corn culture in Jin dialect There are more than ten kinds of names for corn in Shanxi dialect, such as "Yuchanzi" (Taiyuan, Xinzhou, Heshun, Yangqu, Daixian, Changzhi, Jingle, Loufan), "Yuxi Bangzi" (the northern suburb of Taiyuan) and "Yuxi" (. Xiangning is pronounced taoshu), Bangzi (Hongtong, Linfen), Yumai (pronounced yumei in Jiangxian) and Bubuzi (Shilou), and there are also maize, jade sorghum, jade glutinous rice, jade glutinous rice and jade glutinous rice. In the northern suburb of Taiyuan dialect, the threshed corn mallet is vividly called "Jade Clam Stick", Pinglu is called "Jade Clam Axis", Datong is called "Corn Cob", and Linfen is called "Corn Cob Hoop". In the process of harvesting and processing corn, there are also many related names. For example, in Jixian dialect, corn threshing is called "turning jade into rice and millet" and "gathering corn stalks together" is called "gathering stalks". In Xiangning dialect, "harvesting corn" is figuratively called "su", and Linfen is called "Su". Judging from the corn parts, most of the "corn stalks" in Jin dialect are called "Jade Clam Stick" and "Jade Clam Stem", and some are called "Jade Clam Stick", "Jade Clam Olive" and "Bony Clam Olive". In Hejin dialect, the male ear growing at the top of corn is called "smallpox", and in Daixian and Hongtong dialects, the ear growing with mold is called "mildew". Corn kernels can be ground into flour, and there are many names for "corn flour" in Jin dialect. Such as "corn flour" (Xinzhou), "jade noodle" (Heshun, Changzhi, Wuxiang, etc.), "jade noodle" (Yangqu, etc.), "jade rice noodle" (Xiangning) and "stick noodle" (Linfen, Hongdong). Corn is a kind of food that Shanxi people like very much. Mature corn grains can be ground into flour, or they can be ground into grits to be eaten alone or cooked with millet. That handful of Huang Chengcheng corn flour can be "transformed" into various delicacies in the hands of Shanxi girls and daughters-in-law. For example, there are Changzhi's "dumplings" (stuffed buns with corn flour and beans), "yellow steamed buns" (made of corn flour without stuffing) and Wuxiang's "yellow steamed buns" (steamed corn flour has a long shape and can be divided into two types).