"Dragon", an animal in myths and legends, is a story spread between Fuxi and Nu Wa in ancient times. As early as four or five thousand years ago, dragons began to form and developed in step with the Chinese nation. It combines China's history, ideology, religion, mythology, literature and art, folk customs and so on. , with rich connotation and great cohesion. It has always been a symbol of China people's memory. China is the hometown of the dragon, which is the symbol of the Chinese nation.
Dragon carving is quite extensive, including jade carving, stone carving, wood carving, metal carving, nuclear carving, porcelain carving, ice carving, butter carving, food carving and so on. This article only talks about the food carving dragon. Everything in food carving, such as calligraphy dragon, painting dragon, dragon dancing, dragon tying, dragon boating, jade dragon and stone dragon, can be carved with food raw materials.
First, the raw materials of the food carving dragon
There is a saying that "earth dragons benefit people, Qinglong benefits water, and Jinlong benefits the sky". Where there is a golden dragon, there must be a silver dragon, which shows that dragons have various colors. Therefore, there are many raw materials for carving dragons, such as green radish, white radish, carrot, heart radish and water radish. Melons include square melon, wax gourd, pumpkin, watermelon, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumber and so on. There are also sweet potatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pointed red peppers and green peppers.
Second, how to eat carved dragons
According to the carving materials and the author's qualifications, experience, hobbies, styles, techniques, etc. Flexible use of large materials and small materials, "tailor-made" or "tailor-made", three-dimensional integral carving, three-dimensional assembly carving, hollow carving and relief carving can be used. Generally, if the raw materials are solid, they will be carved or assembled in three dimensions. If the raw material is pulp or hollow, it will be hollowed out or embossed, such as pumpkin, wax gourd and watermelon.