In Weihui, Henan Province, a woman overnight for the newlywed sister steamed 38 flower buns, to send their best wishes,38 The 38 flower buns are because my sister is getting married at 38 years old, while the 108 small flower buns are to wish my sister sweetness and prosperity.

Flower buns are a kind of folk artwork with very local characteristics. Flower buns, also known as noodle sculptures and noodle flowers, are very popular in China's Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other areas of the Yellow River Basin, and are a legacy of the traditional Chinese noodle sculpture culture, which are prepared by people when they visit friends and relatives or during festivals and rituals.

There are many kinds of flower buns, most of which are presented in the shape of flowers, birds, fishes and insects, fruits and vegetables, etc. People will steam different shapes of flower buns in different festivals, for example, in the Spring Festival, people will steam big steamed buns, Yuanbao buns, Bubao buns, jujube buns, etc., and in the first lunar month of the 15th Lantern Festival, they will steam flower buns in the shape of animals such as goats, pigs, dogs, hedgehogs, etc. Not only that, local people have birthdays, In addition, the local people will make various kinds of flower buns on their birthdays, children's full moon, and special days of weddings and funerals.

Flower buns are not only a kind of food, but also an art treasure inherited by our country for thousands of years, as early as in the Han Dynasty, there are written records about flower buns, so the flower buns are also known as the living fossil of Chinese painting art, and the flower buns were included in the national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.

In ancient times, people often called the person who could make flower buns "Qiao'er", because the making of flower buns also fully reflects the women's ingenuity and ability to work with their hands. Flower buns need to fermented flour, through the kneading, pinching, pulling, pressing, rubbing, pressing production techniques for shaping, and then with the help of scissors, combs, chopsticks and other tools for cutting, cutting, picking, dialing, carving, and then finally pepper seeds, red beans, mung beans, jujubes and other ingredients to decorate the prototype of the flower buns, on the pot after steaming, and then use food coloring coloring on the color, the shape of the vivid, colorful flower buns on the production of the good.

The traditional Chinese buns were made in the form of a flower bun.

Traditional flower buns have their own unique symbolism and represent people's prayers for the future, such as the common flower buns of Hundred Years of Happiness, Three Suns, and South Mountain, which not only have bright colors and realistic shapes, but also have a good meaning.

But now with the development of mechanization, the traditional flower buns are gradually fading in people's lives, many young people are no longer steaming flower buns, and this traditional craft is also slowly fading.