The method of kneading a rabbit with dough is as follows:
1. Prepare water and flour first, mix the dough with water, make the dough, and cut the dough into pieces of the same size.
2. Divide the dough into two thirds and one third, roll the smaller dough into an oval cylinder, and roll the larger dough into a long cylinder; Bend the long strip of dough onto the cutting board, then press the oval dough onto the long cylinder and place it in the middle.
3. Insert the first and last ends of the long dough into the hole in the middle.
4. After stuffing the dough, pull out the first and last ends of the long dough, and pinch the two ends of the oval dough with your hands.
5. Place the dough in the opposite direction, and the good ears will come out. Use your hands to stand up the ears and arrange them.
6. Prepare three smaller red beans and place them in the appropriate positions of the dough below, two eyes and one mouth.
7. Prepare a toothpick and press a horizontal line between the two ears of the rabbit, so that you can use dough to shape a little rabbit.
Using dough to knead a rabbit is a dough sculpture, commonly known as noodle flowers, gift buns, flower cakes, and noodle-making figures. It is one of the traditional Chinese folk arts originating from Shandong, Shanxi, and Beijing. That is, flour is used as the main material, mixed into different colors, and various lifelike images are created by hand and simple tools.
The noodle artist takes the materials at hand according to the needs, kneads, rubs, kneads and lifts them several times in his hands, and uses a small bamboo knife to dexterously place, cut, carve, score, shape the body, hands, head and face, and drape the hair Decorations and clothes, lifelike artistic images are created in an instant.