The art of making big wax is mainly spread in Dou Village, Zhongnan Town, Zhouzhi County, and people usually call it Dou Village Big Wax. This traditional folk handicraft has gone through the Tang, Ming, Qing, Republic of China and the founding of New China, and has been passed down for about 1,300 years and 43 generations. Dou Village Big Wax consists of a wax base and a wax body. The wax base is the base for placing the big wax. Generally, a wooden stake or iron pier is made on a square table to fix the wax base steadily so that it can be lifted or placed. The wax body is in the shape of a pagoda, which is made up of three inverted round tables. Each layer has a round, one-inch thick table top, called a wax plate. There are wax buds outside the wax plate. The diameter of the wax buds is 23 cm and the length is 1015 cm. Its shape is like a curled lotus petal. There are 18 buds on the bottom layer, 9 buds on the second layer, and 6 buds on the third layer. On each wax bud, there is a small blue trumpet flower with four petals. A dozen small red flowers with ten petals are decorated around the wax plate. In the middle of the wax body is a copper cylindrical wax rod or bamboo wax rod, which runs through the cotton wax core that can be ignited. The wax body is wrapped with five-color colored threads, like colorful clouds floating, which means auspiciousness. Doucun wax is a plastic art that integrates wax carving, cutting, pasting, batik, and art. Its production process is very complicated and particular. There are dozens of tools for making wax alone: wax-filled iron core, iron pot, 10 iron spoons, 5 kinds of knives, chrome iron, scoops, iron wire, wood, etc. The raw materials for making wax are 40 kilograms of vegetable oil and 80 kilograms of white wax, which require hundreds of processes such as boiling, molding, and welding. The artists first put the wax in the pot to melt and remove impurities. When the wax cools to about 20, they use an iron spoon to pour the wax on the iron core that is suspended in the air and keeps rotating. After that, the wax on the iron core is turned upside down, and several waxes of different sizes are stacked in order, so that the main body of the wax is formed. The standard big candle weighs 120 jin, the height of the candle is 1.2 meters, and the outer diameter is 90 centimeters. There are many details in making big candles. There are 12 months in a year, and each month is 10 jin, so the weight of the big candle cannot be less than 120 jin. However, once there is a leap month in a year, the big candle needs to be filled with 130 jin and burned for 13 months. After the big candle is made, it must be decorated with an exquisite carved candle pavilion. Generally speaking, it is made of wood, bamboo, and paper, and decorated with flowers, birds, and animals around the big candle. There are also paper-made opera figurines on the base, which are lifelike. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year, more than ten people carry the big candle made in advance, and together with the guidance of a ceremonial guard, gong and drum team, and yangko team composed of more than a hundred people, they will travel through every street and alley in the village, a total of more than 9 miles. After that, it is enshrined in the Guandi Temple in the village and burned for a year. Doucun big candle has another magical feature. It will not melt when it encounters high temperature, and the surrounding will not melt or flow after it is ignited. The craftsmanship and basic characteristics of Zhouzhi Doucun wax are rare in other parts of China. In May 2007, it was included in the list of Shaanxi Province's intangible cultural heritage, and in June 2008, it was designated as Xi'an City's intangible cultural heritage. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)