In 1971, when Tsai Yen-fang went to Japan to study handicrafts, one of the first things she learned to make bread flowers. But she soon discovered that to further her learning in the art, she would have to go to Mexico.
民國六十年，她赴日學習手工藝，首度接觸到麵包花，後來她更遠赴麵包花的發源地﹘﹘墨西哥研習。