What are the specialties of Nanyang, Henan Province
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Every year on March 3rd of the lunar calendar, there is a temple fair in Xiaodingshan, Fangcheng County, Nanyang City. At the temple fair, a kind of stone carving "little stone monkey" is sold, which is commonly known locally as "Good Times" (homonym), also called " Painting Stone Monkey". People attending the temple fair enthusiastically bought them and gave each other "good times" (good times are homophones for stone monkeys), hoping to bring good luck to themselves and their relatives and friends. "Single monkey" means "the ancestor is granted the title of marquis"; "the mother monkey carries the little monkey on her back" means "generation after generation is granted the title of marquis". Because of its unique shape and auspicious homophony, it has been well-known in the Central Plains and will last for a long time. Local people use this as a mascot for their children to wear during festivals. This formed a unique "monkey culture" in Fangcheng County.
Features
These small stone monkeys have unique shapes, simple knife skills, and strong local characteristics. They are about three to five centimeters high and are divided into two types: plain and colored. The colored ones are painted with yellow, green, red, black and other pigments. These stone monkeys come in various forms, including single monkeys, mother-child monkeys, monkey-backed monkeys, pig-backed monkeys, pig-backed monkeys, etc. Small and exquisite, it has unique cultural charm.
Function
Farmers in Shangqiu and Zhoukou areas like the little stone monkey very much because it has medicinal value. When farmers work in the fields, they bring a little stone monkey with them. , scratched, scrape some powder on the little stone monkey and rub it on to stop the bleeding. He also said that the reason why the stone monkey is loved by the people is that in addition to its medicinal value, it also contains a profound foundation of "monkey culture". Because "Monkey" has the same pronunciation as "Hou", people want to be promoted to a higher official position, so they give "Monkey" a meaning of wealth and auspiciousness. "The meaning of giving a good stone monkey is to give you a good time."
Stone Monkey Culture
There have been countless generations of carving small stone monkeys, and they have been passed down from generation to generation. They have never participated in any folk handicraft competitions, and they have never done any publicity, so Fangcheng Stone Monkeys are still little known. Later, after some tourists' publicity, it finally attracted the attention of the art and collection circles. Nowadays, collectors from Zhengzhou, Xi'an and other places often come to Fangcheng Yanshan Shop to buy "painted stone monkeys" in bulk.
Neixiang walnuts are a specialty of Neixiang, Nanyang, Henan.
Neixiang County was awarded the honorary title of "Hometown of Walnuts in China" by the China Economic Forestry Association.
Neixiang County Linfeng Tea and Fruit Planting Professional Cooperative was established in 2008 with the approval of the industrial and commercial department. Its main business projects are the breeding and promotion of thin-shell walnut varieties, walnut planting, technical services, product purchase and sales, and walnut deep processing. .
Since March 2008, Linfeng Cooperative has introduced five key varieties including 8518, Liaohe No. 1, Zhonglin No. 1, Daixiang and Xiangling from Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. In 15 administrative villages in the three towns of Yuguan, Chimei and Zhaodian in Neixiang, we used contracting, leasing and other forms to transfer barren hills and wasteland from farmers. A total of more than 87 million yuan has been invested to develop a pollution-free standardized thin-shell walnut planting base. 26,000 acres.
At present, the economic and social benefits of Linfeng Cooperative's thin-shell walnut industry have initially emerged. More than 2,000 households and large fruit growers in Yuguan, Chimei, Zhaodian and other towns have also actively joined the cooperative to develop thin-shell walnuts. The per capita annual income has increased by 8,000 yuan to 12,000 yuan, and more than 1,400 rural surplus laborers have been employed.
In the process of building the walnut base, the cooperative attaches great importance to the construction of a technical service system to ensure the quality of base construction. With an investment of more than 3 million yuan, we introduced fine walnut varieties from other places, established 6 walnut seed harvesting nurseries, and carried out the selection and rapid breeding of fine walnut varieties. At the same time, relying on the Henan Academy of Forestry and the Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, walnut experts were hired to provide on-site guidance, provide technical training to the cooperative's technical backbones, members and surrounding people, and speed up walnut seedling cultivation, grafting, fertilization and pest and disease control. Promotion of technology.
According to the "Guidelines for the Construction of Walnut Demonstration Bases" formulated by the State Forestry Administration, the cooperative has implemented high-standard construction of famous and high-quality economic forest demonstration bases for comprehensive agricultural development and central finance forestry science and technology promotion demonstrations in the Daijunling walnut base area. The two projects have built a walnut demonstration base covering an area of ??more than 3,000 acres, providing technology and model demonstrations for the standardized construction of walnut bases. In addition, the cooperative has invested more than 20 million yuan to improve the construction of roads, electricity, irrigation, and management and protection facilities in the walnut base, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent management of walnuts and high and stable yields.
In order to promote the Neixiang walnut brand, the cooperative registered the "Haolin" and "Jutan Haolin" walnut trademarks with the industrial and commercial department, and completed the certification of the "pollution-free walnut" production base. In 2009, the cooperative applied for The agricultural product testing department has formulated pollution-free production standards and sent people to participate in the first pollution-free internal inspector training in Henan Province. At present, walnut products are exported to Beijing, Xi'an and other places.
Liuhe Township is located on the northeastern edge of Nanyang Basin, with a rural area of ??139 square kilometers, of which hills and hills account for 3/4. There is a large space for the development of papaya. It has a subtropical semi-humid monsoon climate, with abundant rainfall and sunshine throughout the year. Sufficient and unique mountainous microclimate is suitable for papaya growth. According to historical records, papaya planting has a history of more than 1,000 years in Liuhe. On Longfeng Mountain, there are still more than 100 300-year-old papaya trees growing. As of 2009, the total papaya area in the township exceeded 40,000 acres, with an annual output of more than 150,000 tons. The papaya grown in Liuhe is a smooth-skin papaya, also called Xuan papaya, which is also known as the "longevity fruit". According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", papaya has rich medicinal value. ;