not only popular in urban and rural streets, halls and rooms and hotels of banquet plates, its skills are also frequently appeared in the "World Expo Changzhou Friendship Day", Nanjing Xianlin University Town, Changzhou University Town and many other exhibition activities, art venues and folk art world, every time become the highlight of the public's focus, favored by domestic and foreign guests, known as "three-dimensional calligraphy and painting, silent drama".

The golden altar statue is a bright flower, deeply rooted in the folk. With her elegant artistic taste and the sculpture and aesthetic charm contained in it, she shows the ancient, modern and modern Jiangnan folk customs in multi-faceted and multi-angle art, and is a treasure trove of resources for studying Jiangnan farming culture and folk culture.

At the same time, she also embodies a special value and role in promoting the cultural identity of the nation, reflecting the cultural wisdom of the nation and expanding foreign cultural exchanges with its profound connotation of traditional art.

Pomegranates with many children, phoenixes with wings ready to fly, and delicate roses...... The vivid and lively dough sculptures are amazing, and they are all from the hands of an ordinary peasant woman.

62-year-old Li Yongai, a villager in Huaishugou Village, Duanbolan Town, Jimo District, has been fond of studying and making dough sculptures since he was young. Over the past few decades, under her influence, her daughter and grandson have also learned the good craft of making dough sculpture with one hand, and the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren have become well-known in the neighborhood.

"I've been a hobby since I was a child, so I've been researching and learning by myself, and now I've been doing it for more than 50 years, and I can do more than 200 kinds, as long as I give me a look, I can make it." On October 10th, Lan Eucalyptus met Li Yongai, a dough shaping craftsman, in Huaishugou Village, Duanbolan Town, and saw that she was making rose steamed buns, a piece of pink dough was kneaded back and forth in her hands, and some dry flour was sprinkled from time to time to prevent the dough from sticking to the panel. After a while, she kneaded the dough into even strips with both hands, and then divided it into dough of the same size.

"It's very simple to make rose steamed buns, first of all, you need to add red heart dragon fruit juice when mixing the noodles, so that the noodles come out pink." Li Yongai said that the next step is like making dumplings, you must first roll out the dumpling skin, cut the dumpling skin in half, press the pattern with a wooden comb, and then roll it up side by side, and a realistic rose is made, so that the reporter can't help but sigh again and again Li Yongai's ingenuity.

Lan Eucalyptus saw that the table was full of all kinds of dough steamed buns, lifelike tigers, vivid magpies, and cute and cute Minions...... These dough steamed buns are very beautiful, like a piece of art, which is amazing.

"This is a holy worm, our must-have pasta for every family during the New Year, and it is to be offered during the New Year, just to have a festive and lively and good fortune." Li Yongai said, you see it has money in its mouth, which means to get rich more, and "saint" and "left" have the same sound, which means that there is a surplus of food at home, and the days are getting better and better, rising step by step.

And each steamed bun has a different meaning, such as the ingots steamed bun means "fortune into the treasure", the fish flower means "more than every year", the gourd steamed bun means "fortune and wealth", and the pomegranate steamed bun means "more children and more blessings".

"Most of the colors of these dough flowers are made of vegetable juices, carrots for yellow, spinach for green, and purple potatoes for purple...... It is safe and secure, and if it is dried and put well, it can be stored for about a year. Li Yongai said.

Speaking of her favorite dough sculpture, this cheerful peasant woman and the reporter started a family routine. "My mother is very skillful, there was no customized steamed bread like this before, there is a happy event in the village, to use longevity peach, tiger and happy dumplings and other steamed bread, all of which are made with the help of my mother." Li Yongai said with a smile that under the influence of his mother, he has also loved it since he was a child, and he remembers that when his mother made dough steamed buns on the kang, she had been watching carefully from the side, and also helped to make a hand, and unconsciously learned the craft of making.

