On the Ghost Festival on July 15th every year, it is said that every family in Shanxi should be a goat. What is a "noodle sheep"?

The traditional custom in Shanxi is that July 15 is called Ghost Festival every year. A nursery rhyme circulated in Lingchuan refers to a local custom. Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, grandma and uncle send "sheep" to their grandchildren and nephews. "Sheep" is a kind of pasta made of flour, also called "noodle sheep". Many local families make "face sheep" for their granddaughters every year.

Shanxi folk dough sculpture is a plastic art that only appeared in recent years. In the past, it was only a decorative food, so it was a great pity that there were no records of works or treasures handed down from generation to generation in history.

The custom of grandma sending sheep to grandchildren is stipulated in Party areas and all over the country. Legend has it that this is because Yandi Shennong tasted a hundred herbs and learned about the grains here. When preaching and farming, you must taste the sheep first, so that the sheep can eat without hindrance, and Emperor Yan can order sowing.

In order to protect the healthy growth of grandchildren, grandma's family must steam "face sheep" to make live sheep for them. The rules for sending sheep are very particular. When the child is full moon, grandma (or uncle) will send a hat, shoes, clothes, silverware jewelry and quilt, and steam a "sheep".

The whole Lingchuan is happy to send sheep, as long as the daughter gives birth to a child, or the girl hasn't given birth for three years, she will send sheep in advance. The custom of sending sheep is only popular in Shangdang area, but not in other places. There is also a legend: when Emperor Yan Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, learned about grains and spread farming here, he let the sheep taste it first, so that the sheep could eat it without hindrance. Emperor Yan ordered sowing.

Young people can say very little about the origin of sending sheep, and many don't know why they want to send sheep. With the decrease of folklore, some folk stories are becoming less and less popular. China's folk stories are extremely rich, many of which are related to folk customs, and some of them contain extremely profound philosophies.

Therefore, it can be seen that sheep have made great contributions to them. The world is very big and strange, but every region has its own beliefs, and folk stories are extremely rich. These stories are related to folk customs and have profound philosophy.