Edible art in Tai'an: Tasty, beautiful huamo

With its vibrant colors and various shapes, huamo captivates the eye with its dynamic and exaggerated forms. Depicting birds, animals, flowers, insects, historical figures and folk legends, each round of bread is an artistic masterpiece.

Huamo is not only a food but also an art. The makers of huamo in Feicheng city, Tai'an, Shandong, carefully select high-quality flour, eggs, sugar, yeast, and water in proper proportions to knead a dough with a chewy texture. The art of shaping huamo involves kneading, rubbing, rolling, shaping, coloring, and intricate pinching and cutting, resulting in lifelike shapes that come to life right before your eyes.

Huamo is an expression of ancestral worship, a way of sending blessings to elders and an expression of one's aspirations for a better life.

Huamo is an expression of ancestral worship, a way of sending blessings to elders and an expression of one's aspirations for a better life. [Photo/Xuexi Qiangguo app]