Mianhua (Yangcheng baked dough sculpture)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Mianhua

Applicant: Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province

Project No.: 829

Project No.: Ⅶ - 53

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Shanxi Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province

Protection unit: Yangcheng County Cultural Center

Brief introduction of Mianhua (Yangcheng baked dough sculpture)

Applicant: Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province

The common name of dough sculpture is huamo, wowowohua and Gaohua, also known as dough sculpture. It is a kind of traditional food sculpture art popular in Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other northern regions, and it is also a kind of festival art very close to people's life. The origin of Mianhua is closely related to the traditional folk diet and beliefs and customs. The relics of Tang Dynasty dough sculpture unearthed from Astana tomb in Turpan, Xinjiang, show that this folk art has a long history of development in China. In the northern region, dough sculpture has a deep mass foundation. Every family will make dough according to local customs and practices during traditional festivals. These flour flower products have various forms and different postures, and have many functions, such as offering, viewing and eating. They can also be used as gifts for relatives and friends, and become an important medium of civil society communication. This spontaneous dough sculpture activity fully demonstrates the aesthetic ideal and artistic ability of the people, and makes the cultural tradition contained in the folk customs naturally inherited and highlighted. Different customs and customs all over the country result in the rich expression forms and distinctive regional characteristics of flour flower art. The unique shape and colorful color of flour flower products make the cultural space of traditional festivals beautiful.

Yangcheng baked dough sculpture, also known as "baked dough Doll", is a traditional folk food sculpture popular in Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province. There are many kinds of dough molds in Yangcheng, including raw, fried, steamed and baked noodles according to different production methods. Baked dough figurine is one of the best in Yangcheng noodles. It is baked with special sand pot. The baked dough sculpture has distinctive local characteristics. It uses good wheat flour as the main material, and almond water, Tangxi tase water, black beans and Zanthoxylum seeds as the auxiliary materials. After kneading and molding, the baked dough flowers are "beautiful in shape, fragrant in smell and crispy in taste", which is the most characteristic pasta food in Yangcheng. Yangcheng baked dough sculpture is rich in content. Legends, opera characters, birds and animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects can be used as the objects of expression. At present, influenced by the process of modernization, great changes have taken place in the cultural and natural environment of Yangcheng area. The traditional custom of baking dough sculpture has been greatly impacted. In addition, some old people who master the traditional plastic arts have died one after another. This special folk food plastic arts is in danger of being lost. It is urgent to strengthen the protection measures.