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Hequ county is located in the northwest of Xinzhou, at the junction of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia provinces. Hequ County is rich in mineral resources, mainly including coal, sulfur, iron, manganese, oil shale and bauxite. Among them, coal reserves are the largest, about11.90 million tons, followed by iron about1.500 million tons. Industries include coal, sulfur, thermal power, chemical industry, machinery and other production industries.

Hequ specialty:

Haihongguo, a specialty of Hequ County,

In this small place of Hequ, there is the first crucian carp food in the world-Yellow River Stone Carp, which can't be compared anywhere in the Yellow River. This rare carp is produced in Tianqiao Gorge in the southwest of Hequ. Xu Li goes up and down, the torrent slows down the water, and the types of fish are also different. It has always been a royal tribute. Stone carp has red eyes, golden scales and a red line on its spine. Meat is white and heavy, and it is famous for its delicious taste. It can only be caught when the river thaws every year, so it is called "talking fish". Lost several orders of magnitude, and became the best among carp. Those giants who have eaten crucian carp banquets in Zhengzhou and Jinan, after tasting stone crucian carp, all lamented: Yellow River cuisine composes music.

Apricot petals are one of the traditional foods in Hequ County. According to research, apricot petals were made in the Tang Dynasty. In Hequ area, apricot trees are planted in almost every village. Apricot petals are processed from almonds. It is said that apricot petals were once a tribute.

Buckwheat bowl tray Buckwheat bowl tray is a specialty of Hequ. Buckwheat is peeled and made into cakes. Soak the cake in water the day before, stuff it into paste with fists, sieve it, spoon it into a bowl and steam it, stir it with chopsticks once in the middle, and steam it to get the dishes. After cooling in a cool place, make soup with vinegar, ginger, sesame, Chili noodles, garlic paste and sesame oil, and pour in.

Shanxi Hequ sour rice porridge is a special snack food of Hequ, which can stimulate appetite, strengthen spleen, protect skin and beautify, and has excellent taste.

Hequ sour rice has a long history. According to Hequ County Records, it is said that during the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao soldiers often invaded. On one occasion, the people were scouring rice to prepare for cooking. Suddenly, Liao soldiers attacked and left the glutinous rice still soaked in the water and fled. A few days later, the soldiers returned home and found that the glutinous rice soaked in water had fermented and turned sour. If they want to throw it away, they will cook and eat it. Surprisingly, this sour rice is concentrated with the essence, Huang Liang's tenacity, pungent foreign flavor, sour and delicious, and full of color, fragrance and taste. Since then, sour rice has been recorded in the history of Hequ traditional food culture, passed down from generation to generation, and continues to this day.

Sour porridge is a breakfast that Hequ people can't break all year round. In the morning, put the glutinous rice (a special product of Hequ) cooked in the rice threshing tank all night into the pot, cook for a while, and return the cooked rice soup to the rice threshing tank as part of the next rice threshing. This cycle, constantly, slurry soup will be better and better, more and more fragrant. Cooking sour porridge pays attention to the heat. The so-called "tight fire and slow porridge, increase the stove and cook porridge". Turn the fire to slow fire (adjust the fire on the cover of the kang furnace, the fire will be big if the cover is tight, and the fire will be small if the cover is pulled open), and keep stirring in the pot. About ten minutes, the sour porridge will be ready, and you can eat it with a slight bend. Working in the field, eating a bowl of sour porridge or drinking a bowl of sour rice soup, I am not hungry or thirsty for a day, and my spirit is doubled. I don't feel tired or sleepy. It has become an indispensable part of Hequ people's life for the whole family to sit together and eat "sour porridge" in the morning, "sour rice" at noon and "sour porridge" at night. Eating pickles is a delicious breakfast for Hequ people. A "rice jar" and a sauerkraut jar are two indispensable utensils for Hequ people.

Hequ folk song sings: "You are my brother's love for yam, sour porridge and spicy horn vegetables". "Drinking sour rice soup is not thirsty, and it is difficult to live if you miss your sister."

