In Shaanxi dialect, "strange" means "peculiar," "strange," "special," and "different." For example, when Shaanxi people say, "This person is very strange", it means that this person is different from others.

The Eight Strangenesses of Shaanxi summarizes the eight habits of Shaanxi people that are different from the rest of the country. These habits are Shaanxi people in the long-term production practice of life customs, with obvious regional cultural characteristics.

The first strange: "noodles like trouser belts": Guanzhong, Shaanxi is the birthplace of farming civilization, is China's main producing areas of winter wheat. Shaanxi wheat flour is smooth and sinewy, with high starch content. Shaanxi people can make more than 200 kinds of noodle dishes with wheat flour as the main ingredient. In particular, the handmade "Shaanxi tugging noodles" are the most famous. The wide noodles are pulled out like a pants belt, so there is a saying that "noodles are like a pants belt".

The second strange: "pot helmet like a pot lid": Shaanxi people branding pot helmet with a large iron pot, pay attention to the fire fine work. The helmet is rounded and concave at the bottom, and the burnt flavor is about the same size as a pot lid.

The third strange: "oil splash hot pepper is a dish": Shaanxi Guanzhong abundance of chili peppers, coupled with fewer vegetables before. Shaanxi people give oil splash hot pepper seasoned with salt and vinegar, it can be eaten with rice. Therefore, in Shaanxi, eating spicy seeds is a very common dietary phenomenon.

The fourth strange: "stool does not sit squatting up": in the Shaanxi countryside, "Oh," the meal is a landscape, every meal, the men always take the meal to the outside of their own door to eat, use this effort to exchange parents, farming. At this time, we do not sit on the bench, Ohju said East West. The phenomenon of not sitting on the bench when playing chess, holding meetings, and bragging is more common. Even with the bench, everyone is used to squatting on it.

Fifth strange: "handkerchief head with": once upon a time, the countryside poor, always made of handloom handkerchiefs to wear on the head, can dust, can wipe the sweat, but also a decorative.

Sixth strange: "house half cover": Guanzhong, Shaanxi rainfall, Guanzhong people build houses generally built on slopes off the Xiazi room, this style of construction that is insulated to keep warm, but also conducive to the flow of rainwater.

Seventh strange: "the girl is not foreign": Guanzhong, rich in material and people, living in abundance, since ancient times is a livable place. Therefore, Shaanxi people are generally not willing to marry the girl to the field.

Eighth strange: "Qin cavity does not sing roar up": Qin land soil high loess thick, four seasons. The unique geographical environment has developed the bold and rugged character traits of Shaanxi people. Originated in Shaanxi Qinqiang is the Qin climate characteristics and the character of the people, singing cool, high-pitched, bold, so there is the Qinqiang "roar up" said.

As a cultural phenomenon, the "eight monsters of Shaanxi" is really very charming, very flavorful.