Behavior. About the beginning and end of the Civil War, Baptists and Methodists became the most common religions in the South. Perhaps more special than any other industrial country, the southern United States has a very high Christian population, and some people even call it the "Bible Belt". The active religious sects in the southern United States include evangelicals, Protestants with basic teachings, traditional Catholics, Pentecostals and linguists.
Most southern cities have a large Catholic population, such as Mobile, New Orleans, St Louis and Louisville. There are also a large number of Catholics in rural areas along the Gulf Coast, especially among French immigrants. Generally speaking, there are many Baptists, Methodists and Protestants in the inland areas of the southern United States, such as Arkansas and Tennessee. There are a large number of Protestants in eastern and northern Texas, but in southern Texas near the Mexican border, most of them are Mexican Catholics. The Jewish population in southern Florida ranks second in the country, and Miami, Atlanta, Dallas and Houston all have extremely high Jewish and Muslim populations. Immigrants from Southeast Asia and South Asia also brought Buddhist and Hindu beliefs. Southern cooking style is usually regarded as one of its most remarkable characteristics, but just as different regions in the south have their own history and culture, traditional southern cooking also has many differences. In modern times, the daily diet of southerners is not much different from that of people in other parts of the United States, but many unique styles of cooking in the south are regarded as their "traditional" food. "Southern Cuisine" is the most typical example of American cooking culture, because its food and style were born in the United States, not brought from other countries like most other regions.
The so-called "southern cuisine" usually refers to the so-called "soul food", which is characterized by the large use of high-calorie lard and fat. This cooking style is generally considered to have been developed by African Americans during the period of slavery, although it is also the result of a mixture of Native Americans, Scots-Irish and many other cooking features. Fried chicken, pork and vegetables, black-eyed peas, corn bread and pancakes in the south are often considered as the southernmost dishes.
Barbecue is also often considered as the cooking of southern dishes. It uses meat that has been seasoned for a long time and cooked slowly. The barbecue in the south can also be divided into several different forms according to the region. In Texas, barbecue is usually dominated by beef, while in North Carolina, barbecue is usually dominated by pork, which can be subdivided into two styles: East Carolina and West Carolina. South Carolina has also developed a very special mustard sauce for barbecue. Kansas City, Missouri and Memphis are also considered as the centers of barbecue food, mixing styles from many places. The barbecue in western Kentucky is also quite famous, especially they hold the "International Barbecue Festival" every May.
The special history of Louisiana and Mississippi Delta has also cultivated its unique cooking culture. This race, usually called Cajun, is a mixture of culinary cultures from all over the world, including Acadia, Africa, the Caribbean, France, Native Americans and Spain.
Texas, which is close to Mexico and has a long history of communication, has also developed a modern Texas-Mexico cooking style.
Just like other parts of the United States, there are various food cultures from other parts of the world in the south, including Chinese food, Italian food, French food, Middle Eastern food, Japanese food, Indian food and other special restaurants. Many soft drinks popular in America today originate from the south (Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and Dr. Pepper, etc.). In addition, many drinks are still popular only in the south today (such as Sundrop soda), which shows that the south has played an important role in developing this type of soda drinks. There is also a very sweet iced tea, usually called sweet tea, which is also one of the characteristics of the South. Lemonade is a very popular drink in southern summer. "Dr. Enuf" lemonade is a unique drink in the south, which can only be bought in the south. Since 1949 was released in Tennessee, it has become a familiar smell to many southerners.
Historically, the South has always held an ambivalent attitude towards alcoholic beverages. During the prohibition period, the prohibition bill was widely supported in the south, and many southern States became "prohibition States" in the prohibition, monopolizing and controlling the production and sales of alcoholic beverages in large quantities. Many counties in nanbu county, especially those outside metropolises, have completely banned alcohol and prohibited the sale of any alcohol, although many counties also allow "private clubs" to provide alcohol. Beer is quite popular in the south, although sales will decline in some religious areas. The South is also famous for producing tobacco, and its tobacco enjoys a high price all over the world. Most farmers will grow some tobacco for their own use or exchange it with their neighbors. Tobacco is the main crop in North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky, and some tobacco is also grown in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. /kloc-since the end of 0/9, with the establishment of major tobacco companies in the south, the commercial sales of tobacco have become an important pillar of the southern economy, and tobacco companies have also become the largest employer companies in Hande, Louisville and Richmond. For example, 1938, the tobacco tycoon R.J. Reynolds owns as many as 84 chewing tobacco trademarks, 12 smoking trademarks, and also owns the highest-selling camel brand cigarettes. The sales of chewing tobacco have been very large, although its market share has been gradually replaced by cigarettes since about 19 10.