Mimi Mimi is a native product of Hequ, which occupies a unique and superior position in the whole grains of Hequ so far. Xiaomi doesn't choose terrain, and he doesn't want water and fertilizer. "Millet as long as catch seedlings, there is half of the harvest. So glutinous rice has become the traditional staple food of Hequ people who have been suffering from drought for ten years and nine years. Mimi can make porridge, fish rice, or be ground into flour to make a nest head and make a "painting stall". " "Painting" has always been a fixed food for Tomb-Sweeping Day, a Hequ man, which shows that Mimi is extraordinary. During the Spring Festival, every household has to cook a pot of glutinous rice every other year, hoping for more next year. Mimi shoulders such a sacred mission, which inevitably adds a bit of mystery. According to the determination, glutinous rice contains sugar, crude protein, phosphorus, calcium and 18 amino acids, which is the highest crude protein content in cereals. Rice can also be brewed into sour rice. The sour rice contains lactic acid bacteria, which has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, cooling and purging fire, and has excellent taste.

Hequ Scenic Spot Introduction Hequ was located in the border area of Shanxi in the Spring and Autumn Period, belonging to Zhao in the Warring States Period and Taiyuan in the Han and Tang Dynasties. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Liu Chong in the Northern Han Dynasty set up Xiongyong Town, which belonged to Lanzhou. In the seventh year of Xingguo, Song Taiping established a volcano army, in the fourth year of Pingping, a volcano county, and in the first year of Jin Zhenyuan, Hequ county. In the twenty-second year of Dading, it was promoted to a volcanic state and later renamed qi zhou. Ming Hongwu entered Dezhou in seven years, Hequ County in fourteen years, and Taiyuan House in six and fourteen years. In the second year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, it was assigned to Baolide Prefecture, and in the third year of the Republic of China, it returned to Yanmen Road. Abandoned in 16 years of the Republic of China, it belongs directly to Shanxi Province. Hequ is a famous cultural city integrating natural wonders and cultural wonders of the Yellow River. From north to south along the west line of the Yellow River, there are many wonders.

Chao Hai Temple Chao Hai Temple is located one mile southeast of the old county, also known as Chao Hai Temple. Known as "Little Wutai Mountain in Northwest Shanxi", 1986 is listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. The temple was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1573- 1620). It was built in the Ming Dynasty and restored in the Qing Dynasty. Hidden deep in the mountainside, there are mountains in the north, rivers in the south, clear springs flowing downstream, and shady courtyards. This is a Buddhist resort. Covering an area of more than 20 mu, there are 12 courtyards and dozens of pavilions. The overall layout is built on the mountain, with Maitreya Buddha Hall, Guanyin Hall and Sutra Hall as the central axis, and Mozi Court, Bodhi Court and Jiushi Tower Court in the east. There are ten courtyards, abbot courtyards and West Garden in the west. There are pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings in the temple, and couplets are engraved with wonderful ideas, which have high appreciation value for architectural art and culture and art. The temple fair is held on the eighth day of the first lunar month. He Temple is located outside the west gate of Hequ County, also known as Wang Yu Temple. Built in the 16th year of Qing Qianlong, there is an ancient stage by the Yellow River. Every year on July 15 of the lunar calendar, a large-scale Jiangdeng Festival is held. At that time, monks chanted, drummed and played, and at night, 360 river lanterns were put into the river with newly decorated wooden boats. The scenery is spectacular, attracting numerous Mongolian border residents in Qin Jin. Temple fairs are held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the fifteenth day of July. Xiangshan Temple is located in Xinjiaping Village, Louziying Town. There is an ancient temple called Xiangshan Temple on the south mountain waist of the village. North and south of the temple, there are three halls of heavenly kings. It is said that the age of the building was around the Ming Dynasty, and it was repaired in Chenghua, Yongzheng, Guangxu and the Republic of China. The temple fair is held on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month.

