Huabobo Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage

Bobo is what we usually call steamed bread. But compared with steamed bread, the big bowl is three or four times bigger than steamed bread, and it is not just like steamed bread, but made into various shapes, just like handicrafts, very beautiful. Flower cake is a kind of pastry with many vivid patterns, so it is called flower cake.

In Jiaodong, the best thing to eat in the New Year is to eat white and fat rice cakes. The New Year's Eve dinner is steaming, and I look forward to the steaming and booming next year. On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household began to steam cakes until the end of the year. Every family steamed a lot, so there is no need to cook spaghetti in the first month.

Steamed cakes in the New Year are one of the customs in Jiaodong, which means that the days in the coming year will be "prosperous". In Jiaodong, Shandong, every household will make or customize Jiaodong flower cakes to welcome the Spring Festival. On February 5th and 6th, 20 16, Good Morning Shandong on Shandong Satellite TV and News Network on CCTV reported the news that Wendeng people presented flowers to welcome the Spring Festival.

Lin, the inheritor of Shandong Weihai Flower Cake custom and technical director of Weihai Dida Food Factory, introduced the inheritance history and production technology of Jiaodong Flower Cake in detail in the news broadcast. Jiaodong flower cake, also known as dough sculpture or dough kneading flower, is a unique traditional folk food in Jiaodong area. On holidays, weddings, funerals and other occasions, people should steam flower cakes to show their blessings and commemoration. These patterned cakes made of flour not only look good and delicious, but also contain the desire to seek Genefu, which is deeply loved by the people. In 2009, the folk custom of Uncle Hua in Wendeng Jiaodong was included in the intangible cultural heritage of Shandong Province.

In recent years, with the continuous improvement of living standards, gifts for visiting relatives and friends are gradually replaced by various portable gift boxes. However, at the dinner table where Jiaodong people entertain guests and friends, the status of Dabo is still unshakable. Wendeng Flower Cake is not only very popular in China, but also exported to foreign countries, which makes China, a traditional Chinese New Year culture, go abroad and realizes the perfect combination of cultural value and economic value.