Corn Culture in Jin Dialect There are more than ten kinds of appellations for "corn" in Shanxi dialect, such as "Yuchanzi" (Taiyuan, Xinzhou, Heshun, Yangqu, Daixian, Changzhi, Jingle and Loufan), "Yuxi Bangzi" (the northern suburb of Taiyuan), "Yuxi" (Gaoping and Datong Xiangning are pronounced peach trees) and "Xi". In the northern suburb of Taiyuan dialect, the corn cobs are vividly called "Hosta Stick", Pinglu as "Hosta Axis", Datong as "corncob" and Linfen as "corncob hoop". In the process of corn harvesting and processing, there are also many related names. For example, in Jixian dialect, corn threshing is called "turning jade into rice millet" and "gathering corn stalks together" is called "gathering stalks". In Xiangning dialect, "harvesting corn" is called "Su" figuratively, and Linfen is called "Su". From the corn parts, most of the "corn stalks" in Jin dialect are called "jade clam stick" and "jade clam stem", and some are called "jade clam stick", "jade clam olive" and "bone clam olive". In Hejin dialect, the male ear growing at the top of corn is called "smallpox", and in Daixian and Hong Tong dialects, the ear with mold is called "mildew". Corn kernels can be ground into flour, and there are many names for "corn flour" in Jin language. Such as "corn flour" (Xinzhou) and "jade noodles" (Heshun, Changzhi, Wuxiang, etc. ), "Jade Face" (Yangqu, etc. ), "Corn Line" (Xiangning) and "Bangzi Noodle" (Linfen and Hongdong). Corn is a kind of food that Shanxi people like very much. Mature corn kernels can be ground into flour, coarse powder to be eaten alone, or cooked with millet. That handful of Huang Chengcheng corn flour, in the hands of Shanxi girl's daughter-in-law, can be transformed into various delicacies. For example, there are Changzhi's "jiaozi" (steamed buns wrapped with corn flour and beans), yellow steamed buns (steamed buns made of corn flour without stuffing) and Wuxiang's "yellow steamed buns" (steamed corn flour is very long and divided into two types).