1, Shaolin Temple, located at the foot of Songshan Mountain in Henan Province, is a martial arts resort in China.
Buddhist belief sites are mainly represented by Songshan Shaolin Temple.
Tai Ji Chuan and Tai Ji Chuan originated from Chenjiagou Village, wen county, Henan Province. They are unique folk sports activities with martial arts, fitness and health preservation functions. It has a history of more than 400 years. Be favored by people all over the world. Every year, tens of thousands of Tai Ji Chuan fans from different countries and regions go to Chenjiagou to study Tai Ji Chuan. ?
At present, "Chen Tai Chi" has become a famous cultural brand in Henan and has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. ?
2. Henan ancestor worship ceremony
Henan is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and the important birthplace of ancestral roots, and it retains a large number of ancestral cultural sites. Such as Shangqiu Vulcan Terrace, Zhoukou Huaiyang Taihao Mausoleum, Xinzheng Huangdi's hometown and so on. The annual ancestor worship ceremony in Huangdi's hometown attracted a large number of China people from all over the world to worship here. A thousand years ago, an inch of heart gathered Chinese manpower. "The wind blows, my land and my heart are happy, and all the oceans are harmonious. I think, dream, yearning. "
Yangshao culture is a highlight of Henan folk culture. The faint apple-scented Yangshao wine evokes the homesickness of many wanderers. Yangshao wine is bright in color, soft in taste and mellow. Let the pure nine-grain essence and hand-brewed transparent liquid flow through the tip of your tongue, slip through your throat, warm your heart, and ignite your physical and mental pleasure and touch. Its profound historical accumulation, pure traditional craftsmanship and warm and rich inside information are all symbols of Henan folk culture. ?
3. Folk drama
There are many local operas in Henan, such as gong show, Bangzi, etc., which are spread all over the province and have a broad mass base. Even every village has its own troupe. During the slack season, a simple stage was set up in the village open space, and the whole village was as busy as a festival for three or five days. ?
The main operas are Henan Opera, Quju Opera, Yuediao, Dapingdiao, Sipingdiao, Huai Bang, Wanbang, Daxian Opera and Daoqing.
These operas are full of local colors, showing distinctive local characteristics in plot content, lyrics and rhymes, and the fragrance of the earth will penetrate into every detail. Henan Opera, also known as Henan Bangzi, is one of the main operas in Henan. It is famous for its skillful singing, fluent singing, distinct rhythm, clear articulation, smooth singing, wide opening and closing, rich music, simple performance style and strong local flavor, and its audience is the largest among all operas in China. ?
In addition to these operas, there are also rich forms of Quyi in Henan, and Henan pendant, major, Heluo drum and three-stringed calligraphy also have great influence throughout the country. ?
4. Henan folk arts and crafts
There are also many varieties, including simple and elegant flat embroidery in Kaifeng, woodcut New Year pictures in Zhuxian town in Kaifeng, folk paper-cutting in western Henan, clay sculpture and mud monkey Zhang in Xunxian county in northern Henan, and paper-cutting art?
Kaifeng border embroidery inherits the theme and technological characteristics of Song embroidery, draws on the advantages of sister embroidery techniques such as Su embroidery and Xiang embroidery, absorbs the local flavor of Henan folk embroidery, and has the characteristics of elegant colors and exquisite embroidery.
Zhuxian Town woodblock New Year pictures have a long history and unique style, and are one of the famous New Year pictures in China. Folk paper-cutting in western Henan is rough, simple and exaggerated, and has obvious cultural style of the Central Plains. The clay sculptures and periophthalmus in Xunxian County are simple in shape, bright in color and lifelike. Li Tianhua's paper-cut art is unique in China's silhouette art, and his silhouette style is beautiful, clear and unique.
5. Temple Fair
The most famous temples are Taihaoling Temple Fair and Zhongyue Temple Fair.
Zhongyue Temple Fair originated from the sacrifices made by ancient rulers to mountains. In the Song Dynasty, politics and religion were integrated, and Zhongyue Temple Fair entered its heyday. Zhongyue Temple Fair has gradually developed into an important commodity exchange place.
The duration of Zhongyue Temple Fair is 10 day, with a maximum of 200,000 people per day. Temple fairs still retain many ancient customs, such as "tying dolls", worshipping michel platini and touching iron men. There are also folk arts and dance performances such as lion dancing, dry boating, walking on stilts and dragon dancing at the temple fair, and you can also see various religious souvenirs "mascots", such as various longevity locks, jade ruyi, swords, gourds, sachets, evil spirits swords and zodiac stones.
On the 13th day of the first lunar month, the famous "Ma Jie Book Fair" will be held in Baofeng, Henan. On the 13th day of the first lunar month, artists from all over the country will gather in Ma Street with drums and violins. ?
6. Henan snacks
The Central Plains is dominated by pasta. Noodles, steamed bread, steamed bread, jiaozi, etc. There are many ways to make noodles, such as fishing noodles, noodle soup, fried noodles, braised noodles, steamed noodles, Huimian Noodles, Lamian Noodles, Daoxiao Noodles and so on.
Kaifeng snack night market, which is famous both inside and outside the province, has a variety of tastes, including soft and delicious soup buns, yellow fish oil tea that the elderly like to eat, almond tea and rock sugar red pears that young people like to drink, and snacks in Luoyang, the ancient capital of the nine dynasties in western Henan, are equally famous and fragrant. Jujube hill rice cakes, with eastern Henan flavor, are exquisite in appearance and delicious in taste. ?
Huimian Noodles noodle soup in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, is delicious and delicious. Well-known brands in China include Daokou Roast Chicken, kaifeng soup dumplings, Wuzhi Camellia oleifera and Lushan Orchid. Special mention should be made to Luoyang water mat here. According to legend, Luoyang water mat began in the Tang Dynasty with a long history and large scale, and is generally used for entertaining guests and friends at major events.
7. Local products
Zhumadian, the hometown of sesame, enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. Kiwifruit in Xixia County, western Henan Province is pure natural, pollution-free, and the juice is fragrant. Xinzheng jujube, known as the "king of fruit" in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, is famous at home and abroad for its big head, thick meat, juicy and sweet taste. ?
8, Henan folk dance
It has typical Central Plains characteristics. These include lion dance, dragon lantern dance, boat-rolling dance, car dance, stilt dance, big-head monk dance dance, flower drum dance, ghost dance and so on. These traditional folk dances enrich folk cultural life and are an important part of folk cultural treasure house.
8. Henan has a mild climate and plenty of sunshine. Peony in Luoyang, chrysanthemum in Kaifeng and lotus in Zhengzhou decorate the Central Plains in different seasons.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang Peony has been known as "the best in the world". During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a custom that "bloom fell for 20 days, and all the cities were crazy". In the warm spring season in bloom, peony is in full bloom with beautiful flowers. Generally speaking, there are famous Shaolin Kungfu in Songshan Mountain, Taiji Wushu in wen county, Puyang and Zhoukou acrobatics in our Central Plains. There are folk arts such as Shehuo in western Henan, Lingbao Shadow Play and Kaifeng Drum.