Folkloric Mashao with Painted Face Pattern is a course designed to last 50 minutes and taught in Chinese over two class periods. A traditional Shaanxi handiwork, the folkloric mashao (Chinese: 马勺; lit.: “horse hoof-like scoop”) with painting face pattern, or simply mashao, falls under the greater category of the Baoji folkloric mashao with painted face pattern, alternatively called Baoji mashao. Today, there are still folk performances existing in rural Shaanxi during the Spring Festival. The Fengxiang mashao with painted face pattern, abbreviated as Fengxiang mashao and stemming from the Xifu folkloric mashao, is a novel folk handicraft. Coming in different combinations of colors and levels of painting skill, mashaos are hung in sitting rooms and bedchambers in expression of people’s wish for good omens, exorcism, auspiciousness, and wealth; and these explain why the mashao is so highly acclaimed by and popular with people. Modern folk artists, as successors to the patrimony, have developed it into a precious traditional folk art asset. This course is designed to show the learners how to paint a mashao. The instructor spends the first class period introducing theories of the origination, styles and representation of the mashao art. The second class period relates to hands-on experience and the learners are instructed to paint the mashao in styles as they please.