Xu Yang's art works.
(ECNS)--After quitting a stable job and pursuing studies in the UK for the love of art, a woman in central China’s Wuhan City has created amazingly realistic cakes that feature Chinese culture and traditions.
Xu Yang, 29, graduated from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in 2011, before securing a job in the field of tax. However, a growing interest in cake-making and the use of fondant saw her leave her job and travel to study baking in the UK.
Xu said she has liked Chinese traditional art since she was a child, and so she tried to combine those elements into Western-style pastries.
Her creations may include fan folding or paper-cutting decorations or be inspired by architecture of the past, for example.
Xu's favorite creation, called Hua Jiao Ying Qin (Welcome the bride with a sedan chair), features a realistic sedan chair on its top layer, Chinese characters meaning “China, kindness and love” on its middle, and auspicious patterns usually found in ancient culture on its lower layer.
The creation earned Xu a gold prize in the 2018 Cake International competition in the UK.
Her next plan is to bake a cake that resembles Yellow Crane Tower, a traditional Chinese structure located in Wuhan, on the banks of the Yangtze River and her hometown, she said.
Mixing fondant with Chinese-style designs, she wants to bring China's traditional culture and long history to the world.
