Analysis Of Artistic Modeling And Culture Of Flower Buns In Xinzhou.Shanxi

Shanxi has rich cultural heritage and artistic potential,where the flower bun is the model of folk art.It has a long history with wide range of topics,rich artistic form and distinct regional style.The flower bun has a history of thousand years in Shanxi culture,and it plays a decisive role in Chinese traditional folk arts.As a traditional arts and crafts,the flower bun has had a wealth of culture and strong local characteristics through the passage of time and the precipitation of history,which is full of geographical representation and great research value.Shanxi's flower bun has truly reflected rural people's lives and folk customs,it has a strong local flavor.In Xinzhou,a city of Shanxi province,this unsophisticated folk art is widely welcomed.People inject their good wishes into the bread,which makes this common pasta become the work of art--flower bun.People using the very common tools,such as chopsticks,wooden combs,scissors,tweezers and knives,using several techniques like rubbing,folding,pressing,rolling,pinching,fighting,cutting and pasting,kneading the dough into different forms of plants and animals,and then use red beans or black beans as the eyes of animals,after which,people begin tosteam bun on the pot within about ten minutes.When the flower buns get steamed,we decorate them with vividly flowers and leaves in bright colors include green,red,yellow and others,thus the flower buns have finally finished.Different shapes of flower buns reflecting all aspects of cultural life of the people living along the Yellow River.Xinzhou flower buns have a close relationship with the life of local people and customs,is a non-discarded folk art,it is not only edible,but also a renowned Chinese and foreign folk art,which is honored as “art at fingertips”,“culture at tongue tip”.Chinese traditional thoughts and aesthetic consciousness embedded within the flower buns are the constant source that inspire us making artistic innovation.In order to inherit and popularize the folk art,flower bun,our young people should use innovative technologies and marketing ideas to learn and inherit this traditional art,introducing it into the public,so that more people will fall in love with this traditional folk art.Through the field investigation conducted on the plastic arts and cultural characteristics of Shanxi Xinzhou flower buns,this paper mainly explained from the following aspects:1.The property of Shanxi Xinzhou flower buns in the aspect of stylish artistic heritage,which has mainly researched the characteristics of art and craftsmanship,and making a further analysis.2.The property of Shanxi Xinzhou flower buns in terms of folk cultural heritage.As a folk traditional craft,flower buns get developed and abundant with the change of people's custom.This magic folk art has a significant effect of spreading our nationalculture and studying characteristics of folk culture3.Suggestions to inherit and protect of Xinzhou flower buns.This article has mainly analyzed and studied the plastic arts and cultural characteristics of flower buns at the region of Xinzhou,and has proposed some feasible protection measures,as a result of which can draw attention to this traditional folk art.