User:Zeng Yongqi

Sugar Sculpture, officially inscribed as a national-level Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage (No.Ⅶ-88), is a distinctive folk plastic art shaped with maltose and corn syrup. Integrating painting, carving and modeling, its works are both edible ornaments deeply rooted in folk customs. It falls into three major regional branches. First, Chengdu Sugar Painting creates flat patterns with poured melted sugar for temple fairs. Second, Tianmen Blown Sugar Sculpture crafts vivid 3D movable figurines by inflating sugar masses. Third, Fengxian Ritual Sugar Figurines serve exclusively as sacrificial offerings. Evolving from ancient sacrificial “xiang tang” recorded in ancient medical and historical texts, Sugar Sculpture carries Chinese auspicious wishes and folk aesthetics, deserving in-depth cultural research.