2008年元宵节期间，在渑池县失传了上百年的民间艺术品——布扎棚口，以其独特的艺术风格，亮相渑池县城，许多观众对这一文化艺术形式赞不绝口。
   
    棚口又称棚门，是民间布扎工艺的集成，其图案繁多，色彩绚丽，工序复杂。200多年前，每当元宵节，天池镇各村艺人就用布扎小棚口来敬神祈福，以求人才两旺。后来逐年沿袭，发展为扎大棚口。棚口形状摸仿古城楼构思，中轴对称，整体造型分主楼和两翼墙两部分。传统的布扎棚口，规模由十三扇、十七扇组成之说。棚口上用布扎成的动物图案和人物造型丰富多彩，栩栩如生。动物图案多为和平鸽、长颈鹤、二龙戏珠、孔雀开屏等。人物图案多以戏曲《劈山救母》、《断桥》、《三对面》、《哪咤闹海》中的人物居多。后因各种原因失传。
   
    为了抢救这一濒临失传的传统文化艺术，使其世代相传，去年以来，渑池县文化部门投入了大量的人力物力，深入其发源地天池镇东天池村，利用农闲时间将年逾  古稀的老民间艺人组织起来，先后利用一个多月时间扎出了一个完整的棚口，并在今年元宵节期间在县城展出，使这项古老的民间艺术重放异彩。



       
    Pengkou, also called Pengmen, is a collection of cloth-weave technology. It has various pictures, bright color as well as particular making processes. 200 years ago, artists in Tianchi County weaved little Pengkou to pray happiness to God in every Lantern Festival. With the time passing by, it developed into big Pengkou, whose shape copied old gate tower which was axial symmetry and had two parts: a main building and two wings wall. Traditional cloth-weave Pengkou is always made up of 13 or 17 windows. The animal and figure pictures appearing on Pengkou are usually colorful, full of variety and lovely. Pitifully, it has failed to be handed down for various reasons.