As the Spring Festival approaches, Shandong province is brimming with festive cheer.

Traditional crafts such as pastries, dough sculptures, and lanterns are experiencing a revival. Pastry chefs, intangible cultural heritage practitioners, and local workers are using their hands to pass down ancestral wisdom and bring New Year's blessings. These seemingly ordinary objects carry the Shandong people's aspirations for a better life and their love for traditional culture.

Han Hongyuan, a dough sculptor from Linyi, Shandong province, guides his students in creating intricate snake-themed artworks, preserving a cherished Chinese tradition. [Photo/IC]

Pastry chefs from Dongchangfu district, Liaocheng, Shandong province, are creating fish-shaped Huabobo (steamed buns). [Photo/IC]

In a bustling workshop of Weifang, Shandong province, skilled artisans are crafting vibrant snake-themed lanterns as the Spring Festival approaches. [Photo/VCG]