All kinds of swallow steamed buns on the Qingming Festival, holy chickens and holy insects in the Spring Festival, happy cakes for marriage, and longevity peach steamed buns for birthday banquets...... The dough plastic steamed buns of various festivals, Li Yongai, who is only a teenager, have mastered the production.

"There is no way to make dough steamed buns, it all depends on the heart, I don't need to look at the picture, as long as I see what others do, I will take a look." Li Yongai told reporters that art comes from life, and as long as you observe carefully, life is full of beauty.

While speaking, Li Yongai brought a pot of flowers to the reporter, only to see that the branches were full of all kinds of flowers, one was vividly lying on the branch to rest, and a few cute birds seemed to lead to singing, and the originally withered and discarded branches became beautiful and vivid in an instant through Li Yongai's skillful hands and creativity.

"This is a dead branch, originally the family was going to throw it away, but I felt that it was a pity, so I wanted to process it and make it into a bonsai, and after it was done, my friends liked it very much." Li Yongai said with a smile that under his influence, his daughter and 12-year-old grandson also like dough molding, and every time they make dough molding, their little grandson will be an assistant next to them, helping to hand over tools, match colors, and do some basic work.

Although Li Yongai's youngest grandson, Zhao Yongrun, is only 12 years old, he is very talented, and now he is proficient in dozens of dough sculptures. The younger generation likes to make dough molding, which also makes Li Yongai very pleased, only if they like it, the old craftsmanship can be passed on from generation to generation.

Every holiday, the citizens who go to the Heihuquan Pipa Bridge to play can always see a dough sculpture stall, on which are placed all kinds of dough sculptures, behind the stall, a gray-haired old man with apprentices holding dough and tools, one by one noodles people from their hands pinched out.

The old man's name is Gao Guiying, who is known as the "noodle grandmother", and she is 70 years old this year, and she has been kneading noodles for more than 50 years. When someone came to learn a craft, she never charged a penny, and she didn't save her savings for decades, but saved more than 5,000 students and more than 1 million yuan in donations......

Every holiday, the citizens who go to the Heihuquan Pipa Bridge to play can always see a dough sculpture stall, on which are placed all kinds of dough sculptures, behind the stall, a gray-haired old man with apprentices holding dough and tools, one by one noodles people from their hands pinched out.

The old man's name is Gao Guiying, who is known as the "noodle grandmother", and she is 70 years old this year, and she has been kneading noodles for more than 50 years. When someone came to learn a craft, she never charged a penny, and she didn't save her savings for decades, but saved more than 5,000 students and more than 1 million yuan in donations......

During the New Year's Day holiday in 2019, by the Pipa Bridge in Heihuquan, although the weather was cold, Gao Guiying took her apprentices to set up a dough stall as usual, and she didn't stop while taking care of the business.

From the age of 10 to the present, Gao Guiying's dough sculpture has been made for more than 50 years, during which she has successively accepted many apprentices, and there are many people who come to her to learn art, and there are at least eight or nine people who learn art from her every month, "You can learn it in a month." ”

About 40 years ago, Gao Guiying began to teach people to knead noodles, "At that time, there was not enough food and clothing, so I taught them to make noodles and sell them at the same time, and I distributed the money to everyone." Later, more and more people came to her to learn art, and she taught for free with food and accommodation, and more than 5,000 people have learned from her so far.

In 2001, Gao Guiying set up a stall by the Black Tiger Spring as usual, and saw a young man with eyes coming to the stall. "I look like I'm in my 20s, setting up a stall to sell hairpins, and I'm wearing shabby clothes." Gao Guiying learned that the young man's surname was Li, his hometown was in Zaozhuang, and he had just come to Jinan to go to university, and because his family was poor, he wanted to set up a stall to earn some living expenses, "The child said that he couldn't even pay the accommodation fee, and he usually slept in the school cafeteria, and he ate other people's leftovers secretly." ”

Since then, Gao Guiying has taught Xiao Li the craft of dough sculpture and sponsored him to study until graduation, "The child stayed in Jinan to work, and now he comes to see me whenever he has time." ”

Students who have no money to study, homeless people, orphans in earthquake-stricken areas...... Whenever she encounters it, Gao Guiying will always lend a hand. Over the years, she has donated a total of more than 1 million yuan, almost all of her stall income and pension have been donated, and the living expenses left for herself and her wife are only 500 yuan per month.