Baota Temple Baota Temple is located in Ta Village, Lu Gu Township. The restoration was completed on July 18, 2009. On July 20th, Master Miao Ru (Deputy Secretary-General of the Buddhist Association) sent by Wutai Mountain Buddhist Association and other 10 Wutai Mountain masters held a three-day opening ceremony for all Buddha statues. The Guanyin Temple in the temple is composed of Manjusri Bodhisattva, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Guandi Temple, God of Wealth Temple, Land Temple and Kiln Temple, and the building is magnificent.

In particular, the scene celebrating the birthday of the kiln god on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month is very spectacular and worth visiting.

(From July 18 to July 2 1 day, 2009, there was a general rainstorm in northwest China and a heavy rainstorm in Hequ County, but it rained all the time on the morning of the opening ceremony. At noon 12, the opening ceremony began to be overcast, and people present suddenly felt that the weather was getting brighter, the rain stopped and the sun came out. We could see that it was raining in the surrounding villages in the distance. )

Daiyue Temple Daiyue Temple is located in Daiyue Temple Village, Bizhen, and was built in the 12th year of Jintianhui (1 134). The main body of the temple belongs to Taoism and is dedicated to Emperor Huang of Tianqi in Dongyue, but there are also Buddhist gods and folk gods, and Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are integrated. On March 28th of the lunar calendar, there will be a temple fair. Shijing Buddha poem Mifo Cave and Shijing Buddha Temple are located on the cliff of the Yellow River, 25 kilometers northeast of the county seat. The upper and lower floors are inverted and connected by plank roads and wooden bridges. At the bottom of the cliff is the surging Yellow River water, roaring everywhere; On the high places are Sakyamuni, Tibetan Bodhisattva, Four Heavenly Kings and Eight Cave Immortals. The case is a Buddhist shrine in the cloud, peaceful and quiet. Temple fairs are held on the eighth day of the first lunar month and the 19th of the second lunar month. The Confucian Temple is located in the north of Jiuqiao Second Street in Wenbi Town (the original temple site is now in China Industrial and Commercial Bank). Built in the 48th year of Qing Qianlong and 22nd year of Daoguang, there are more temples dedicated to shrines, celebrities and rural sages. It is the largest temple culture in the county. Confucian temples in Tongzhi, Guangxu, Xuan Tong and the Republic of China: Dacheng Hall is on the right and Confucius is sacred. Dong Pei: Restore the son and tell him to think of the son. Sipei: Living in Saint Ceng Zi, living in Saint Mencius. Niangniang Temple, the only inhabited island on the Yellow River, is located in Niangniang Beach and was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, it has been rebuilt and expanded into the "Notre Dame Hall", dedicated to the statue of Emperor Wen's mother. The temple fair is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Sanguan Temple is located in Sanguan Temple in Xunzhen, also known as Sanyuan Temple. Three officials, namely the heavenly officials of Shangyuan, Yipin and Jiuqi-bless Emperor Wei Zi; In the Yuan Dynasty, an official with one product, two products and seven spirits-an emperor who forgives sins and clears up emptiness; The next Yuan Dynasty, the official with three tastes and five qi and water-Xie Erdong Yin Di. Niangniangtan Niangniangtan is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, 7.5 kilometers northeast of the county seat. There are towering trees on the island. Fruitful, there are more than 30 families living in the Yellow River. According to legend, Emperor Wendi and his mother, Queen Bo, were falsely demoted here, pretending to be "Niangniang Beach". Responding to this, it is another small island not far from the upstream-Prince Beach. A temple was built to worship the Yellow River. The Ming Dynasty perished. In recent years, the tile of the Northern Wei Dynasty unearthed in Taizitan reads "Long live wealth".

