Henan specialties include: chrysanthemum fish maw, clear soup Dongpo meat, roast chicken at the crossing, grilled noodles of crucian carp, hibiscus sea cucumber, dragon beard cake, iron pot eggs, clear soup covered chicken with lotus root, three meals of crucian carp, almond tea, old temple beef, Kannonji beef, Luoyang swallowtail, spiced air-dried rabbit meat, cockfighting, four treasures suit, instant noodles jiaozi, carrots in Qixian sauce, fried hollow balls and amber honeydew melons.

Henan, which was called Zhongyuan, Zhongzhou and Yuzhou in ancient times, was named because most of its history was located in the south of the Yellow River. It is located in the middle and east of China, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is an important comprehensive transportation hub and information flow center of people flow and logistics in China, and is known as the hinterland of Kyushu and the thoroughfare of ten provinces.

Henan is the birthplace of the Chinese nation and civilization, and also the birthplace of China's four great inventions. From Xia Dynasty to Song Dynasty, Henan was the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of China, and more than 20 dynasties established or moved its capital to Henan. It is the province with the most dynasties, the longest history and the largest number of ancient capitals in China. Henan has been famous all over the world since ancient times, and it is said that most of Zhongzhou.