Noodle flowers, commonly known as flower buns, have been a kind of handicraft art widely spread among the local people in Chengcheng, Shaanxi since ancient times. According to relevant data analysis, the folk noodle flower craft technology can be traced back to the early Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years. Therefore, it has developed from the initial single form of sacrifice to the current variety, full pattern, and high-tech artistic works. Whether it is the four seasons and eight festivals, weddings and funerals, births and birthdays, they are all good gifts for relatives and friends. Chengcheng noodle flowers have profound meanings and rich connotations. The patterns and patterns are closely integrated with the rich folk customs, showing the life and death of human beings, the program passed down from generation to generation, and contain the blessings and love of friends for a better life. Farm women use special flour with needles, combs, knives, scissors and other tools to pinch, cut and trim to create various patterns that are lifelike and colorful, enriching folk culture and life, reflecting the simple will of the working people, promoting historical development, promoting social progress, giving full play to their intelligence, rich imagination, novel ideas, unique ingenuity, exquisite craftsmanship, unique style, and passed down from generation to generation. It was exhibited in Xi'an in 1983 and in the National Culture Palace in Beijing in 1985. It was highly praised by experts, scholars, and some foreign friends. The exhibits were collected in the National Culture Palace. Later, it was exhibited in provincial and municipal folk art exhibitions many times. In 1998, it won the first, second, third and organization awards in the provincial "New Taoyuan Cup" noodle flower competition. In 2004, it won the second prize in the provincial excellent folk art exhibition. In 2004, it was awarded the Shaanxi Folk Art Hometown and Noodle Flower Hometown by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture. Won the first prize in the "Yellow Earth Root-seeking Folk Art Exhibition" in 2005. Won the silver medal in the provincial noodle flower competition in 2009. Artistic characteristics The characteristics of Chengcheng noodle flowers: First, the shapes are vivid and the decorations are fresh. Folk artists use rich imagination and bold exaggeration to create various flowers, birds, insects, fish, animals and figures. They are lifelike and vivid, which makes professional artists sigh. Second, they are rough, thick, and have sharp color contrast. Chengcheng's noodle flowers are like the character of Chengcheng people, rough, bold and real. Chengcheng's funeral flower buns can be said to be the largest in the country. The steamed buns made by daughter Naliang can be eaten for three to four days. Generally, flower buns are bright red and green, giving people a feeling of prosperity and vitality. Third, they have profound meanings, rich connotations, and decorative patterns, which are closely combined with rich folk customs. For example, the "fish turning into a baby" when the child is full of one month is a symbol of reproduction and reproduction. Birthday celebrations, the characters "福" and "寿" on the peaches mean that the old man will be as blessed as the East Sea and as long-lived as the South Mountain. Weddings and funerals often use large flower chickens to indicate good luck. On the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the daughter's parents give the peaches to their daughters. "Gao" has the same pronunciation as "高", which means that life is getting better and better. People in the north of Xiang County use jujube cakes to mean early birth of a son. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, adults give children steamed buns with a Chinese guqin (a beautiful little animal in the legend). Folk artists say that the more beautiful the Chinese guqin is, the more beautiful the child will grow up to be. Therefore, the eyes of the steamed bun cannot be too deep or too shallow. The middle of the steamed bun should be filled with oil-mixed bun residue and chopped green onions to show that it is hollow, hoping that the child will grow up smart. The so-called funeral is the death of a person. People wear white and mourn, and all the things they use are white to show filial piety. However, the steamed flower buns are colorful and brightly colored, which is actually a prayer for the deceased to have a good life in heaven. The drama characters on the flower buns also have the meaning of burial. This is how the people of Chengcheng use this local noodle flower art to show life and dress up life, which also reflects the blessings and love of the people of Chengcheng for a better life. The main value of noodle flowers is that they are lovely and lifelike, and are decorated with bright colors such as red, green, and yellow. They are both ornamental works of art and edible noodle products. They include steamed buns for weddings and birthdays, steamed buns for funerals and memorial ceremonies, steamed buns for babies' full moons, and steamed buns for festivals. As the most practical artwork in rural areas, noodle flowers are still a good gift for weddings, funerals, births, birthdays, visiting relatives, neighbors, and friends during the four seasons and eight festivals. The rich folk life provides fertile soil for the spread of noodle flower art, embodies the simple wishes of the working people, and presents the spiritual secrets of folk customs. It is like the beautiful mountain flowers scattered by the goddess on the earth, beautifying people's lives, and playing an inestimable role in enriching people's spiritual and material lives. It plays a role in promoting the promotion of excellent traditional culture. Chengcheng noodle flowers are deeply rooted in the folk with their unique modeling art, rich cultural connotations, and a wide range of applications. Production items flour, water, combs, and scissors. Edible pigments of various colors such as yellow, red, blue, and green. Historical Origin Chengcheng noodle flowers, commonly known as flower buns. Since ancient times, it has been a kind of handmade artwork widely circulated among the people of Chengcheng. It mainly expresses loyalty and is often used as the best gift for weddings and funerals, and for exchanges between the four seasons and eight festivals to express lofty respect. According to relevant data analysis, folk noodle flowers are the product of the evolution of ancient totem metal and stone ritual vessels. The folk noodle flower craft technology can be traced back to the early Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years. Initially, noodle flowers were used as gifts for worshipping temples and ancestors. According to the "Dongjing Menghualu" by Meng Yuanlao of the Southern Song Dynasty, the custom of making "fruit flower patterns" on the eve of the Spring Festival was prevalent among the people in the Song Dynasty. According to the "Sui Shi Miscellaneous Notes", at that time, the noodle sculptures were "armored figures", "drama figures" and "children and black beasts", which were ingenious and fascinating. Distribution area Chengcheng County Chengcheng County is located in the northeast of Weibei Loess Plateau in Shaanxi Province, covering an area of 1,112 square kilometers. It is connected to Huanglong Mountain in the north and Luoshui River in the west. Four large ditches divide the county into three beams and one plateau. The ditches and plateaus in the territory are alternating, and the landform features are complex and diverse, forming five landform units: low mountains in the north, alluvial fans in front of the mountains, hilly gullies, loess beams and plateaus, and loess plateaus. Since ancient times, it has been running from north to south. Cigou is the boundary that divides Chengcheng into two large plateaus in the south and north of the county. At the same time, the climate belongs to the arid zone, but the customs in the north and south are basically the same, and both have the folk custom of traditional face flowers. Chengcheng face flowers are distributed in 266 administrative villages in 14 towns in the county. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)