You may not think of how many cute little pigs, little tigers and flowers can be eaten and seen in Shandong big steamed buns
Recently, these "national tide winds" have become popular on the Internet
These "national tide wind" flowers are from
Weihai, Shandong
Yu Lili, the inheritor of the flower food craft.
From "Bao Ma" to the director of the factory, she led more than 80 left-behind women to make fancy steamed buns for the New Year's Festival or other important occasions
Steam a basket of beautiful and delicious flower dumplings
It is the unique sense of ceremony of Shandong people
It is also a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Shandong Province
Yu Lili, 40 years old this year
He is a native of Weihai, Shandong
Since she was a child, she has followed her mother to pinch flowers and food
In 2016, shortly after giving birth to her child
I started my mind to start a business
Every household in the village will make flowers and dumplings
It became her entrepreneurial choice
△ Yu Lili
In order to improve the level of craftsmanship
Yu Lili specially visited the best craftsmanship in the village
The non-hereditary heir, Wang Aifeng, is the teacher
A few years passed
Yu Lili is in Houjia Town, Wenden District, Weihai City, her hometown
A factory was created to produce flower dumplings
And gradually developed from a physical store to an online store
Today, Yu Lili's factory
There are already more than 80 permanent employees
Most of these employees are
Left-behind women aged 40-60 in the village
Previously, they worked as farmers at home and brought their babies
Incomes are low
The Flower Dumpling Factory gives their craftsmanship a place to play
More and more young people
Fall in love with the national tide style steamed buns
A wide variety of animals, flowers, birthday cakes
Yu Lili said
Flower dumplings are no longer simple steamed buns for eating
It can also be used on birthdays, blessings and other occasions
"More and more young people are falling for it
The flowers of the national tide are delicious"
Customers who come to the store to place an order
Most of them have their own stories
Last year, a young girl was in the store
Placed an order for a rose-shaped flower
Show affection to your boyfriend
"Now they're all married"
These beautiful flowers are intricately crafted
It is also quite time-consuming to produce
Take the main product "Cloth Tiger" in 2022 as an example
Yu Lili introduced
"The yellow color of the main body of the 'cloth tiger' is made of pumpkin
Peel the pumpkin and steam it
Mix with flour, milk, sugar, etc. and make noodles
Then make a shape
The whole process basically takes about three hours."
I want to pass on the intangible cultural heritage better
Yu Lili told reporters
At present, the shop has more than 500 styles of steamed buns
Physical stores and online stores usually have 400-500 orders a day
Approaching the Spring Festival is the busiest time of the year
Monthly sales of up to 3 million units
Recently, Yu Lili and the workers worked overtime to make it
Do our best to meet everyone's needs for Nian Wei'er
On the road of flower feeding
Yu Lili has her own goals
"I want more women to be able to rely on the flower-fed craft
To realize their own value"
She also wants to go through her own efforts
Let more young people fall in love with traditional culture
"People who can do crafts now
It's all people over the age of 50
Because this is our local traditional craft
I just wanted to develop it slowly
Pass on this intangible cultural heritage better."
(CCTV News)