Pasta is the main food in the north of Huaihe River in Qinling Mountains, and rice is the main food in the south.

The cultivated land types in the north of Qinling-Huaihe River are mainly dry land and paddy field in the south. Wheat and miscellaneous grains are used as food crops in the north, peanuts and soybeans as oil crops, sugar beets as sugar crops, rice as food crops, rape as oil crops and sugarcane as sugar crops in the south; In the south, there are palm trees, tung trees, loquats, oranges and tea, while in the north, the whole garden is full of willows and apples. Crops can be harvested two or three times a year in the south and two or three times a year in the north.