What is the humanistic flavor of Henan?

Henan in the Chinese nation thousands of years of historical development, historical and cultural deposits are extremely rich.

1, Shaolin Temple, located at the foot of Songshan Mountain, Henan Province, Shaolin Temple is China's martial arts resort.

Buddhist faith places are mainly represented by the Shaolin Temple in Mt.

Henan folk sports activities and taijiquan, taijiquan originated in Chenjiagou Village, Wenxian County, Henan Province, is a unique skill, fitness and health functions as one of the folk sports activities, so far has a history of more than 400 years. It is favored by people all over the world, and every year tens of thousands of taijiquan enthusiasts from different countries and regions of the world go to Chenjiagou to learn taijiquan.

At present, "Chen-style Taijiquan" has become a famous cultural brand in Henan Province and has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

2. Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Henan

Henan is the birthplace of the Chinese civilization and the important birthplace of the ancestral roots of the family name clansmen, and a large number of cultural sites of ancestor worship have been preserved. There are a lot of cultural sites of ancestor worship, such as the Fire God Terrace in Shangqiu, the Taihao Mausoleum in Huaiyang, Zhoukou, and the Huangdi Hometown in Xinzheng. Every year, the Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Huangdi's hometown attracts a large number of people from all over the world to come here to worship. A thousand years and an inch of heart to unite the Chinese people's power "The wind rises and the clouds fly, my land and my heart my joy, all the four seas are in harmony, my thoughts and my dreams my aspirations. "

Yangshao culture is a colorful part of Henan folk culture. Yangshao wine with a light apple aroma of the home of the many travelers know how many feelings of homesickness. Yangshao wine crystal color, smooth, thick and mellow. Let the pure essence of nine grains, handmade transparent liquid flow over the tongue, slide through the throat, warming the lungs at the same time, igniting your physical and mental joy and touch. Its deep history, pure traditional craftsmanship, and warm richness are the symbols of Henan's folk culture.

3. Folk Drama

There are many kinds of local dramas in Henan, such as gong opera, rolled opera and clapper opera, etc., which are performed all over the province and have a wide mass base, and even each village has its own theater group, which builds up a simple stage in the village's empty space in the rural areas during the spare time and the whole village will be bustling with excitement for three to five days like the festivals.

The main types of opera are Yu opera, Qu opera, Yueju opera, Daping opera, Siping opera, Huaidang opera, Wanbang opera, Daqin opera, Daoxiang opera, and so on.

These plays are rich in local color, whether it is the content of the plot, the lyrics of the chant, the line of rhyme and throw the cavity show a distinctive local, the aroma of the soil will penetrate in every detail. Yu opera, also known as Henan opera, is one of the main types of Henan opera, to sing, smooth singing, rhythm, spitting words clear, line of sound, wide open, music colorful, simple performance style, rich in local flavor, the number of viewers of all types of theater in the country for the most.

Besides these kinds of dramas, Henan also has a rich variety of operatic forms, such as Henan Liuzi, Dazhong Quzi, Heluo Drums, and Sanxian Shu, etc., which have a great influence on the whole country.

4, Henan folk crafts

There are many kinds of folk crafts in Henan, including Kaifeng Bianbian embroidery, Kaifeng Zhuxian Town woodblock prints, western Henan style of childish folk paper-cutting, northern Henan style of Joon County clay sculpture and monkey Zhang, and Li Tianhua paper-cutting art.

Bianbian embroidery in Kaifeng has inherited the theme and craft characteristics of Song embroidery, borrowed the strengths of sister embroideries such as Suzhou embroidery and Xiang embroidery, and absorbed the local flavor of Henan folk embroidery, which has the characteristics of simple and elegant colors and delicate embroidery work.

