Folk Art in Beixi Town
The production of flour flowers is popular in Guanzhong and northern Shaanxi. It is a kind of custom and etiquette steamed bread widely circulated among the people, and it is also a kind of folk art with high artistic quality. Locals call it huamo. During weddings, funerals and New Year celebrations, villagers make all kinds of unique and lifelike buns, which can be given as gifts to relatives and friends. There are many kinds of noodles, and there are different customs and activities according to different festivals and seasons, such as "Full Moon flower steamed bread", "Longevity Steamed Bread" and "Fish Steamed Bread". Production tools include scissors, tweezers, combs, bottle caps, iron sheets and various mold seals. The folk culture of Beixi Town in Sanyuan County has a long history, and all kinds of talents are hiding dragons and crouching tigers. Ingenious Chen Chunyan married Meng Xiao from Muzhao Village, Beixi Town, Sanyuan County, Shaanxi Province, and began to learn noodles from her mother-in-law Yang Yuemei and her sister Xiao Li. Chun Yan has now become a celebrity outside the village. She learned the story of making face flowers, which was reported by the reporter of China Women's Daily, and her face flowers were also published by many media. On June 5438+1October 65438+March 2009, accompanied by Chen Chunyan's mother-in-law and elder sister, she rushed to the county library with newly-made noodles, and participated in the "First Folk Huamao Exhibition in Sanyuan County" organized by the Sanyuan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Sports, and exhibited more than 0 pieces of Huamao 100.