Editor's Note:
Another New Year has arrived. People are looking forward to the renewal of Vientiane and striving for success in the new journey. The footsteps of dreamers never stop, from the city to the countryside, from the coast to the frontier, thousands of people will sprinkle sweat on the earth. They witness the development of the times, enjoy China's opportunities, and are the promoters of China's development.
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Public Network poster news reporter Yang Xiaohe, Li Zhaoming, Qu Wenwen, Weihai report
"Tiger Tiger Tiger Head", "Sitting on the Ground and Making Money Tiger Tail", "Eight Parties Come to Wealth Small Treasure"... In Lin Rongtao's Flower Dumpling Studio, there are as many as 100 kinds of Spring Festival items to choose from, including more than 50 kinds of tiger shapes alone. The Spring Festival is approaching, the flower food ushered in the "shipment" peak season of the year, on January 25, the public network poster news reporter walked into Lin Rongtao flower food studio, enjoy the happy new year flavor steamed by the flower food.
As an indispensable folk food for festivals in Jiaodong area, flowers carry people's yearning for a better life. "Celebrate the New Year, steam, and look forward to the next year's day 'thriving'." In Weihai, every Spring Festival, people will steam flowers and feasts to pray for blessings. The Year of the Tiger is coming, and many people choose to steam the 'tiger', which means to ward off evil spirits and charm, and the health of the four sides. Lin Rongtao, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage Jiaodong flower feeding custom, introduced.
A piece of dough, supplemented by simple tools, can be easily "transformed" into a variety of animals, flowers and plants with beautiful meanings. "According to the function, the flower food can be divided into two categories: edible and collected, and the heaviest taste of the edible flower food needs to be mixed and produced in proportion with flour, eggs, milk, sugar, etc. made of high-quality wheat milled. The flower dumplings dedicated to collection, often referred to as 'face molding', use refined flour, salt, honey, etc. as raw materials, and the key to making them lies in shaping and carving. Lin Rongtao said that in addition to making flowers and flowers, it is also necessary to have a rich imagination.
"Touching the top of the dough with your hand feels sticky but not sticky, and the finger marks disappear quickly when you leave." Lin Rongtao told reporters about the "doorway" of flower dumplings while making, in order to achieve the best taste, every step in the production process needs to be strictly controlled. Hair noodles, and noodles, kneading, printing, pinching, setting, rolling... After more than a dozen processes, a "little tiger" wearing a flower dress and a flower face appeared vividly in front of the reporter's eyes. The green on the "little tiger" is dyed with spinach juice, purple is purple potato, orange is carrot, yellow is pumpkin... Different fruits and vegetable juices color the flowers, which are both beautiful and nutritious and healthy.
The Year of the Tiger is approaching, the "Tiger Element" goods are popular, Lin Rongtao Studio launched the Spring Festival gift box at the right time, and the wonderful Zodiac flowers are highly sought after by consumers. "The traditional tiger flower rao image is majestic and upright, and it is more favored by middle-aged and elderly customers, so I combined popular elements to design and launch the cartoon tiger flower rao series, hoping to get the attention of more young people." Influenced by his father Lin Rongtao, Lin Peng became a product designer for flowers and flowers. Register Douyin and Kuaishou accounts to publish short videos, open Taobao stores for online sales... The addition of Lin Peng has broadened the radiation scope of huabao culture, and batch after batch of "little tigers" have been sold from Weihai to all parts of the country.
From the "tribute" that only enjoys the scenery in the festival to the "regular customers" on the public table, the flowers and flowers have witnessed the happy moments of thousands of families. "In the past, with the increase in the consumer group of flowers and food, we have set up a studio, and these peasant women have made their pockets bulge with their own craftsmanship, and their lives are flourishing." Lin Rongtao smiled and said, "It's the Spring Festival soon, and I wish everyone a prosperous future!" ”