1. Dialect

The Changsha dialect belongs to the New Xianghua Changsha dialect, which is mainly represented by Changsha City, Changsha County and Wangcheng District. Changsha also has some taboos that are different from those of other places, for example, it used to be taboo to say "tiger" because it was infested with tigers, and "curd" was pronounced as "cat's milk", The "Fu Zheng Jie" is read as "Cat Zheng Jie".

2. Local Opera

Changsha Xiang Opera is one of the major types of local opera in Hunan, and its cadences were originally formed by combining the Yiyang cadence of Jiangxi Province with the folk and religious music of Changsha and other places, and were formerly known as "people's opera" and "big opera". It consists of four kinds of vocal cadences, namely, high cadence, low cadence, Kun cadence, and playing cadence, and is sung in the Changsha dialect. The style of the opera is either rough, unrestrained, or euphemistic. Nowadays, Xiang Opera lacks a market for young people and is gradually declining.

Changsha Flower Drum Opera is one of the most widely circulated operas in the Changsha area. The famous opera "Liu Hai Chopping Woodcutter", which has been sung all over the country and is popular both at home and abroad, is loved by people all over the country because of its popular "Bigu Tune".

The Changsha Bouncing Words, a kind of Changsha urban music and art, originated from Daoxiang, also known as Changsha Daoxiang because it is sung in the Changsha dialect, and it was selected as one of the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.

3. Folklore

Changsha celebrates all the Han festivals, some of which are characterized by local characteristics, and there are also many unique folklore on some days, and the Taogongmiao temple fair is a major feature of the fair. On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, Changsha people have the custom of boiling eggs with ground vegetables. At the beginning of summer, it is customary to eat Lixia Japonica. At the time of hibernation, farmers light lamps in dark places and use lime to remove the dark corners around the house and dampness. Children ignite a firecracker, thrown to the corner of the wall, while shouting: "cool hibernation hibernation, fried insects and ants straight".

4, food

Changsha territory is mainly Xiang cuisine, Hunan cuisine has a long history, the Warring States period, the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan in his famous poem "Invocation of Souls", recorded many dishes in Hunan. During the Western Han Dynasty, Hunan had 109 varieties of dishes and nine categories of cooking methods. After the Six Dynasties, Hunan's food culture was rich and active.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were the golden period for the development of Hunan cuisine, and the unique style of Hunan cuisine was basically finalized. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, two kinds of Hunan cuisine restaurants, Xuan Gang and Tang Gang, appeared successively in Changsha. In the early years of the Republic of China, the famous Dai (Yang Ming) school, Sheng (Shan Zhai) school, Xiao (Lu Song) school and Zuan school appeared, which established the historical status of Hunan cuisine. After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, it has been better developed.

5, religion

Changsha's Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestant Christianity, Islam, all five religions, there are nearly 300 religious staff, baptized and converted tens of thousands of believers, believers more than 100,000 people.?

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