The art of flower buns-cakes thousands of years ago!

Hua Mo, also known as "flour flower and flour carving", is not only edible, but also a kind of popular folk art at home and abroad, which shows the ingenuity and artistic imagination of simple and kind peasant women.

Huamo is mainly popular in Shanxi and Shaanxi. It originated from the custom of using dough figurines instead of slaughtering cattle, sheep and other animals in China folk sacrificial activities. Flower ink is vivid, exaggerated and beautifully made.

Huamo has a history of about 1000 years among the people and spread on both sides of the Yellow River. Its cultural heritage is more profound. Judging from the events, there are red flowers (for weddings), white flowers (for funerals) and various holiday flowers. Formally, there are animals, plants, people and all kinds of amazing flowers on both sides of the Yellow River.

In modern times, when people's lives are getting richer and richer, Hua Mo, a form of inheriting Chinese civilization, will gradually be silently submerged by history. However, the flower steamed buns in rural areas still exist in local customs, such as festivals, weddings and funerals, ancestor worship, old people's birthdays, children's full moons and so on. , various shapes, different uses. As a precious folk art in China, Huamo was rated as the second batch of intangible cultural heritage of the country.

The production of steamed bread begins with wheat screening, drying and processing;

1. First, choose the new wheat just harvested this year. The new wheat is dry and has less water, and it is more energetic and softer after being ground into flour. When steaming, it will not be seriously deformed, resulting in molding failure.

Moreover, the new wheat also means to welcome the new and welcome the new. It represents that the broad masses of working people have ushered in new gains, and every family has surplus grain.

2. Secondly, it goes through the steps of water coagulation, dough covering, fermentation and dough making.

These steps are the biggest difference between steamed buns and ordinary pasta. Add some salt to the water of the dough, so that the dough will be more energetic and conducive to the appearance of shapes.

The fermentation process is also extremely important, and the most suitable dough should be made according to the volume of steamed bread, the shape and hardness of each part.

3. Kneading steps.

Pinch is the most wonderful part of the art of flower steamed buns. Works with different meanings are not only squeezed out from the hands of every smart woman, but also appear in their minds and memories first. These thousands of years of cultural heritage have been handed down from generation to generation, which makes folk art develop, consolidate and change continuously.

Every clever woman has her own different understanding of this bun with different meanings. This often happens in the days of making steamed buns on holidays, and there is a silent competition. In the competition, the ingenious elder sister will be praised by the respected elders in the family, which has also created a folk culture that has been passed down from mouth to mouth among the villagers.

4. Cooking and forming steps.

The steaming method of steamed bread is different from ordinary cakes. Pay more attention to the temperature of steamed bread, and pay attention to the balance between soft and hard when forming. It should not only look good, but also pay attention to its real edibility.

5. Steps of coloring and arranging flowers.

This is the last and most important step of Huamo. Smart women let the steamed works cool for a certain period of time, and then make the final coloring and embellishment between colorful food pigments, various food decorations and steamed bread.

White-flour steamed buns with only shapes and corners are presented to all guests from their own minds through artificial edible "makeup".

Art originated from life. Every smart woman who is busy from morning till night and devotes herself to handmade steamed stuffed bun works is the inheritor of Chinese traditional folk art.

The essence of art is to enrich life, to pray for heaven and to protect national peace. Today, the art of painting ink is a yearning for a better life in the future.

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