Champion Tower Champion Tower (also known as Wenbi Tower): Hequ County, like many counties near the Yellow River, has simple folk customs and simple architecture. Every day, the sound of the Yellow River is accompanied by people in the small town sleeping soundly. The landmark building of the county seat is the Champion Tower located at Dadunliang in the east of the city. It was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Tower, originally a Buddhist sacred object, has undergone a fundamental change in its function since the Ming Dynasty, from the original burial of Buddhist bones (relics) to a building that adorns the scenery, transports and prospers cultural relics in a balanced way. This is the case with the Twin Towers in Taiyuan, and so is the No.1 Tower in Hequ. Champion Tower is 3 1 m high, which is shaped like a giant pen of Champion Lang. Towering into the sky. The long shadow of the Yellow River Champion Tower at sunrise, crossing the Yellow River, can directly reach Dakou Village in Inner Mongolia opposite the Yellow River. Coincidentally, there is a boulder at the entrance of the village, just like a big inkstone. So whenever the sun rises, the giant shadow of Shanxi champion Lang wants to learn the essence of Mongolian giant inkstone and start writing another wonderful chapter of the Yellow River. The champion tower is so lifelike, with both nature and spirit, and with the prosperity of Hequ writing, reviewing old records and taking exams, Hequ people have won the champion repeatedly. In addition, another generation of talented folk artists has been born in the Yellow River.

The legendary Champion Tower is used to balance traffic. Hequ was very poor in the early Qing dynasty, and the folk song said, "Hequ protects Texas, and it will not be collected for ten years and nine years." Men go outside and women go to pick up bitter vegetables. " In order to turn over, the county magistrate invited the Kanyu family. According to legend, this gentleman has traveled all over the winding streets and lanes, and he has never been able to get out of the point. At sunset, I stepped on the dam of this river. Suddenly I saw a black dragon on the opposite side, eyeing up and sucking the essence of Hequ. On the other hand, Dakou Village in Inner Mongolia is located at a long ditch mouth shaped like a black dragon. The landform is strange, like the maw of a black dragon. Animals sleep so soundly, how can Hequ City gather gold to make money? The county magistrate and the squire decided to build a tower in Chengtou to kill the demon. The 3 1 meter-high champion tower will soon soar into the sky. The reflection of the rafters, like a long rope tied to the black dragon, crossed the Yellow River and landed on the monster's head, restraining evil spirits. As luck would have it, the Zhuangyuan Building was built in Hequ City during the Qianlong period. The following year, it prospered and became the only land and water terminal for Shanxi merchants to travel from south to north. The camel team was full of leather goods from Central Asia, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, so they went to the Central Plains. The caravan was loaded with the finest silk tea from the south and headed for the northwest. Small Hequ county, merchants often gather and warehouses are full.

Edit the traditional festivals of Hequ here. From Spring Festival to New Year's Eve, there are 27 large and small folk festivals throughout the year.

(1) On New Year's Eve, that is, on the 29th or 30th day of the twelfth lunar month of the Spring Festival, couplets and door gods are used to cook meals for the next year, set out wine and dishes, and worship ancestors and the gods often worshipped in the room. When the night is ugly, young and old wear new clothes and open the door with hemp guns. Men send fire dragons. There is an altar in the middle of the yard. The altar is covered with a red cloth skirt printed with dragon, wind and tiger patterns, and long sections made of yellow fine paper are hung at the two corners of the front. The "three sacrifices", "offerings", incense burners and candles are all ready, and parents will go north to worship the gods, ancestors, burn incense, burn tables, boil water and serve tea. There are five bowls of vegetarian dishes on the table-fried tofu, fried shredded radish wrapped in white flour, fried yam, fried beans and fried pumpkin slices-dedicated to the gods of land, happiness, wealth and longevity. After the offering, vinegar charcoal is made: one person holds a casserole with charcoal, and the other person holds a vinegar bottle. Every time he goes to a house, he pours some vinegar on charcoal, which is called the god of vinegar charcoal. Legend has it that Jiang Ziya, the god of a generation, forgot himself when he was deified, so he had to be the god of vinegar and charcoal, but the gods stood in awe before vinegar and charcoal. After playing vinegar charcoal, Jiang Ziya came, and the immortal dared to sit down and offer sacrifices. When I was in charge, the hemp guns were fired, deafening, and even in the distance. It was dawn after the connection, and then some people sent money and water in court, all begging in disguise. There are also younger generations at home who pay New Year greetings, and others go to a nearby temple to burn incense and kowtow with incense lamps. Followed by breakfast, vegetarian dishes with long bean noodles, oil cakes at noon and vegetarian noodle soup at night to make tea. Shoot before meals and worship God. Greet the Western God after breakfast, which is also called "going out". The orientation of welcoming God changes every year. When you arrive at the scheduled place, you should shoot, burn incense and kowtow and pray for good luck for a year. When you come back, pick up some firewood and put it in the stove as a symbol of wealth. On New Year's Eve, the whole family doesn't sleep, which is called "Enduring the Year". Speak softly, take things slowly, don't spill water on the ground, don't say unlucky things, don't make children cry, don't let dogs bite, don't let cats bark, don't turn off the lights in the house and yard, don't put out the fire in the stove, and don't order bowls on the eaves and walls. On New Year's Eve, sour plums are put in the water tank and Atractylodes are stewed in the room. Children and adults are holding atractylodes rhizome, red dates and garlic under their arms, and children are carrying small guns and ancient copper coins on their shoulders. Grandpa, mom and parents should give their children lucky money, keep positive energy and suppress evil spirits. When giving birth, the whole family eats jiaozi, which means "carrying gold ingots".

