there are many specialties in wangcheng! Like xianggan, small flower slices, pepper cakes, sweet wine, oil umbrellas, garden trees, nicknames and Wangjianglou cloth shoes in Jinggang ancient town; Tongguan ceramics; Israel pearl; Xiang embroidery and paper cutting; Wushan Gongcha, Gong Mi; Getang green tea; Golden Garden fans; Huxianggong food; Want Want Food; Huayue Laoganma and so on are all wangcheng specialties. 1. Huagu Opera

is the most popular local opera in Changsha, which originated from the folk song and dance-Dihuagu, and takes Changsha dialect as the unified stage language, with distinctive local characteristics and rich flavor of life. The tunes are diverse, humorous and simple, and the lines of the drama are vivid, lively and humorous by using the spoken language and two-part allegorical sayings of the people. The expression and movement are lively and free, close to life, not restricted by programs, and have some unique dance figures. Wangcheng Huagu Opera Troupe was established in 1949. In the rough years of more than 4 years, * * * has performed more than 25 traditional plays and more than 12 modern plays. In the 197s and 198s, "Spring Grass Rushing into the Hall" and "Acacia Land with Tears" caused a sensation in Hunan, setting an unprecedented record for the drama stage in Changsha. In recent years, despite the depression of Huagu Opera, Wangcheng Huagu Opera Troupe still maintains a certain strength and tries its best to protect traditional plays for the audience. Most of the townships and villages in the county have some percussion instruments, drums and other strings. Many amateur Huagu opera lovers invite these people to sing "Dihuagu" whenever they celebrate, have a funeral or move, and the masses love it.

2. Shadow play

Shadow play is also called light shadow play or shadow play. It is a kind of folk art, which is performed by a special transparent cowhide or donkey hide, and now it is carved with leather paper lining. It makes various actions behind the screen with light transmission, performs dramatic plots and stories, and is accompanied by music, singing and Daobai. This drama began in Han Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty. It was sung by xiang opera and Huagu Opera and was quite popular in Changsha and other places. Changsha shadow play is famous for its vivid modeling, exquisite production and meticulous operation. His plays include historical drama, divine drama and modern drama. Among them, fable plays and children's plays are more exciting. For example, Tortoise and Crane, Two Friends, Mushroom Picking, Crow and Fox, What makes the sea noisy, etc. Chengguan Town of Wangcheng County is known as "the hometown of shadow play".

3. Xiang embroidery

Xiang embroidery is a traditional handicraft in Hunan. It is particularly prominent and enduring in the rural areas of Wangcheng. Xiang embroidery has beautiful composition, exquisite rust, bright colors and bold style. It is also known as the four famous embroideries in China together with Su embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery. It has the reputation of "super embroidery".

Xiang embroidery originated from Hunan folk embroidery and has a history of more than 2, years. In the Chu tombs unearthed in Changsha in 1958 before the fifth century BC, there were exquisite dragon and phoenix embroidery. In 1972, the burial objects of the Western Han Dynasty tombs unearthed at Mawangdui dating back more than 2,1 years have more embroidered clothes and materials. Around 1898, many outstanding painters participated in the reform of Hunan embroidery skills, which made Hunan embroidery enter a new stage of development.

Xiang embroidery is a fine handicraft embroidered with silk thread on satin and other advanced materials. Like other embroidery arts and crafts, it has the characteristics of painting-based, using various stitches and color lines to depict images, and has its remarkable and unique characteristics, that is, it emphasizes the generalization and realism, highlights the optical characteristics of embroidery lines, grasps the essence, and minutely depicts the appearance and essence of objects, so as to create an artistic effect of strong atmosphere from a distance and superb from a close look. The draft of Xiang embroidery is based on Chinese painting, "taking the needle as a ghost, taking the line scenery." In terms of needling methods, it is mainly mixed with needles, and now there are more than 7 kinds of needling methods to show the characteristics of different objects and different natural textures. On the rust line, colorful colors are used, which emphasizes the change of color level and the natural change of light and shade. An excellent work of Xiang embroidery can integrate traditional Chinese painting, embroidery, poetry, calligraphy and epigraphy, making poetry and painting overflow between needle and thread. Superb artistic realm, really embroidered birds and birds, embroidered flowers wonderful.

The famous brand products of Xiang embroidery, Lion and Tiger, enjoy a high reputation in the world and are regarded as art treasures. The tiger embroidered with the unique hair needle of Xiang embroidery has roots, like living hair, strong texture and vigorous bones and muscles under the hair. Coupled with the "eyeing" eyes, the tiger's rough power is vividly portrayed. No wonder this embroidery is called "wonderful workmanship" abroad.

In recent years, artists from Hunan Xiang Embroidery Research Institute have been assiduously pursuing art, creating a more difficult "double-sided embroidery with different colors". It is embroidered on a piece of transparent embroidery material, with two identical faces, two different shapes and colors, and even two different shapes and colors. The depiction of the characters is subtle, the embroidery surface does not show needle marks, and the frame rotates, just like a three-dimensional sculpture. In international exhibitions, it was a sensation and was praised as "magic art".

