Zhengzhou's human feelings are unique. When it became popular to say "Zhong", even Henan people could hardly tell that it was not unique to outsiders. There are so many dialects in China, one word can explain the historical changes of a place, and one word represents the dialect culture of a place. Only the word' zhong' in Henan dialect can hardly be found all over the world. Nowadays,' zhong' has become the spoken language of Henan people, but few people know the heavy history, cultural accumulation, pride and loss that the word' zhong' once carried. "

2. "Qinglong Festival"

On the second day of the second lunar month, folklore is the day when dragons look up, commonly known as "Qinglong Festival". On this day, farmers in Zhengzhou have to take a day off, and they are not allowed to carry water or break ground. Women don't do needlework for fear of cutting the dragon with a knife. Before the sun came out, farmers scattered plant ash around the grain depot, with wheat, soybeans, peanuts and sesame in the middle. They chanted "big storage full, small storage flow" and prayed for a bumper harvest and increased production that year. They also hold tiles in their hands, chanting "tiles, tiles, scorpions and dragonflies have no claws" while colliding, praying for the gods to bless scorpions and dragonflies. Lunch is all noodles, called Longxu Noodles, to pray for wealth and health.

3. Zhengzhou dialect

Zhengzhou dialect belongs to Ryan dialect, the official dialect of the Central Plains, and it is a popular local dialect among most people living in cities. There are some differences in Zhengzhou dialect, which can be roughly divided into new school and old school. The old school is divided into sharp groups, and there are more Chinese and U voices in spoken English, but the new school is not divided into sharp groups. Hua Er Yin is close to Jing Yin, and U Yin is obviously weakened. The old schools are mainly distributed in Guancheng District where the former Chengguan was located, and the new schools are mainly distributed in Jinshui, Zhongyuan and Erqi Districts.

The staple food of Zhengzhou people is mainly pasta, and pasta is mainly white flour (that is, wheat flour).

Coarse grain noodles are only used as nutrition collocation and taste adjustment, and the demand is very small. Common wheaten food includes steamed bread (steamed bread), vegetable steamed bread (also called vegetable python or vegetable dragon), oil roll, steamed stuffed bun, oil cake, vegetable box, sesame seed cake, fried dough sticks, stir-fry horn and so on. Zhengzhou people especially like to eat noodles. There are many kinds of noodles, such as noodle soup, fried noodles, squeezed noodles, Lamian Noodles, fried noodles, beef, mutton and Huimian Noodles noodles. There are five kinds of non-staple food dishes in Zhengzhou: meat dishes, vegetables, edible fungi, bean products and eggs.

5. ancestor worship ceremony in Huangdi's hometown

Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, xinzheng city will hold a ceremony to worship the ancestors of the Yellow Emperor's hometown. In Bamboo Records of the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period and Historical Records of the Han Dynasty, there are records of going to Juci Mountain (commonly known as "Shizu Mountain") in Xinzheng on March 3 to worship the Yellow Emperor. On June 7th, 2008, Xinzheng Huangdi ancestor worship ceremony was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhengzhou

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-ancestor worship ceremony in Huangdi's hometown