Liu Xiaoxia, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, is assembling the dough sculpture "Nine Dragons Xianrui".
January 30, the twentieth day of the lunar month. Walking into the Hunyuan Intangible Cultural Heritage Flower Bun Shop located in Shuyuan Street, Hunyuan County, the store is full of mist and fragrant. In a piece of water vapor, there are colorful and different shapes of flower buns, like flowers, like sculptures, white dundun, red and green. Liu Xiaoxia, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, is kneading toner into ornamental dough, preparing to concoct 9 dragons of different colors. This is the 3-meter-high "Kowloon Xianrui" flower bun that she is making for the guests.
Influenced by her ancestors, Liu Xiaoxia likes handicrafts since she was a child, and has a soft spot for flower buns. In 2018, she began to systematically learn this traditional folk craft, and after several years of careful improvement, there are more and more flower bun shapes, which are very popular in the market. At present, she has received more than 1,000 orders in her flower bun shop.
Flower bun is people's blessing for a better life, with a wide range of uses, such as the birth of a baby, the full moon, the first birthday, engagement and marriage, the birthday of the elderly and other festive days can be used, some restaurants opened, housewarming to a new home, building a house on the beam and other ceremonies will also be used, especially during the Spring Festival, in the past, every household had the custom of steaming flower buns. Liu Xiaoxia introduced while making flower buns. Through her skillful hands, the colored dough quickly turns into a vivid colorful dragon.
The flower bun looks simple, but the process is very complicated. To use special flour, after more than 10 processes such as dough, fermentation, modeling, decoration, steaming, etc., among them, the modeling and decoration are the most complex, and it is necessary to borrow needles, combs, knives, scissors and other tools, and rely on kneading, kneading, cutting, repairing and other steps to make the various patterns come to life. In addition to common raw materials such as flour and milk, I will also add fruit and vegetable elements to the raw materials, so that the flower buns not only have a variety of colors, but also do not contain artificial colors, so they are more comfortable to eat. Liu Xiaoxia said proudly.
I have already produced 3 "Nine Dragons Xianrui" in different sizes, and this is currently my largest work, which took 4 people a week to complete. It is composed of 3 parts, presenting the harmonious state of heaven, earth and man. The site is octagonal in shape, and the main body is in the shape of a prosperous fire, implying that people are prosperous and wealthy. This year is the Year of the Dragon, and in traditional Chinese culture, the dragon is regarded as an auspicious beast, and the fish and lotus and the pomegranate on the top also symbolize good luck. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the reporter followed Liu Xiaoxia to the shopping mall to assemble, in front of the foam body built in advance, several people did not communicate too much and began to fix the steamed auspicious cloud bun on the top, after two nights of assembly, 9 dragons playing in the clouds, 12 fish playing among the lotus leaves The expressive picture is vividly displayed in front of everyone.
Flower buns not only test the craftsmanship of the maker, but also test the creativity of the craftsman. This year, on the basis of the traditional style of flower buns, Liu Xiaoxia carefully conceived and made Kowloon Xianrui, steaming the flower buns with a strong New Year's flavor and a taste of happiness.
Hu ChunxiaYao Xiaomin