Xiang embroidery products are divided into two categories: daily necessities and appreciation products. For example, as a large living room display, the magnificent nave and hanging screen, the small screen hanging in the small living room, the exquisite and small seat screen on the book case, the gorgeous chair cushion and cushion on the sofa, the elegant bedspread and quilt cover used in the bed, the embroidered dresses worn by women, the mirror cover for dressing, shawls, bags for going out and embroidered pajamas, dressing gowns and children's cloaks, etc. Xiang embroidery pictures include flowers and birds, animals, figures, landscapes, insects and fish, calligraphy, portraits and so on. No matter meticulous painting, part-time painting, printmaking, watercolor painting, oil painting and photos, all can be embroidered.

4. Paper scissors

Paper scissors are a kind of folk art, and Wangcheng in Changsha is one of the important producing areas in Hunan. Every festival and wedding birthday. Women use colored paper to cut patterns such as "A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix", "A Magpie Climbing a Branch", "A Picture of a Happy Birthday" and post them on doors and windows to add a happy atmosphere. Wangcheng's paper-cut expression method is rough and simple, clean and free, mostly based on animals, full of local flavor, and most of them don't need to draw drafts, so they are cut by hand. Another kind of more elaborate and complicated works has a drawing, cutting and engraving at the same time, emphasizing richness and beauty, paying attention to composition and being good at decorative style. The paper-cutting of characters here is greatly influenced by shadow play, with a strong sense of dynamics and a strong interest in life. Wangcheng County Bookstore and Youren are famous "Hometown of Paper-cutting". There are more than 2 old folk artists, 3 members of China Paper-cutting Society and 24 members of Hunan Paper-cutting Research Association.

5. Palm weaving

is a traditional handicraft in Changsha. It is a variety of animals woven from palm leaves, such as birds, insects, fish, shrimps, cranes, snakes, etc., with vivid images. He participated in the Leipzig World Expo in Germany, and people praised it as "incredible". The French Art Museum specially purchased the collection.

Palm trees are evergreen trees, which are planted in the east of Xiangjiang River in Wangcheng County and in rural areas of Changsha County. Artists collect palm leaves and weave them into various small animals, making them "a must in the south of the Yangtze River."

6. Tongguan Ceramics

There is a small market town called Tongguan Town in the lower reaches of Xiangjiang River, 2 kilometers away from Tongguan Ancient Kiln in Changsha. It is one of the famous ceramic producing areas in China and is known as "Tao Dou".

Tongguan ceramics have a long history. There are Tongguan ceramics in Mawangdui Han Tomb. By the Tang Dynasty, the production of ceramics reached its peak, and more than 1 kinds of ceramics were produced. Products and utensils are mainly characterized by underglaze color, and are combined with applique, printing, sculpture, carving and other techniques. At that time, the pottery produced here was transported abroad via the Silk Road.

Although Tongguan pottery has a long history, it didn't show a thriving scene until after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The old backward dragon kiln has been replaced by advanced tunnel kiln, square kiln and round kiln. At present, Tongguan pottery is divided into three categories: building pottery, daily pottery and art pottery. There are green glazed tiles, tall and beautiful bamboo joints, exquisite flower windows, colorful carved columns, beautiful unicorn, lion, tiger, dragon, phoenix and jade rabbit, etc., especially all kinds of ceramic building components, which are used to assemble pavilions and pavilions and lay winding paths, and have strong oriental artistic charm. Household ceramics pay attention to novel styles, series matching, exquisite design, beautiful and practical. There are beautifully decorated food jars, small and exquisite trips, three-purpose bowls for steaming rice, cooking and serving vegetables, and fully equipped wine sets and tea sets. Especially the antique tea set, the glaze is colorful and unique, even if the tea set is an antique, it has both practical appreciation and appreciation. Emerald "embroidered pier", "longevity star" and artistic pottery such as "God of Wealth" and "Taibai Drunk". It is very popular. Stoneware, which was successfully developed in 1976, is a new product made of refined clay, processed by porcelain-making technology and decorated with colored glaze. Delicate as porcelain, moist as jade, firm as stone, resistant to iron collision and high-temperature cooking, this kind of cups, plates and dishes can be intact when they fall to the ground, and it does not contain toxic substances such as cadmium and lead, which is deeply welcomed by all walks of life at home and abroad.

