What is the history and culture of Xinyang?

After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in Xinyang, the Central Plains culture and Chu culture blended here, forming a thick, bold, delicate and romantic charm, and brewing Xinyang.

The world's oldest wine unearthed in Xinyang, a unique cultural custom in Huaishang [1]. The story of Confucius' traveling around the world, his son's interest, Sima Guang's smashing of jars and the repair of his sheep after their death all happened here. The music "Dongfanghong" played on China's first artificial satellite was played by Chu Ling unearthed in Changtaiguan, Xinyang. Xinyang unearthed the earliest writing brush, wine, sedan chair, bed, books and the most exquisite lacquerware in Chu, which proved that Xinyang was one of the most important representatives of Chu civilization. Xinyang is also the origin of China's surname. Among 100 Han surnames, Huang, Lai, Luo, Jiang and other 13 surnames all originated from this (for example, Huang originated from Huangchuan, Luo from Luoshan, lai xing from Xixian, Jiang from Huaibin, and Chen, Pan, Sun and Shen all originated from Gushi). Xinyang, located between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, is the origin and distribution center of Zhongyuan people's southward migration in past dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, Chen Yuanguang, a general from Gushi, Gwangju, led Xiang Yong south to Fujian and Guangdong, quelled the rebellion of graceful people, practiced the rule of law in the local area, reclaimed wasteland and built water conservancy projects, and then sent a large number of people from their hometown to settle down in the south, so Xinyang enjoyed the reputation of "the first hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains".