
Beijing, January 14 (Youth.cn) - On January 13, 2026, in Huangshan City, Anhui Province. A sugar artisan is crafting a character-embedded bean candy. Through traditional techniques such as boiling sugar, grinding powder, stirring, compressing, shaping characters, stretching, and slicing, the intangible cultural heritage inheritor clearly inlays auspicious characters like “馬” (meaning “horse”) into small sugar pieces, adding a strong traditional festive atmosphere for the Year of the Horse. Photo/CFP
