China has the glorious wheaten food history, but the wheaten food product transforms to the esthetic direction, then is and each place custom belief union.In long-term historical development process, wheaten food in order to bind the abdomen satisfiedly the demand, seeps gradually to certain diet culture custom and develops into one kind of artistic form, explained the ancients in meet the physiological need in the foundation also to have the satisfied psychological demand.The wheaten food processing, makes every effort for the human at the same time which enjoys by the sense of taste, also must have the prominent visual esthetic sense, the load bearing strong culture connotation.Thus populace in reverent under many kinds of folk custom culture psychology control which prays exorcises evil spirits, creates many styles novel artistic, color bright moving folk wheaten food artware - - surface flower.
The surface flower, take edible as a goal, but uses in the sacrificial offering and presents and so on the folk custom activities, is following each kind of folk custom activity withering away, the surface flower also and other folk artwares is same, the practical functionality weakens, watches the value more and more to obtain the enhancement esthetically.But, along with people esthetic interest change, today surface flower although retained the traditional construction, but has entrusted with by the people of our time the new implication.
The surface flower, calls " Hua bobo " in Jiaodong.The "Hua bobo" are in the folk custom activity important constituent, it is expressing the Jiaodong person's psychological sentiment and the cultural connotation, and strengthened the folk custom situation and the folk custom phenomenon, passes through in the folk holiday custom, the sacrificial offering consecrates as well as implores bumper grain harvest, happy propitious, exorcises evil spirits to inlay the disaster, presents life folk customs and so on in the relatives and friends.
Spring March the Qingming Festival, is sweeps the grave to cherish the memory of the ancestors the day.The people previous the 23th cold food festival festival take extremely to the Qingming Festival, must pinch the spring swallow to consecrate, edible, is named " to make the spring swallow, pinches Longfeng, traces flowered picture leaf happy auspicious ".The Jiaodong old custom, after girl newly married first in March three, must lead spring Yan from the maternal home Mian the flower to return to the husband's family's home, the surface models the spring swallow to express the swallow turns over to the nest, and has grows old together, family peaceful auspicious meaning.The ballad sings: “in March three, swallow 3000.Does not deliver in March three, died the husband to collapse day ".Delivers the daughter the surface swallow also to lie in expected the daughter lies early is pregnant gives birth to a boy.
The native place person builds a house is an important matter, the Laichau countryside is putting up the main beam, when folk custom activities and so on column, the host family must hold the grand sacrificial offering celebration.Consecrates tiger which the surface models, saint insect, dragon and phoenix rejoicing, lion goalkeeper, surface flowers and so on fat pig arched entrance, symbolizes " to broadcast the dragon to gain ground ", the “phoenix falls treasure trove”, will respectfully request the local land god to settle down, blesses Jin Liang Yuzhu forever to be solid.
Rich, the exquisite Jiaodong surface flower is the continuation of, reflects working people's collective wisdom.Not only it by the article type modelling, the riotous color is expressing own desire and the hope, this kind along the ancient cultural cast of mind which carries on, from beginning to end passes through, becomes the Jiaodong tradition year old season, the life etiquette, a part which the production life folk custom as well as the populace live, has been through repeatedly the vicissitudes unfailing, has demonstrated its strong vitality.