Flower cake joke

Steamed "Flower Cake" in Traditional Folk Wedding

On the wedding day, you should steam a "flower cake". In some places, it is customary to knead ten kilograms of flour into a "flower cake". This kind of flower cake takes flour as the round bottom, and the edge of the rolled strip has patterns. It is covered with a layer of red dates, with a layer of lace face plate slightly smaller than the first layer, and the floating plastic of "fish drilling lotus" is pinched on it. After steaming, it is colored and dotted, which can be enjoyed and eaten by people and can also be used as a gift.

According to the data, the dough sculpture art was recorded in writing as early as the Han Dynasty. After thousands of years of inheritance and management, it can be said that it has a long history, and has long been a part of China culture and folk art, and it is also a real material subject that cannot be ignored in the study of history, archaeology, folklore, sculpture, aesthetics and other disciplines. As far as kneading style is concerned, The Yellow River Basin is simple, rough, bold and profound. The Yangtze River basin is meticulous, beautiful and exquisite.

"Dream of Liang Lu" records that dough sculptures are used in Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and wedding celebrations. In Shaanxi and Hebei, dough figurines are also called "dough figurines" and "Nianmo", and this ancient custom should run through the whole festival. From the 30th to 15th of the first month, happy scenes of exchanging gifts and steamed buns can be seen everywhere in the countryside.