Danyang Dough Modeling

Danyang Dough Modeling

　　Danyang dough modeling is a distinctive folk craft from Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, boasting a long history. As early as the Qing Dynasty, there were dough modeling artisans active in the southeastern part of Danyang. During festivals, weddings, and birthday celebrations, farmers would invite these artisans to create colorful dough figurines and cakes, known as "piled floral cakes." Made from glutinous rice or wheat flour mixed with various colored dyes, they were hand-sculpted into figures, flowers, birds, and beasts, giving the creations both folk art value and auspicious symbolism.