What are the history, culture, humanities and customs of Jinhu County, Jiangsu Province?

Jinhu is located in the middle of Jiangsu Province, west of baoying lake and gaoyou lake. Founded in June of 1959, it is named "Jinhu" because it is called "Jinhu" in China, which symbolizes rich resources and competes for gold at sunrise. The county covers an area of 1393 square kilometers, governs 1 1 town, and has a population of 370,000.

Former residence of Zhu De and Zhou Enlai

Located in Chenzhai, Taining County, formerly Li Shuxia Street. The house was built in the early Qing Dynasty, with 3 halls 18 annex, surrounded by wind and fire walls. From June 1932 to March 1934, Zhu De, Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army, and Zhou Enlai, General Political Commissar of the Red Army, led their troops to Taining several times and lived in Chenzhai Courtyard. Zhu De lives in the front steps on the left side of the back hall, and other rooms in the front and back hall are occupied by the guard company and the Red Army soldiers of the Fujian-Jiangxi Security Bureau. The annex rooms connecting the small halls on both sides of the corridor are occupied by the communication company, the political department and the confidential organs respectively. Zhou Enlai lives on the front steps on the right side of the back hall. Behind the house is the foot of the furnace peak, and there is a bomb shelter dug.

The natural carved water town scenery has created the unique tourist landscape of Jinhu. Jinhu County, known as the Pearl of Huaishang, is saturated with water from top to bottom and from inside to outside. Jinhu Bridge, the rainbow on earth, the elegant forest of 10,000 mu, the lotus swing of 10,000 mu in Minqiao full of fragrant green leaves, and the relaxed and carefree waterscape of Baima Lake let you stay away from the noise of the world, enjoy the gift of nature and taste the true meaning of life.

1February 24 is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven, so there is a custom of sending stoves among the people. In the old society, stoves were given, and every family prepared incense sticks and paper horses. Make three kinds of pies: meat pies, vegetarian pies and sugar pies, and then arrange wheat bran, beans and cereals, tofu and dried noodles on the top and hole of the stove. On the top of the stove, a yellow paper ink-printed picture of an ancient man riding a horse as an official was posted, named "Running the stove", and a kitchen couplet was posted: "Heaven says yes, lower bound is safe". When delivering the stove, the person who delivers the stove first "gives an E". Put two candlesticks, a small censer, three rice cakes, a steamed bread, a bowl of green tea and sugar cakes in front of the chef. People who send stoves light incense and candles, then light dozens or even hundreds of gold foils (commonly known as "gold ingots") at the door of the stove to pray, while others set off firecrackers outside the house. The toast when sending the stove is full of praise, such as: "On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, sending the stove to the West is the main thing. Please say more good things about Master Zao and less bad things about him. Want more whole grains and do your best. Fight if you can, buy and sell, raise a sand cow and provide for the aged three times a year. After praying, leave. A handful of cow grass and wheat bran entered the kitchen hall and said, I've had enough horse grass and horse feed. Superstition is that the Kitchen God will go to the Tianyun Temple in the Western Heaven on this night to perform the good and evil of his family, so every family will give him gifts and ask him to play a few more good words to bring good luck for the coming year. There are different delivery dates. It is said that there was a rule in ancient times: "Officials, three people, four turtles, and Shiou Hachi, five, that is, the official family is 23, the common people are 24, and the criminal family is 25. On this day, a stove is given to every household, which is called "sweeping the dust".