The woodblock prints of Zhuxian Town have a long history and a unique style, and are one of the famous annual paintings in China. The folk paper-cutting with the flavor of western Henan is rough and bold, simple and exaggerated, with obvious cultural style of the Central Plains. Clay sculptures and clay monkeys in Joon County are simple, colorful and exquisite. Li Tianhua paper-cutting art in China's silhouette art is unique, his silhouette style is strong, clear, dashing.

5, temple fairs

The most famous are the Taihao Mausoleum Temple Fair and the Zhongyue Temple Fair.

The Zhongyue Temple Fair originated from the ancient rulers of the mountains of worship, the Song Dynasty political unity, the Zhongyue Temple Fair into the heyday, Zhongyue Temple Fair gradually developed into an important place for trading goods.

The Zhongyue Temple Fair lasts for 10 days, and the number of visitors reaches 200,000 per day. The temple fair still retains many ancient customs, such as "tying up dolls", paying homage to godfather, touching the iron man and so on. There are also folk art dance performances such as lion dance, dry boat, stilt walker, fire dragon dance and other folk art dance performances, and you can also see a variety of souvenirs with strong faith color "good luck", such as a variety of long life locks, jade ruyi, sword, gourd, incense bag, sword to avoid the evil spirits, Chinese zodiac stone and so on.

The 13th day of the first month of Henan Baofeng will also hold the famous "Ma Street Book Club", every first month of the 13th lunar month, artists from all over the country will be negative drums with the qin gathered in Ma Street.

6, Henan snacks

Central Plains to noodle-based. Noodles, steamed buns, dumplings, dumplings, etc., noodles have a variety of practices, fishing noodles, noodles in soup, pulp noodles, fried noodles, stewed noodles, steamed noodles, chowder, noodles, knife-shaved noodles and so on.

Famous in and out of the province Kaifeng snacks night market in a wide range of flavors, different flavors, both soft and flavorful dumplings, but also the elderly love to eat the yellow stuffed fish and oil tea, and young people like to drink almond tea and iced red pear, etc., and is located in the western part of the nine dynasties of the ancient capital of Luoyang, the snacks are equally famous, there is a full of paste of the mouth noodle. The Zaoshan Nianbun, which has a Yuandong flavor, is delicate in appearance and delicious in taste.

Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, is known for its flavorful soup and strong texture. Nationally recognized brands include Daokou roast chicken, Kaifeng soup dumplings, Wuzhi oil tea, Lushan pot dishes, etc. Special mention should also be made of the Luoyang water feast, which is said to have begun in the Tang Dynasty and has a long history and a large scale, and is generally used for entertaining guests and friends.

7, local specialties

The "hometown of sesame" Zhumadian small milled sesame oil is renowned at home and abroad. West Henan Xi Xia County of kiwi pure natural, pollution-free, fragrant juice, known as the "king of fruits" Provincial capital of Zhengzhou Xinzheng date large, thick flesh, juicy, sweet flavor, famous at home and abroad.

8, Henan folk dance

with typical characteristics of the Central Plains. It includes lion dance, dragon lantern dance, dry boat dance, cart dance, stilt dance, big head monk, pair of flower drums, and two ghosts wrenching down, etc. These folk traditional dances enrich folk culture. These traditional folk dances have enriched the life of folk culture and are an important part of the treasure house of folk culture.

8. The climate of Henan is mild and sunny, and the peonies of Luoyang, chrysanthemums of Kaifeng and lotus flowers of Zhengzhou decorate the Central Plains in different seasons.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the peony in Luoyang has had the reputation of being "the best in the world". In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a custom of "blossoming and falling peonies for 20 days, and people in a city would go crazy". Whenever the flowers bloomed in spring, peonies were in full bloom, and the flowers were so beautiful that they could not be missed. In general, we in the Central Plains have the world-famous Songshan Shaolin Kungfu, Wenxian Taiji Wushu, Puyang and Zhoukou acrobatics, and folk arts such as Yuxi social fires, Lingbao shadow puppets, and Kaifeng pan drums.