Tang Hua is a traditional folk handicraft, with sugar as the material for modeling. The only tools used are a spoon and a shovel. Sugar is usually brown sugar, white sugar and a little maltose, which is cooked on the stove with warm fire. When it is ready to tie the thread, it can be used for casting.

When drawing a shape, the artist scoops up the melted sugar juice with a small spoon and throws it back and forth quickly on the slate to draw a shape. The skill of folk artists is the key to modeling. When the model is completed, Tang Hua will be scooped up by a small shovel and then glued with bamboo sticks.

Tang Hua's themes include novels, opera characters, auspicious flowers and fruits, birds and animals, writing and so on. People and animals are the most interesting. If it is a profile image, it is modeled by lines. If it is a positive image, pile its head into a relief shape with sugar. Because of the fluidity of sugar, even the same image will not appear the same shape.

Introduction of tanghua varieties

Tang Hua, as its name implies, is a picture made of sugar. I also drew sugar, which is quite edible. It can be divided into plane Tang Hua and three-dimensional Tang Hua. It is an authentic folk painting, a distinctive street art, widely spread between Bashan and Shushui, and it is a craft food loved by the people. Tang Hua's booths can be seen everywhere in temple fairs and parks.