The Study On The The Pasta Custom Culture Of Life Etiquette In Shanxi Pingyao

Shanxi,located in the middle of the Yellow River and the eastern part of the Loess Plateau,is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization.The unique geographical conditions bred a variety of characteristics of agricultural product,so it is a well-known "small grains kingdom".After more than two thousand years of historical evolution,Shanxi pasta has become one of the representative of the Han traditional pasta culture.Pingyao county is located in central Shanxi and landlocked alpine mountain with significant monsoon continental climate.Such an natural environmental is very suitable for the growth of crops.The self-sufficient natural economy and agriculture also ensure the local food made fromwheat,corn,sorghum,millet and other crops.In the meanwhile,pasta culture is developed extensively.Today,pasta culture has been integrated with the local people's lives,becoming an important part of folk customs.Shanxi Pingyao has beautiful and diverse customs and culture and life etiquette is an indispensable part of the customs and culture.Life etiquette is with everyone through the whole life,which is the appropriate etiquette andceremony held at a particular stage of life,meaning that the beginning of different life stages of new life.Among this,rich pasta custom has a wide as well as deep impact on the local social life.Whether it is the birth of "the rite of passage,the bun stopped"or"tribute in the wedding day or the funeral festival food,none of them does not reveal rich pasta culture in Pingyao life etiquette.Under the influence of many factors,the local custom of the life etiquette pasta is formed with unique local flavor,not only preferring luck custom meaning,fully inclusive and equitable worship,but also strengthening interpersonal ties,constantly pursuing the value and meaning of life,endowing profound cultural connotation of pasta custom in Pingyao life etiquette,which can meet the individual and the group inner desires,highlight the molding effect on social paradigm,have important cultural functions and enhance the cohesion of the interpersonal network.Pingyao pasta,as a medium of expression of life etiquette,not only is inaccordance with the traditional eating habits,shows innermost feelings,values and cultural tendencies of local people,but also is conducive to the understanding the law of life and the behavior of the local people,which plays an important role in mining deep-seated psychological and regional culture.In today's extremely rich material life,people's spiritual world should be greatly improved.With the help of pasta customs in Pingyao life etiquette,analyzing the utility of its expression helps contemporary people know again and love the traditional culture and arouse their deep local memory,thus,contribute the cultural identity,reshape conscious,proud and selfconfident emotionstowards traditional culture,which plays a positive and practical role in construction of spiritual civilization and social progress.