Difference in living customs between the South and the North

1, dietary differences

Southern people will be Confucius that "food is not too fine, chopping is not too fine" can be said to be played to the fullest. Probably Confucius, the Qilu land of Shandong man did not think, his original intention was a kind of health indicators, focusing on fine, neutral, healthy, the development of today's land for the blossoming of China's colorful cuisine to do the note.

The more the north is bold, the more rugged, roasted whole sheep, Northeast stew, mutton steamed buns, etc., is a strong sense of the northern grasslands at first sight. Northerners like to eat meat, drink, eat noodles in big bowls and talk loudly, so if a southerner goes to the north, the first to be intimidated by the bowl used in the north, the northern serving dishes, this feeling is especially obvious in the Lu cuisine.

2, different cuisine

Southern cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Hangzhou cuisine, are concerned about a delicate, such as Sichuan cuisine, a white water cabbage, we need to use the old duck, old hen, pork ribs, etc. Stewed out of the broth, with the northern cabbage cooked into the heart, the requirements of the soup clear green vegetables, fresh and elegant. Cantonese cuisine is to pay attention to the diversity of cooking techniques, with a wide range of exotic materials, complex practices, fine, and seasonal, summer and autumn is still light, winter and summer to seek rich, the long of a hundred schools of thought, the abundance of food, the style of the many, so now there is "food in Guangzhou," a saying.

Northern cuisine, Lu Cuisine is the most famous, is China's oldest cuisine, but also today's ordinary people often do the dishes at home, such as sweet and sour, braised, steamed, splashed, cassoulet, crispy fried and other daily use of these cooking means at home are from the Lu Cuisine. It not only lays down the framework of Chinese cooking techniques, but also its elegant atmosphere, neutral atmosphere, calm and nourishing style characteristics, which lays down the core aesthetic point of view of Chinese food.

3, building different

North and South of the different buildings. There is a saying in the architectural world called "South Pointed North flat, South complexity and simplicity of the North, South luxury North Park, South shed North nest", is that the rainfall is different between the South and the North,

North of the rainfall is low, in order to collect rainfall, most of the roofs will be constructed into a flat roof, in order to collect rainfall, the house seal, walls high and thick, in order to use for winter cold and warmth; and the South of the rainfall, large, building roofs with a large slope, in order to collect rainfall, houses sealed, high and thick, in order to use for winter warmth; and South , the roof of the building is pitched to facilitate the rainfall, the roof is tall for ventilation and heat.

4, cultural character

North and South residents of the cultural practices, but also due to the influence of the region tends to be more and more different, preferences and aesthetics there is a certain difference. The South by a variety of factors **** with the role of the complexity and freedom, while the North in the regular, simple, consistent, not only in the diet, architecture, clothing styles, art and other aspects are different and different.

Southern people are delicate and gentle, northern people bold and atmospheric. So embodied in all aspects of life, the South is more inclined to the small fresh petit bourgeois mood, character detailed and shrewd; while the North is the word, straight and bold, do not pay attention to details, there are more straightforward some of the preferences.

Extended information

South flooding and drought. China belongs to the East Asian monsoon climate, affected by the monsoon, the annual precipitation from the southeast coast to the northwest inland gradually decreasing. The south not only rainy season lasts a long time, but also due to the summer and fall season precipitation is concentrated, thus often flooding. And North China, Northwest China, less precipitation, coupled with reclamation, overgrazing, water storage and drought capacity is poor, so the face of a serious "water shortage", affecting the local people's production and life.

Southern boats and northern horses. Ancient China's mode of transportation is the southern boat-based, northern horse-based. The reason is that the southern climate is humid, precipitation is abundant, the surface of the river network is dense, so in order to adapt to the "water township" of the ship transportation came into being. And the northern more arid, semi-arid climate, extensive pasture, developed animal husbandry, horses in addition to providing dairy products, and its endurance, fast and domesticated by the people of the north as a means of transportation in the northern part of the earth.

South is short and north is tall. As far as the biological characteristics of the population are concerned, people in the south of China are short and people in the north are tall. According to statistics, the average height of men in Northeast China and North China is 1.693 meters, while that in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan is 1.647 meters. In terms of temperature differences between the north and south, due to the hot climate in the south, the human body's metabolism is faster, the reproductive organs develop faster, mature earlier, the life cycle is shorter, and thus most of the body is not high.

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