(2) After the second day of the first month, relatives and neighbors invite each other to drink, which is called "Nianjiu". Also called "eat a meal" friends drink. The spring breeze takes a seat, the marriage is repaired, and the concept of comity is in the countryside. Old, weak, women and children are immersed in New Year greetings, feasting and having fun. The married daughter will go back to her parents' home to pay a New Year call, and stay on the second and third day of the second year. Pay New Year greetings to your in-laws and uncles before going back to your parents' home. Officials, gentry, famous and prestigious people should leave their business cards and businessmen should use red paper to pay New Year greetings. These business cards and stickers are also given to friends and relatives, old friends and others from other places. The setting of New Year greetings is also very particular: there are 4 to 6 plates of tea on the kang table or table, 1 plate of tea, 1 pot of wine. After you leave, please eat and chat at the dinner table and compliment each other to bridge the gap and seek cooperation in the new year.

(3) Breaking the fifth day of May is called "breaking the fifth day". Sweep the dust and filth in the room at dawn, send it to the alley, burn incense and explode, and occasionally call it "sending the poor". If there is a paper-cut in the shape of a woman, it is called "sending the poor daughter-in-law". On this day, eating several plates of three kinds of meat offered to the gods is called "broken plate", and shops and workshops will announce the dismissal of dissatisfied subordinates after eating the "broken plate". Don't treat people that day, don't go out, be careful.

(4) The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is called "Qi Ying", also known as off-year. It was dark that day and the population was safe. Except that she is absent-minded, she is similar to the Chinese New Year, with a stick of incense in the morning and three kowtows in the morning and evening.

(5) On the eighth day of the first month, when all the stars are at 10 o'clock in the evening, lights and candles are lit to offer sacrifices to the stars. Every household has a kang table with five lines of gossip and seven cake lanterns written on it, symbolizing the Big Dipper. The whole family kowtowed to Beidou in turn from small to large, knocking a head at each age, and then kowtowing to heaven, earth, father and mother.

(6) Lantern Festival is the 15th day of the first month, also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. Three days before and after, lanterns were lit in the street, and fire dragons were piled at the door to bless the heavenly officials, local officials and water officials, which was called the "Three-Yuan Victory Meeting". The gongs and drums are loud, and the city is singing and dancing, singing Fengyang songs; Hundreds of lanterns are inserted together and arranged in a matrix, and the lantern watchers wander among them, which is called the lantern-turning tour. Every household hangs lanterns, including watermelon lanterns, cabbage lanterns, octagonal lanterns, red gauze lanterns and so on; Colorful, colorful. Boudoir women also go to the streets to see the lights. There are even children taking to the streets, carrying lanterns, riding small bamboo horses and wearing bronze bells. On the stage of Dazha Street, you should sing for Hod Xing Jun for three days to avoid a fire every year. There is heavy traffic on the street. There are dragon lanterns here, lion rolling embroidery there, pavilions, stilts, dry boats, the front of the car, big-head monk dance dance drama Liu Cui, two girls pulling wheels, yangko, duet, martial arts and so on. After nightfall, the fire dragon is lit, the lanterns are brightly lit, and all kinds of fireworks are set off one after another, especially the fireworks, which are gorgeous and spectacular.

