Trillium LearningGlobal Language and Culture Project

Beijing Sanlihe 3 Primary School

By: 5th grade class 1 Chen Chi

Scenery

Dragon

Rabbit

Birds

Plants and crane

Peony

In 12th Century, people started to paint eggs in the Easter Festival. Eggs were painted in red, and also other colors. It is commonly known as the ”Easter egg”. The original meaning is the symbol for “spring - the beginning of a new life”. Easter is the symbol festival for commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus by Christians, and Easter egg is the most important food for the Easter, means the beginning of life and continuation. Now the Easter eggs are painted in variety and different forms, such as the hollowing carved eggs, etc.

Choose a clean, decent, without crack egg, make a small hole on the shell. The hole is located at the tip end of the egg, or by painting covering parts.

Use a syringe slowly inject air into the eggshell. Discharge the egg white and egg yolk. Use a syringe again to inject water into the empty shell and then discharge the water. Repeat several times, until the eggshell is clean. Use gypsum powder to dry the hole and shell, followed by fine sanding the shell.

Use the eggshell painting pen to paint, which is not easy to smear and the painting mark is clear. Then paint beautiful pictures on the shell.

The painted eggshells are commonly known as the painted eggs. Chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs are commonly used for the egg painting. The painting patterns can be flowers, landscape, figures, animals, etc. The final products can be covered in a clean glass frames and look inquisitive, delicately and lovely. Painted eggshells provide a three-dimensional senses.

The professional egg painting groups are well known in Zhejiang, Wenzhou, Lucheng, Ruian, Pingyang, Cangnan and other counties (or cities) in China, and most their products are exported into different countries in the world.