There is no candy blower in the Chengdu intangible cultural heritage project.
Sugar blowing was an industry in Beijing in the old days. It is called "sugar blowing person" in Beijing dialect and is one of the Chinese folk handicrafts. Vendors walk through the streets with their carts on their shoulders. At one end of the cart is a rectangular cabinet with a shelf. Under the cabinet is a semicircular wooden cage with an opening. There is a small charcoal stove inside, and a large ladle on the stove is filled with Glucose (derived from melting maltose).
It is said that the ancestor of the candy blower was Liu Bowen, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.
According to the definition of UNESCO's "Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage": Intangible cultural heritage refers to various kinds of cultural heritage that are regarded as their cultural heritage by various groups, groups, and sometimes individuals. Practices, performances, expressions, knowledge systems and skills and their associated tools, objects, artefacts and cultural places. Various groups and groups continue to innovate this intangible cultural heritage passed down from generation to generation as their environment, interaction with nature, and historical conditions change, and at the same time give themselves a sense of identity and history, thus Promote cultural diversity and stimulate human creativity.
According to the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Law of the People's Republic of China": Intangible cultural heritage refers to various traditional cultural expressions that are passed down from generation to generation by people of all ethnic groups and regarded as part of their cultural heritage. , as well as physical objects and places associated with traditional cultural expressions. Including: (1) traditional oral literature and the language as its carrier; (2) traditional fine arts, calligraphy, music, dance, drama, folk arts and acrobatics; (3) traditional skills, medicine and calendar; (4) traditional etiquette and festivals and other folk customs; (5) Traditional sports and entertainment; (6) Other intangible cultural heritage. For physical objects and places that are part of intangible cultural heritage and cultural relics, the relevant provisions of the Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People's Republic of China shall apply.