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NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)

NYU Shanghai students learned the Chinese folk art of sugar painting, a craft which uses melted sugar to create traditional animal and plant figures. Two Shanghainese sugar artists instructed students at the October 26 event. (Photo by: Wenqian Hu)