At the end of the 20th century, the rate of young American men using chewing tobacco increased by 450%, while the rate of smoking snuff increased by 1500%. From 1978 to 1984, the sales volume of chewing tobacco in the United States increased by 15% on average every year, with the highest consumption in rural areas in the south and west. 1992, 30% of male high school students in the southeastern United States are users of chewing tobacco or snuff, and the proportion is even higher than that of cigarettes. Mark Twain can be said to be the father of southern literature. His book "The Roaming of Naughty Children" shows many characteristics that are considered as typical southern literature. He once called himself a "southern writer". However, Mark Twain's birthplace, Missouri, is not a southern state in the traditional sense. In addition, many well-known southern writers will move to the north when they are old, so the birthplace of writers is not the main source of judging southern literature.
Perhaps the most famous southern writer is william faulkner, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature on 1949. Faulkner introduced many new literary concepts into American literature, such as stream-of-consciousness literature and complex narrative techniques. The most famous southern novel in the 20th century is probably Gone with the Wind published by margaret mitchell 1937. Another famous southern novel is The Story of Meigang City written by Harper Lee, which won the Pulitzer Prize after it was published in 1960. The southern United States is one of the regions with the richest music production. Southern music culture has inherited the historical memory left by whites and blacks at the same time, and both of them have direct or indirect influence.
Music in the south began to develop long before the civil war, including the music of African slaves and traditional folk music brought from the British Isles. Blues music was developed by blacks in the south in the early 20th century. In addition, gospel music, soul music, country music, rhythm and blues, black soul music, bluegrass music, jazz (including polyphonic jazz popular in the south), seaside music and some heavy metal music were born or developed in the south.
Generally speaking, country music is based on the folk music of southern whites, while blues and rhythm and blues are based on southern blacks. However, whites and blacks have made a lot of contributions to these music types, and a large part of their traditional music overlaps with each other, especially the gospel music types.
Rock music began to develop in the south in the late 1960s and early 1950s. Early famous southern rock musicians included Elvis Presley, otis redding, james brown and others. Although johnny cash is regarded as a country music singer, he still made great contributions to the development of rock music. Chuck Berry from Missouri is sometimes regarded as an important figure in the early development of rock music.
The roots of many alternative rock music are usually thought to come from the South. For example, the orchestras of R.E.M and B-52 are both from the university town of Athens, Georgia. Cities such as Austin, Knoxville and Atlanta also have booming rock bands developing and performing.
The spread of hip-hop music (perhaps the only music that did not originate in the south) also promoted the development of dirty southern music, and Atlanta, Memphis, Miami and New Orleans became important places for the development of hip-hop music. soccer
Although many NFL teams in the south have won the Super Bowl, the non-professional football teams in the south have also developed quite vigorously. College football matches sponsored by NCAA are particularly popular, especially SEC, ACC and Big 12. Most public universities in the south will send teams to participate in the competition. The University of Alabama and the University of Notre Dame jointly hold the national football championship title, while the University of Oklahoma has maintained the highest winning percentage in the national college football competition since 1936. Football matches between universities are often highly competitive. For example, between Auburn University and the University of Alabama, every year 1 1 ends with a fierce and high-profile iron cup intercollegiate competition.
High school football is also very competitive, especially in Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. The high school football culture in Texas has always been the focus of American movies and books, and it has been made into films such as Friday Night Light and School Blues, while the high school football in Virginia is also presented in The Last Titan.
basketball
Basketball is very popular in the south, especially in college basketball games. Especially in North Carolina and Kentucky, four universities in these two States participated in and won the most college basketball games in the history sponsored by the National College Sports League, namely the University of North Carolina, Duke University, Kentucky University and Louisville University.
baseball
The popularity of baseball in the south is usually placed on several star baseball teams in Major League Baseball, such as Atlanta Braves, Houston Astronauts and Florida Marlins. Minor leagues also have deep roots in the South, where there are more minor league baseball teams than anywhere else in the United States. College baseball games are also popular in the southernmost States.
Car race
South China is the birthplace of NASCAR, which has a great influence on the development of automobile racing. The association is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. Most teams are based in Beika, and most drivers of the association are southerners in history. Every year, the National Automobile Racing Association of the United States regularly holds the NEXTEL Cup at Daytona 500 Circuit in Daytona Beach, and its fastest track is Atlanta Racecourse in Hampton, Georgia.
Other sports
It seems that the south is not a good place for winter sports. However, the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Dallas Stars and the Carolina Hurricanes from the South have all won the Stanley Cup of the National Hockey League in the past few years. In addition, the mountains of West Virginia, western Virginia and North Carolina all have cold enough climates to hold very popular skiing activities. Atlanta is the site of 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
In many rural areas in the south, hunting and fishing are regarded as part of life. Deer hunting, duck hunting and bass fishing are particularly important in culture and economy. The high gun ownership rate in the south shows these traditions, so the political control of guns is most often strongly rebounded in the south, partly due to the cultural traditions in the south. The South has made many of the most popular and blockbuster movies in history, including Gone with the Wind (1939). Since 1990s, some major films have also been filmed in Memphis, including Black Giant (1993), Forrest Gump (1994) and Rebirth of the Cataclysm (2000).
EUE Screen Gem Company, the second largest film studio in the United States, is located in North Carolina. In the past 20 years, many movies and TV programs have been filmed in the east of North Carolina.