Li Huiqing is making flower cakes. Photo by Lee King Kong
Li Huiqing is making flower cakes. Photo by Lee King Kong
At the noodle processing plant opened by Zhang Ruihua, employees display the flower buns sold. Photo by Lee King Kong
At the noodle processing factory opened by Zhang Ruihua, pastry chefs are handcrafting flower cakes. Photo by Lee King Kong
January 25, the "Little Year" in northern China. Noodle artists in Zaoqiang County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, are busy steaming flower cakes, making traditional noodles such as flower buns to welcome the arrival of the Year of the Tiger. Walking into the home of Li Huiqing, a non-hereditary heir of Hengshui Municipal Face Sculpture, she was busy making flower cakes ordered by customers. This year,'s Spring Festival flower cake integrated elements of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, implying that life is "high every year", and it is also in line with the theme of welcoming the Winter Olympics, which is very popular with the public. (Text/Reporter Cui Zhiping Photo/Li Jingang)