"I'm a monkey, I want a monkey." "The dragon is so mighty, I want a dragon." ...... On October 25th, the Happiness Community in Chunchenglou Community, Xixin Street, Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou City, was bustling with activities, and a "sugar painting" traditional art experience civilization practice activity was held here. The event invited Wang Shouquan, a folk sugar painting artist, to show a unique sugar painting art performance for residents and children.
A stove, a pot of sugar, a spoon, a stick... I saw Wang Shouquan's hands move around with a sensitive hand, scooping up the melted syrup with a spoon and casting it back and forth on the iron plate in one go. In less than a few minutes, dragons, rabbits, monkeys, flowers and other beautiful sugar paintings jumped out of the iron plate. Sticking a bamboo stick, after the shape is finalized, the sugar painting is shoveled up with a small shovel, and a beautiful and delicious work of art is completed, which can be described as "picturesque, delicious food". A group of children gathered around the sugar painting master, scrambling to say what they wanted to do with the sugar painting shape, and many residents also stopped to watch and nodded their heads in praise. Wang Shouquan said: "Sugar painting is a national intangible cultural heritage. Today's activity is mainly for children to learn, experience, and pass on this culture in the future. ”
"I never thought that this neighborhood would be transformed into a beautiful appearance today." Aunt Chen, who brought her grandson to see the sugar painting performance, looked at the rejuvenated Happiness Community and praised it one after another. "It turns out that this community is really 'dirty and messy', many people are building randomly, garbage is piled up, and toilets are not cleaned." Cai Xianming, a resident of the Xingfuli community, said that the problem of dirty and messy in the community was very prominent.
In June this year, the transformation project of the original No. 11 Beef Lane was officially launched. Pouring, leveling the cement chengface, cleaning the silt of the sewers, removing old shrubs and weeds, planting flowers and plants in masonry flower beds, installing Chinese-style wrought iron fences, setting up stopping devices, adding leisure stone tables and stone chairs... After some transformation, the appearance of the community has been improved, the division of functional areas has become more obvious, and it has been officially renamed as the "Happiness Lane" community.
On the day of the event, a group of special guests came to the Xingfuli community - representatives of the residents of xihua community in Xixin community, who came to visit and learn. Surrounded by greenery, the aroma of tea overflows. At the small table in the leisure area, the secretary of the party branch of the Xingfuli community, the members of the industry committee and the resident representatives of the Xihua community exchanged experience in the construction and management of the community while tasting kung fu tea and traditional snacks.
This "sweet" experience activity in the Happiness Community not only let the children taste the "sweet" taste and like the "sweet" craft, but also let the residents of the Xihua Community see the prospect of "sweet" and are full of confidence in starting from happiness.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Chen Jiayuan
Correspondents: Xiangqiao Xuan and Lu Xiaoshuo
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Wang Qiqi