(7) Tiancang and Laotiancang are Tiancang on the 20th day of the first month, and Laotiancang on the 25th day. At night, they bake cakes and light lamps in the courtyard of the house to celebrate the harvest of that year.

(8) February 2 nd, the second day of February is called "Dragon Head Up." Before getting up in the morning, lying in the quilt and eating a snake is called "biting the head of a snake". Eating noodles at noon is called "holding the leading noodles". In the afternoon, I took an iron pot to fetch water from a spring well, and it always flowed home. It was called "Lucky Dragon". At night, the courtyard is surrounded by fire dragon dust, which is called "enclosure". On this day, we will also go to the West Loukou to turn on the lights for sightseeing, so as to eliminate disasters and diseases and get good luck.

On the third day of March last year, every household planted a willow tree at the door. Men, women and children, all dressed in festive costumes, went to visit the city, went up from the Arctic Pavilion, circled the city, and then came down from the Arctic Pavilion. Then visit the temple, burn incense and watch a play to ward off evil spirits in the Chenghuang Temple.

(10) Cold food is cold food the day before Qingming, so prepare wine and food to burn paper money at the grave. After the sacrifice, eat among local fans. Today, millet flour is used to make cakes, which is called "spreading Huang Er". The villagers are swinging. Apricots began to blossom and grass buds were unearthed. Qingming, steamed noodles fish, noodles, relatives send each other. On the same day, the city god was carried to the "Lonely Soul Beach", where the families who buried the dead had to burn paper money.

(1 1) Shennong, the medicine king, was born on March 25th, and the medicine king temple in the city sang for three days. All medical homes should offer sacrifices, vegetarian dishes or two plates of snacks in temples. For Shennong, as well as Hua Tuo, Bian Que, Zhang Zhongjing, Wang Shuhe, Sun Enmiao and other top ten famous doctors.

(12) On March 28th, Tianqi Meeting was held in Daiyu Prison Temple, ten miles away from the county seat. After three days of singing, pilgrims gathered in the temple and the guns continued. Businessmen in the city will set up stalls to sell goods in the market. The biggest selling clay figurine-made of mud and paper pulp, painted in color, is cheap, and everyone attending the meeting will buy it as a souvenir. This understanding is to pray that Tianqi will live a long life and avoid disasters and diseases.

April 8 is Buddha washing day, and every household sends incense sticks to Niangniang Temple, so it is also called Niangniang Temple Meeting. Niangniang means "give your son to Niangniang". There is also "Brother Dou" in the temple. On this day, young women came to the temple in droves. Qi begged the queen to give her a son as soon as possible, and qi begged the "Dou Ge" with children to let the children recover from smallpox as soon as possible. They give alms, offer vegetarian dishes, eat "in-laws", and some steal the "mud" from the children in the queen's arms. Some prayed for the paper hat and paper coat of "Brother Pox".

April 14 is the Pure Yang Festival, which means Lv Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals.

On this day, I held a meeting in the Drum Tower and sang opera for three days. People attending the rally asked for a sign and divination in front of the statue of Lv Zu to show their way out. The monk gave them a confession and sat for an hour.

