Century-old Snacks Come Back with Master’s Cuisine Skill

Shengzhou snacks are made by locals in their long-term production and living practice. The most representative snacks are small steamedbuns, fried rice cakes and fried rice noodles. Shengzhou snacks are classified into 100 kinds based on the differences in food materials, flavor and cooking techniques. Shengzhou snacks are not only delicious but reveal the history and culture of Shengzhou. 

Mi Fengguang

Recently, Mi Fengguang, member of the Chinese Artists Association, famous artist in Shengzhou City and director of the Zhejiang Clay Figurine Mi Research Institute, created a set of works themedon Inheriting Century-old Shengzhou Snacks .

Inherit Century-old Shengzhou Snacks

Tofu Steamed Bun

Fried Noodles

Fried Rice Cake

Small Steamed Bun

Small Soup Dumplings

Fried Rice Noddles with Egg

Roasted Dumplings

Chicken Soup

Deep-fried Dough Cake

The Pickled

Fried Dough Stick andPancake

The Fried Food Shop

This set of works consists of 12 paintings. With the traditional line drawing technique of Chinese painting, it vividly reproduces the living picture of Dongqian Street, Shixin Street, Nandajie and other places in ShengzhouCity during the Republic of China. In various snack shops for fried rice cakes, small steamed buns, roasted dumplings, fried noodles, chicken soupand the pickled food, the different aspects of the city are also displayed.

Mi Fengguang, director of Zhejiang Clay Figurine Mi Research Institute said, “The line drawing technique results in an effect that the sense of space and the sense of the scene in the picture are fully reflected. And the costumes, props, relations and the portrait of characters are also better embodied with the line drawing technique.People can see how the locals led their life in the past. This is what I want to express with the artistic language---painting and share it with the public.”

Edited by Xu Zheyu

(The materials are all from the Internet)