Wenxi sesame seed cake: It has the reputation of "the king of cakes" in Shanxi. Cooking cakes became famous in the late Ming Dynasty. During the 300 years from Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it was not only popular in mainland cities such as Tianjin, Beijing, Xi and Taiyuan, but also famous in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hainan. In the novel The Lonely, Mr. Lu Xun said, "I took two packs of boiled cakes produced by Wenxi to meet my friends", which shows that Wenxi boiled cakes are really famous. The folks in southern Shanxi call "frying" "cooking", and cooking cakes is actually a fried snack. Wenxi boiled cakes look like a full moon. Because the epidermis is covered with white sesame seeds, the appearance is white. If you break it in half, you can pull out a nest of 3-6 cm gold wires from your skin. When eaten in the mouth, the crisp sand is soft, not sticky, sweet but not greasy. After eating, it has the aftertaste of pine and cypress.
Crocheting: developed in the 1970' s, it uses light silk, is carefully designed, and uses ever-changing stitches and stitches to weave various patterns. Many varieties, new patterns, beautiful shape, strong practicality and appreciation, are deeply loved by women from all walks of life. In 2006, it participated in cultural fairs in five central provinces.
Brocade sticker: a folk handicraft art, which is made of high-quality brocade cloth by collecting, cutting, stringing, flattening and folding according to the pattern. The craft is rigorous, the technique is unique, the color is bright, it integrates painting and paper-cutting art, and its works are rich. The main works are opera facial makeup, Guan Gong's image, peacock camellia, rich flowers, golden rooster chrysanthemum, Dai Yu's funeral flowers and so on.
Flower steamed buns: Wenxi is known as the "hometown of flower steamed buns". Every village has skilled craftsmen who make steamed buns. There is a local saying that "where there are buns, there are things." Wenxi steamed buns are not only edible, but also have strong ornamental value and various patterns. The assembled flower ink gives people an ethereal, mysterious and vivid feeling, and its colorful and harmonious decoration is deeply loved by the people. Wenxi huamo has more than 200 varieties in four series: flower cake, flower bun, mascot and vegetable top. "Flower steamed bun" takes round, peach-shaped and fish-shaped dough as the main body of flower steamed bun, and inserts the required flour flowers after coming out of the cage. Most mascots are animals. The production of Wenxi huamo goes through nine processes: coagulation, kneading, fermentation, kneading, steaming, coloring and flower arrangement. Wenxi huamo is widely used in festivals, weddings, birthdays, funerals, weddings, housewarming and many other folk activities. In June 65438+February 65438+August 2006, Wenxi Huamao was selected into the intangible cultural heritage list of Shanxi Province. Embroidery: In Wenxi, people's daily necessities and clothes and hats are mostly decorated with embroidery, such as clothes, hats, shoes, insoles and quilts, pillows, wedding tents, table decorations, chair cushions and so on. , all have different embroidery patterns. Embroidery patterns are mainly popular, such as triumphant, magpie climbing plum, pine crane prolonging the year, two dragons playing pearls, phoenix peony and so on. Wenxi folk embroidery has a wide range of materials and vivid shapes, and uses a variety of techniques such as plain knitting, crochet, needle picking, needle drawing, looping, Panjin, brocade piling, flower tying, flower cutting and flower building. In the use of colors, strong contrasting colors, such as red, big green, big blue and big black, are used as the background color, and the embroidered patterns are elegant colors, which make embroidery in sharp contrast and seek color harmony in comparison. Wenxi embroidery is colorful, although few colors are used in embroidery.