China woman uses 60kg chocolate to craft mini 3D replica of ancient painting, earns 1 million likes
Former food blogger learns skills via online videos, has to move house to accommodate size of her confection creation
A woman in China with no formal training in the arts has used 60kg of chocolate to make a 3D miniature copy of the famous painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
A video showing the chocolate version of ancient Bianjing city released by the blogger, who uses the alias Fan Sumu, in late May has garnered about one million likes, Jimu News reported.
The masterpiece was painted by Zhang Zeduan of Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), is among the best known artworks in Chinese history.
The handscroll, which is 25.5cm in height and 5.2m long, is celebrated for its vivid and meticulous depiction of people’s daily life and the landscape along the Bian River in Bianjing, the then capital city.
Besides chocolate, Fan also used fondant and rice paper to replicate the painting.
She actually made a chocolate model copying a small section of the painting last year before spending three months doing a complete version this year.
Her work is 1.22m wide and seven metres in length, contains 176 houses, 281 trees, more than 20 boats and 816 people, according to the report.
