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Introduction to Anyang, China
Introduction to Anyang, a famous historical and cultural city in Henan
Anyang, a prefecture-level city in Henan Province, was called Xiang, Yin, Ye, Yecheng, Yedu, Yejun, Xiangzhou, Zhangde, etc. in ancient times, or Yin or Ye for short. It connects Puyang to the east, Changzhi to the west, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and Handan to the north.
Historically, the Shang Dynasty, Cao Wei, Hou Zhao, Ran Wei, Qian Yan, Eastern Wei, and Northern Qi established their capitals in Anyang successively. Among the famous people in Anyang, there are Pan Geng, Shang Wang Wu Ding, slave Fu Shuo, female general Fu Hao, King Wen, Ximen Bao, Lin Xiangru, Xin Lingjun, Xiang Yu, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the three dynasties Han Qi, and the anti-gold general Yue Fei.
Anyang is rich in cultural landscapes and landscapes. It has 2 world cultural heritages, Yin Ruins and the Grand Canal, 3 national AAAAA-level tourist attractions, Yin Ruins, Hongqi Canal and Taihang Grand Canyon, and 22 such as Yuli City, Cao Cao’s Mausoleum, and Yuefei Temple. National key units.
Anyang history and culture
1. Ancient city culture
1. Historical capital
Anyang is the ancient capital of seven dynasties in Chinese history.
2. Origin of place name
Northern Mongolia – Before Pan Geng moved to Yin, Yin was called Northern Mongolia. The 20th king of the Shang Dynasty, Pan Geng, led his subjects from “Bo” to move to Northern Mongolia. The people of the Shang Dynasty called themselves “Shang”. After the fall of the Shang Dynasty, some people called them “Yin”.
Anyang – the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period (275 BC). “Historical Records: The Biography of Lian Po Lin Xiangru” has such a record, “Lian Po attacked Wei’s defense mausoleum and Anyang, and pulled them out.” In “Historical Records of Zhao Shijia”, it is recorded: “In the twenty-fourth year of King Huiwen, Lian Po’s general, Attack the house of Wei, pull it out, and return it because of the city. Then attack Anyang, and take it.” This is the first time Anyang is mentioned in history.
Xiangzhou – In the fifth year of Long’an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (401 years), the Northern Wei Dynasty established Xiangzhou in Yecheng, and took the name of Jiaju Xianghe (Tan), which was the beginning of the name of Xiangzhou. Yecheng is still governed by Xiangzhou. In the sixth year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (577), the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, the city of Ye was burned, and all the Ye people moved to Anyang. Anyang was then called Xiangzhou, also known as Ye County. Sui, Tang, and Song all used the name Xiangzhou.
Zhangde – In the third year of Shaoxi in the Southern Song Dynasty (1192), Xiangzhou was promoted to Zhangde House. This is the beginning of the name of Zhangde House. It was used in Ming and Qing Dynasties until the early years of the Republic of China. In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Zhangde House was abolished and Anyang County was relocated. Anyang City was established in 1949, under the Plains Province. In 1952, the organizational system of Plains Province was revoked, and Anyang City was a prefecture-level city in Henan Province.
2. Folk art
1. Qin’s silk art
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1644), an ancestor of the Qin family in Huaxian County obtained a famous painting “Grasshopper Cabbage” by Tang Bohu. He loved it so much that he couldn’t put it down, and he had the idea of imitating famous paintings with silk cloth to make the grasshopper and cabbage have a three-dimensional sense.
Qin’s silk art works have won many national gold awards and high-quality awards, and have been collected by museums in the country, Henan Province, Anyang City, etc., and have great influence at home and abroad. In 2007, it was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of Henan Province.
2. An embroidery
An embroidery inherits the basic techniques of ancient embroidery, coupled with modern aesthetic concepts, seeks innovation in tradition, and develops. The embroidery is mainly based on famous and ancient paintings of the past dynasties, which is full of three-dimensional sense, with fine short needles, flush stitches, bright lines, rich changes, local characteristics, and collection and ornamental value.
3. Cut leaves
The art of cutting leaves is a unique art of Anyang folk art. It uses tung leaves, oak leaves, iron leaves, etc. as the base material. According to its circumference and diameter, it is carved into different allusions, figures, flowers and birds and other patterns according to its perimeter and diameter. , cutting, carving, decoration and other techniques.
4, barley movie
Straw painting is a long-lost Sui Dynasty court handicraft in China, and it is a traditional folk handicraft in Neihuang. This process uses locally produced wheat straw as raw material. After fumigation, steaming, bleaching, cutting and leveling, the wheat straw flakes are made, and then the surface is carbonized by ironing and ironing. , editing, engraving and more than a dozen processes of technical processing.
