Food and drink

Breakfast categories: spicy soup, fried steamed buns, salted tofu, steamed buns, steamed buns; snacks: hot tofu, hot dry noodles, cold skin, rice Skin, rice noodles, jelly, steamed buns and tofu; Staple foods: 1. Soup noodles: ① (pea) flour noodles, ② sesame leaf noodles; 2. Lo noodles, braised noodles, miscellaneous sauce noodles; noodles are hand-rolled, Among them, Xijing Hotel Shijia’s hand-made noodles are known as “the best noodles in the world”. 3. Baked vegetable steamed buns, baked steamed buns (fermented dough cakes, burnt steamed buns), grilled; 4. Porridge: porridge (boiled batter), millet porridge, rice porridge; Halal: steamed buns, canned dumplings, (braised) lamb liver Lamb lungs, mutton soup, beef (miscellaneous) soup Meat: Braised rabbit meat, braised dog meat, braised sheep hooves

Folk culture

1. Folk dance Local programs include Dragon Gate Dance during festive times , land boat dance, donkey riding dance, cart dance, sedan chair, lion dance, stilt dance and bamboo horse dance, etc. In addition, there is a Bronze Ceremony, which is connected with various dances around the Spring Festival, forming a long dragon for miles, with noisy gongs and drums. It is very lively and reaches its climax during the Lantern Festival. 2. Folk crafts. Local folk crafts include paper cutting, clay sculpture, sugar blowing, color tying, ironwork, wood carving, sewn cloth toys, puppets, wheat straw weaving, and carved walnut buttons. Among them, Tianzhong wheat straw painting in Luodian Town, Runan is famous. at home and abroad. 3. Folk Opera: The main local drama types include Yu Opera, Yue Diao and Hequ Opera. 4. Religious beliefs: There are five major local religions, namely Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Taoism. Among them, Catholicism and Christianity were introduced after the Opium War. Islam was introduced with the settlement of the Hui people in the local area; the introduction of Buddhism began in the Eastern Han Dynasty; and Taoism is a religion native to my country. 5. Folk customs: The local dinner is called "drinking soup", and they like to eat pasta. Noodles, steamed buns, fried cakes and dumplings play an important role in the local diet. Dumplings are also called "flat food". Noodles in Tianzhong City have a long history and unique flavor. It is said that more than two thousand years ago, Confucius traveled around the world and came to Cai State (today's Xincai County). Ye Gong once entertained him with Shenggang oil buns. Local relatives, friends and neighbors send gifts to congratulate someone who has given birth, which is called "send Zhumi". The banquet to celebrate the birth is called "Eat Zhumi". When getting married, there is "Send Hao" (the boy's parents go to the girl's house to give the girl money to buy clothes). ), "set a date" (the parents agree on the wedding date), and "add a box" (the dowry prepared by the woman's parents for their daughter). During the Spring Festival, every family eats dumplings and sets off firecrackers in the morning. The fifth day of the first lunar month is called "Powu", and it is believed that things can't be done until this day. The second day of the second lunar month is called "dragon heads up" day, and men have the custom of getting their hair cut before the festival, which is called dragon head shaving. "Noshapo" When a woman is one month pregnant, her natal family or relatives will stay with her parents for one or two days, and then they will take her home after cleaning. This is also called "staying for the whole month". "Sixty-three, send me to Zaoshan." When the parents are sixty-three years old, their married daughters steam a mountain of dates and steam buns, one for each year, to wish their parents good health and longevity. "Sixty-six, cut a piece of meat." When the parents are sixty-six years old, their married daughter buys a piece of pork as a gift to wish the parents good health and longevity.

Special products

Biyang flower mushroom is known as the king of mushrooms. Shiitake mushroom is a rare edible fungus treasure in the world. Biyang flower mushroom is also unique in the world: in ancient times, it was called The "mountain delicacy" has been given the reputation of "the pinnacle of plant food" in modern times. Wen Kai, executive president of the China Edible Fungi Association, once commented: Biyang shiitake mushrooms are the best in the world. Zhang Guangya, editor-in-chief of "Chinese Edible Fungi" magazine, commented: Biyang flower mushroom is a unique product in China. Biyang flower mushroom has obtained the origin certification of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, passed the inspection and acceptance of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and became a national geographical indication protected product.

Zhumadian’s tourism and leisure, cultural relics and historic sites, classics and anecdotes are all valuable assets to us Zhumadian people!