7. glutinous rice zongzi

is a folk flavor snack, consisting of 1 grams of glutinous rice, 3 grams of soda ash, 5 grams of fresh Polygonum cuspidatum leaves and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the glutinous rice clean, and when it is soaked, take it out and stir it. Boil the fresh Polygonum hydropiper leaves in boiling water for ten minutes, cut off the pedicels, match the large and small leaves and fold them into a cross-shaped frame, tie them with ropes and soak them in clear water for four or five hours to remove the astringency. Then the Polygonum leaves are folded into a triangular bucket shape, filled with glutinous rice, wrapped into a water chestnut shape, tied tightly with fine hemp rope, boiled in a pot for about two hours, cooked thoroughly and eaten with white sugar, which is fragrant and delicious. Now there are many varieties such as mung beans, red beans, lotus seeds and ham meat. Zongzi is a festival food for the Dragon Boat Festival in May in Wangcheng County, Changsha. Eating Zongzi is also a traditional custom to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan, and it is a memorial to Qu Yuan.

8. Xiangfen

Xiangfen, also known as Nanfen, is named after its origin in Hunan. The west bank of Xiangjiang River in Wangcheng County is the main producing area, which is also called "western powder". Wangcheng County has been making Hunan powder for more than 4 years. It enjoys the same reputation as Longkou powder in Shandong and Qinghe powder in Beijing, and sells well in domestic and foreign markets.

xiangfen is made of broad beans, Sichuan beans, mung beans, rice beans, red beans and green beans, with broad beans as the main raw materials. No matter what kind of beans are used, a small amount of mung beans must be used as thickening powder to make high-quality vermicelli. Its production process should go through soaking, grinding, washing, kang, sun drying and so on.

Hunan powder is a famous dish which is rich in nutrition, easy to cook, delicious, soft and refreshing. During the festive season, Hunan powder is often served. The Hunan powder produced now has the advantages of fine silk strips, white and transparent, strong tensile force and boiling resistance. With exquisite packaging and convenient carrying, it sells well at home and abroad.

9. Getang Maojian

is produced in Getang, Wangcheng County. The fresh leaves of this tea are picked in front of Grain Rain, with fine workmanship, uniform appearance, green color, white hair exposure, soft leaves and lasting fragrance.

1. Folk Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival is a popular folk handicraft in Wangcheng, which is hung on the doorways and halls during festivals and festivals to enhance the atmosphere. Legend has it that it began in the Western Han Dynasty, and since then, there have been lantern-making techniques. Folk artists use local bamboo, wood and other materials to make colorful lanterns, which are decorated by painting or embroidery. The structure is exquisite, simple and elegant in Athens. The popular lanterns in Wangcheng mainly include:

Lantern Festival

is a folk paper binding art, which uses contempt as a skeleton, pastes colored paper into square or round lanterns, cuts people and horses out of paper, sticks them on paper wheels, and places the paper wheels in the middle of the lanterns. Using the heat of the light, the paper wheel is driven to rotate, so that people and horses are dynamic.

Palace lanterns

are special handmade products. It is carved with bamboo, wood, lacquer and mace, inlaid with silk yarn, glass or horn pieces, finely painted or inlaid with jade jewelry. Nowadays, it is made of aluminum alloy and other metals, plexiglass, plastic and other new materials. Palace lantern is a kind of luxurious lighting art decoration.

Lantern

Lantern is the general name of various folk art lanterns. Various geometric shapes and animal abstract shapes are popular in Wangcheng County, which symbolize auspicious lanterns and are generally used in folk festivals.

11. Ginger-salted sesame bean tea

Tongguan and Jinggang in Wangcheng County love to eat ginger-salted sesame bean tea, which is a folk custom. Ginger (mashed), put (a small amount) salt, fried sesame seeds, soybeans or black beans (poured) into a tea pot, and then shake the portable tea pot and pour it into a teacup to entertain guests. It is crispy and delicious, and the taste is better than "Xiangxi tea".

12. Black Elk Peak Yunwu Tea

is produced in Black Elk Peak, a tourist scenic spot in Wangcheng County. The tea has a unique taste, cool and delicious aftertaste, clear color and delicate leaves and branches, but the yield is not high. Due to the topographical conditions, local people use it as a gift to entertain excellent guests.

13. Wild Animals in Heimifeng

Heimifeng has unique natural conditions for ecological protection because of its steep mountain and pleasant climate. More than 1 wild animals such as foxes, wild pigs, wild cats, dogs, white faces, mischievous rats, ice beavers, owls, golden pheasants and partridges have been found on the mountain.

14. Heimifeng cherishes animals

Many rare plants on Heimifeng Mountain are little known. There are Actinidia chinensis, Saussurea villosa, Myrica rubra, Castanea mollissima, Phoebe zhennan, Pteroceltis tatarinowii, Crataegus pinnatifida, Schisandra chinensis, Gentiana, Clausena lansium, Cinnamomum cassia, Huangshan medicine, etc., and only more than kinds of Chinese herbal medicines have been identified.

15. The granite in Dingziwan

is produced in Dingziwan, east of Xiangjiang River in Wangcheng County. The granite (also known as granite) is hard in texture and bright in color. It is an excellent material for making sculptures and building materials, and it was sold to London at the beginning of this century.