According to legend, there is a folk custom in Guanzhong area, that is, on holidays, weddings, funerals and other festive festivals, dough sculptures should be made to celebrate. The flower buns in Xianyang are resplendent and magnificent, weighing about 10 Jin, small and exquisite, weighing about half a few dollars, shaped like beans, exquisite and beautiful, and amazing. A long time ago, from the 30 th to the 15 th of the first month, the countryside was full of happy scenes of exchanging gifts and steamed buns. Almost all women in Guanzhong area are good at making ritual models, especially elderly women. How these peasant women pinch. Tigers are tigers and cats are cats. They are required to do everything with dignity. Although it is still life, it is dynamic, just like living.
Xianyang huamo is closely related to life etiquette. Some people express their joys and sorrows in life with material feelings, while others treat each other with courtesy and pass it on from generation to generation, which has become a custom. A long time ago, in Xianyang, people visited relatives and friends at 4: 08 to celebrate their marriage. Children are born to celebrate, and funerals are inseparable from flowering buns. People condense friendship into small steamed buns. According to legend, during the Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival, almost every household in rural areas uses flour to make colorful and exquisite flower buns, including figures, animals, flowers, feathers, melons and fruits. These flower buns not only enrich the festive atmosphere, but also add strong local characteristics.
The tools for making steamed buns are very simple. As long as you master the technique of kneading dough and knead it according to the style, a vivid image of kneading dough will stand out. Most of the steamed buns in Xianyang are made of refined wheat. By kneading, pinching, poking, sticking and other methods, scissors and combs are used for details and decoration. After steaming, color and decorate, and then dry. Steamed bread has a bright surface and is not easy to dry. Commonly used flower buns have various shapes, such as flying in the air, living on the ground and swimming in the water.
A variety of food culture, long love years. The flower steamed buns in Xianyang are describing the ancient food culture in Guanzhong to the world and reflecting the roots of the Chinese nation. Chewing these multifarious steamed stuffed buns carefully, it seems that we can feel our ancestors' yearning and pursuit for a happy life. Steamed buns convey rich and warm humanity and yearning for a better life, convey long-standing regional cultural information and show its unique traditional cultural charm.