5. Henan Opera
The Cui school art represented by Henan opera performers Cui Lantian and Zhang Baoying is unique in the field of Henan opera and is one of the five schools of Henan opera. In 1979, Anyang Henan Opera Troupe and Hong Kong Golden Horse Film Company co-produced the film drama “Bao Qingtian”.
Since the 1980s, Anyang City Henan Opera Troupe has won awards in Henan Province Drama Competition, such as “The Legend of Qin Xianglian”, “The Story of Looking for Children”, “High Mountains and Waters”, “Autumn in Dongting” and “Ninety-nine Roads in the Sky”.
Representative repertoires include: “Bao Qingtian”, “Selling Miao Lang”, “Peach Blossom Temple”, “The Legend of Qin Xianglian”, “The Spear of Flowers” and so on.
3. Cultural heritage
The earliest written characters used by the Chinese nation – oracle bone inscriptions, and the world’s largest bronze vessel – Houmuwu Ding (formerly known as Simuwu Ding) were unearthed here.
As of April 2018, Anyang City has 91 cultural relics protection units above the provincial level, including 23 national key cultural relics protection units and 68 provincial cultural relics protection units, including ancient buildings, ancient ruins, ancient tombs, cave temples and stone carvings , Modern and important historical sites and representative buildings.
4. Famous People
Shang Yang, Lu Buwei, Gu Wenchang, Yang Gui, Yuan Jialiu, Yuan Shikai, Ma Piyao, Guo Pu, Yue Fei, Han Qi, Ran Min, Bian Que, Ji Chang, Zhuan Xu, Di Ku, Fu Hao, Li Jianchen, Liu Wenjin, Liu Yang, Cui Lantian, Shi Yudian .
Fun places in Anyang
1. Scenic spots
1. World Cultural Heritage
Yin Ruins, Weihe River (Yongji Canal) Huaxian Section of the Grand Canal
2. National key cultural relics protection units
Yin Ruins, Tianning Temple Pagoda, Xiuding Temple Pagoda, Lingquan Temple Grottoes, Xiaonanhai Grottoes, Yuli City Ruins, Yuefei Temple, Mingfu Temple Pagoda, Sanyangzhuang Ruins, Linzhou Hongqi Canal, Ma’s Manor, Cao Cao’s Tomb, Baiying Ruins, Gu’an Cemetery, Double Stone Pagodas of Balcony Temple, Daxing Temple Pagoda, Xingyang Temple Pagoda, Hanwang Temple and Zhoujintang, Gaoge Temple, Zhangdefu Chenghuang Temple, Huiming Temple, Qianfodong Grottoes, Yuanlin, Yecheng Ruins (Anyang District), Honggu Temple Pagoda
3. National AAAAA-level tourist attractions
Yin Ruins, Hongqi Canal, Taihang Grand Canyon
4. National AAAA-level tourist attractions
Yuli City, Yuefei Temple, Ma’s Manor, Huanshuiwan Hot Spring, Sendai Mountain
5. National AAA-level tourist attractions
Linzhou Huanghua Shenyuan, Erdi Mausoleum
6. Scenic spots
Linzhou Wulongdong Forest Park, Linzhou Hongqi Canal·Linyu Mountain National Key Scenic Spot, Zhangwu Nanhai National Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Linzhou Linlu Mountain International Gliding and Rock Climbing Base
7. National Agricultural Tourism Demonstration Site
Linzhou Taihang Grand Canyon
8. Museums
Chinese Character Museum, Yinxu Museum, Neihuang Sanyangzhuang Han Dynasty Residential Site Museum, Anyang City Museum, Linzhou Museum, Huaxian Folk Museum
9. Eight scenic spots in Anyang
Whale Back Guanlan, Luyuan Shenghui, Baimen Zhu Marsh, Zhanghe Late Ferry, Hanling Stones, Longshan Snow, Shanying Songtao, and Changhong over the water
2. Local specialties
1. Special catering: Daokou roast chicken, Laomiao beef, Anyang three smoked, Cao Ma sesame candy, three non-stick, Anyang Liaohua.
2. Local snacks: flat noodles, rice paste, Anyang stewed vegetables, skin residue, blood cake, inner yellow enema, Guanjia crispy sesame cake. Anyang blood cake is a famous snack, steamed with buckwheat noodles, pig blood and other ingredients to make a cake, then sliced and fried, smeared with garlic sauce and eaten.
3. Native products: Anyang Liaohua, blood cake, Neihuang enema, Guanjia crisp sesame cake, Neihuang jujube, hawthorn, walnut, Yangli (foreign pear), chestnut, Dahongpao pepper, etc.
