新春临近，山东省威海市文登区侯家镇的食品加工厂内，山东省非物质文化遗产代表项目胶东花饽饽习俗代表性传承人林荣涛正凝神制作马年主题花饽饽。揉面、塑形、贴花，一系列动作娴熟流畅。不一会儿，一个个造型灵动、憨态可掬的“小马”便跃然案上。面团的软糯与吉祥的寓意交织，承载着人们对美好生活的热切期许。

　　As the Spring Festival draws near, at a food processing factory in Houjia Town, Wendeng District, Weihai City, Shandong Province, Lin Rongtao—representative inheritor of the Jiaodong flower steamed bun custom, a representative item of Shandong provincial intangible cultural heritage—is intently crafting horse-themed flower steamed buns. Kneading, shaping, and decorating—his movements are skilled and fluid. In moments, one after another, lively and charming little “horses” come to life on the workbench. The soft, pliable dough, intertwined with symbols of good fortune, carries people’s heartfelt hopes for a better life.

　　（通讯员 于颖）