As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a 【小题1】 (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jian zhong, is devoted to 【小题2】 (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.
Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After 【小题3】 mine closed down, Li turned 【小题4】 housing decoration until he 【小题5】 (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.
Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by【小题6】 (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make a 【小题7】(vary) of sugar paintings, thus encouraging some of young people【小题8】 (follow ) the example of him. Craftsman 【小题9】 (normal) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup(糖浆). When the sugar cools down, 【小题10】 appears is a piece of sugar art.
