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Xiao Zhanhang: Innovator, promoter & master of traditional dough figurine art

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Xiao Zhen Heng's Dough-Folting of Wu Song and Lin Chong

When Xiao Zhen Heng was six years old, his grandfather started to guide him towards watching peeking opera. Through observing the facial expressions of peeking opera actors and actresses, Xiao learned the workings of the facial muscles. In peeking opera, he also found the inspirational how to integrate the demands of those peeking opera rows into his dough-figuring craft. Wu Song and Lin Chong are both characters from the Chinese classic literary work, The Water Margin.

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