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Chinese Teigfiguren or Teigmännchen (Ch miànrén面 人/面 人or miànrénr面 人 儿/面 人人; niēmiànrén捏 面 人; miànsù面塑; engl dough figurines. ) Are molded from colored glutinous rice flour figures. The art of their production is mainly distributed in northern China.

Intangible Cultural Heritage

On the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China are:

• Beijing mianren Lang ( Haidian District, Beijing)
• Shanghai mianren Zhao ( Shanghai Research Institute of Arts and Crafts )
• Caozhou mianren ( Mudan District, Heze City, Shandong Province)
• Caoxian jiangmiren ( Cao county, Shandong Province)

Written records of their manufacture date back to the time of the Han Dynasty.