The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games is in full swing, and the mascot Bing Dwen Dwen has also become the favorite of netizens. Though it is pretty hard to get Bing Dwen Dwen in the market, the enthusiasm of netizens creating their DIY versions has been ignited. Upon their wild imagination, it seems almost everything can be made into Bing Dwen Dwen. See, some of the intangible cultural heritage in Shaanxi can also be captured in Bing Dwen Dwen!

Flower Lantern

Lantern culture comes with a history of thousands of years in Shaanxi, passed down from generation to generation. Although the forms shifted at different times, the spiritual connotation remains the same, carrying people's beautiful wishes to express their love for life and living.

Nowadays, the traditional lantern-making techniques, together with modern lighting and music, rejuvenate the lantern culture to be loved by the masses, while the lantern culture passed down by the ancestors still continues. The modern lanterns made with colored bulbs are glamorous and exquisite, more down-to-earth but fashionable. They have become an art form well combining the past and now.

Recently, a group of "Bing Dwen Dwen" lanterns were on display at the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace National Heritage Park, catching tons of attention from the residents.

Cotton Wool Drawing

Cotton Wool Drawings apply cotton wool as the main material, which can be traced back to around the early Ming Dynasty. People living in cotton-producing areas dyed the cotton after work, thus coming up with various drawings featured by Chinese elements and styles, such as peonies, birds, auspicious animals and totems. The drawings were fine gifts to celebrate elders' birthdays and visit friends. It is in nature a medium for people to express their reverence for nature and their aspirations for a better life.       

Cotton Wool Drawing

Xu Hui, the inheritor of the Cotton Wool Drawing in Xi'an, made the cotton-wool version of Bing Dwen Dwen.

All kinds of Bing Dwen Dwen

                      

Snow-man Bing Dwen Dwen

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Sugar-painting Bing Dwen Dwen

              

Bing Dwen Dwen made from oranges

       

Bing Dwen Dwen made from clay