Time flies, Xiao Li has graduated for many years and has a stable job, every holiday, he always has to accompany Gao Guiying out of the stall together, "Grandma is old and in poor health, but I still want to sell a few more dough to help others, I think about doing more, she can be easier, and grandma helped me, I want to be like her." ”

It seems that the dough sculpture can always be associated with the temple fair as a common memory, and many children at that time would pester their parents to buy one when they saw the noodle figure. Nowadays, when we mention the noodle person again, we often "look for him in the crowd" but do not meet, and this childlike taste that is gradually drifting away has become a classic representative of the childhood gap between the two generations. There is such a craftsman in Beijipo, Tai'an, who silently inherits this handicraft.

Chef Song, who is now a chef in the restaurant, makes dough sculptures in his spare time, in a small studio of about 8 square meters, with various paints and tools neatly arranged on the table, as well as some figures in progress.

"I get home from work at 5 p.m. and sit at the workbench for six or seven hours to complete a work," says Master Song. ”

The small dough is pinched, kneaded, kneaded, lifted several times in the hand, and then delicately pointed, cut, carved, and scratched with a plastic knife, and draped with hair accessories and clothes......

The process of making a noodle figure may seem simple, but it takes a long time for a piece to be completed from preparing materials, ideation, and completion. "The main materials of dough molding are flour, preservatives, sugar, and the noodles are very simple, but they must be mixed at least half a year in advance, and then go through several processes such as waking, kneading, steaming, and adding pigments," Master Song introduced, "From the color allocation to the production, the body proportions of the characters, facial expressions, etc., and then to the matching of clothing and clothing, every step is quite cumbersome." ”

A heart that loves enough will naturally have a firm intention to do it well. At first, Master Song groped for himself to be some Monkey King, the zodiac and other faces, and after making these characters vivid. Master Song was unwilling to stop here, and began to study the practice of the maid, and apprenticed to learn the art, "The master of dough sculpture will not teach you too much, everyone has their own production techniques, all rely on their own understanding, rely on time to hone their own skills," Master Song said, "After mastering the practice of maids, I began to make the image of a military general, related to Yu, Shi Dangdang, etc." ”

In countless experiments, constantly improving the details of the characters, Master Song once brought his works to set up a small stall at the Dai Temple fair, attracting many children and dough sculpture enthusiasts to watch.

"The most popular is the image of the three immortals of Fu Lu Shou, the meaning is good, it looks festive, many people come to me to custom," Master Song said, "Shi Dangdang's face sculpture works are rare in Taicheng, as a Tai'an person, my works must have our Tai'an characteristics, inherit the local culture." ”

How to express the myths and historical allusions behind these faceted people? Master Song is not just a person who looks at the picture and pinches the dough, he knows the historical background and image characteristics of each character well, "Before I make a character, I have to read relevant books to understand his life background, personality and other aspects, and then I can make the work delicate." ”

Master Song said that in the art of face sculpture, no matter how ancient or modern, the figure is still derived from life. If you want to pinch a graceful lady, you must know how to observe the women in your life and pay attention to the expressions and movements of the people around you when they have different emotions.

In this state of mind, Master Song's works are so fine that the teeth, every muscle, and even the beard of the characters are vivid, and Master Song introduced that the proportions of body parts are very important to the performance of the characters, including the objects held in the hands of the characters, and these proportions should be fine.

Ordinary edible flour is given a new life by a pair of hands, and the work made will not dry out or deform. Although the market for dough sculpture is currently narrow, Master Song said that he will continue to learn and improve with his simple and persistent love for dough sculpture to pass on this traditional craft.

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