Study On The Custom Of The Steamed Buns In Seasonal Festival Of The Southern Part Of Shanxi Province

Shanxi pasta culture is a wonderful flower in our country's food culture,and Steamed Flower Bun of Shanxi province become self-contained because of its own unique charm and rich cultural connotation.In terms of steamed flower bun custom,due to historical reasons,the southern part of Shanxi province has significant difference in other parts of the culture,was formed in their respective cultural background about steamed flower bun custom are different.The festival folk custom is created by the ancestors to adapt to the demands of production and life in the long-term social practice.Based on the methods and theories of food anthropology and folklore,the paper studies the background,types,production methods and folk activities of the steamed flower bun.on the basis of this reveals the steamed flower bun custom and its cultural connotation and significance.The formation of steamed flower bun custom in the southern part of Shanxi province was closely related to the local material production mode.The natural environment determines the local agricultural cultivation as the main production and living style,and thus forms a unique belief system.When faith meets the real needs of the farming model,the festival becomes a specific time and space for people to express their feelings or pursue their life.The production process,modeling and the use of “Ceremony" and " Etiquette" of steamed flower bun in the southern part of Shanxi province,the steamed bun contains rich symbolic cultural connotation,and its food,modeling and production are very exquisite,all of these in this paper reflect people's meaning of good life and good luck.At the same time,it involved in worship with food as the medium between the implementation and the supernatural gods,As well as the "common food" with the ancestors,the ethical community boundaries clearly marked.The steamed flower bun sacrificial rites also reflects the local popular belief of Buddhism and Taoism culture,as well as our naive and strong consciousness of life.Steamed flower bun custom of seasonal festival in people's social life has avery important role,it not only has the utilitarian purpose of satisfying people's pursuit of a better life,but also has the educational function of molding social demeanor and inheriting custom.In addition,it acts as a medium to maintain kinship and promote social communication to a certain extent.