(15) The Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of Qu Yuan on the fifth day of May. Every family eats zongzi and drinks realgar wine, which is used on children's foreheads, hands and feet, and five-color lines are tied on their wrists, and herbs are brought to brush Atractylodes lancea and garlic on their bodies. Hang wormwood leaves and paper cocks on the door, take a bath with the water fried with wormwood leaves, and draw a cross on the top of the door frame with realgar wine. You He also wrote couplets in yellow: "The sun rises at noon on May 5, and the world is lucky", "Realgar is like medicine to drive away all diseases, and wormwood leaves are like swords to kill thousands of demons". Cover for exorcising evil spirits and avoiding poisonous insects can also delay illness. Boy, Mr. Bai sent a gift.

(16) It is said that May 13 is the sharpening day in Guan Yunchang, and it will rain. In fact, people often go to Guandi Temple to see plays in the scorching sun.

(17) On the morning of May 25th, I sacrificed the dragon god at home. Slaughter pigs and sheep, share meat, invite relatives and friends, and share. Farmers worked hard for half a year and began to eat meat. (18) June 6th.

Singing for the three officials of heaven, earth and water in Nangetuo, hosted by Xigetuo Street.

(19) On June 24th, the Laolong Temple in Baigouying sang opera, praying for the good weather for the Dragon King. In the year of drought, it is necessary to "lead sacrifices"; Pull the sheep to the holy case and sprinkle water on them. When the sheep shakes, the water falls to the ground. The dragon king receives gifts, and it rains every day, otherwise it won't receive gifts. If the drought persists, we must pray for rain.

(20) On the second day of July, at the Heshen Temple Fair, boatmen who run rivers to transport coal raised funds to sing for Heshen for three days.

Mid-Autumn Festival (July 15). It is said that Sui Ma only eats children. On the contrary, people take noodles as human figures, so relatives pay each other when giving them away on the Mid-Autumn Festival in July 15, and the relationship has not changed.

It was the second time that the Japanese city god became a monk, and every family went to the grave to sacrifice. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Sanguan Temple in the city organized ordinary families and waterway traders to raise funds to sing in the river temple for three days, and put boat lights on the Yellow River at night, which was colorful and very beautiful.

At present, this festival is a grand festival of Hequ. Now, in addition to singing in the river temple and putting on 365 river lanterns, there is also a fireworks show in the center of the river.

(22) Every household processes moon cakes on August 15th of Mid-Autumn Festival; Relatives send each other, the number depends on the distance between relatives and friends. At night, the moon is offered and enjoyed. Moon cakes and fruits are placed on the table in the yard, burning incense, kowtowing and lighting the table. Incense is a special kind of moon fragrance, which can grow into new words or endlessly. You can burn it from night to noon the next day. The store is more grand for the moon, so it is necessary to build a colorful shed for Chang 'e and prepare a "bedroom" in the moon.

(23) Climbing the mountain on the Double Ninth Festival, making chrysanthemum wine and eating oil cakes are the sounds of giving clothes on the moon, the sound of an anvil pestle, the answer of an adjacent lane, the embroidery of needle and thread, and the night work with lights.

(24) On October 1st, City God went out of the house and every family went to the grave to worship their ancestors.

(25) Family members worship in order from the winter solstice, which is called "winter worship". It is mainly based on food and entertainment, supplemented by mutton soup and red dates, as well as mutton friends and wine left over.

(26) Laba eats red porridge at dawn and uses soft rice and Jiang Dou; Made of red dates, it's called Laba porridge. I don't know what it means to stand ice cubes on the dung and pour red bean soup noodles at the gate on the seventh night, on both sides of the house.

(27) On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, offering sacrifices to the kitchen gods and candied wine. In the evening, Kitchen God sent a gift to heaven, bribed his mouth with caramel, put in a good word in front of the Jade Emperor, and brought back good luck. Therefore, the couplet in front of the chef is "Good things fall from the sky, good luck when you return to the palace." There is no need to choose a date for traveling and getting married after twenty-third, because all the immortals have returned to the Heavenly Palace, and no one asked. People are also actively preparing for the new year.

Edit this section of Hequ folk song. Brother Ertai will go to the Western Heaven, but I really can't keep my little sister.

Take my brother's hand and walk him to the door.

Brother, go to the west, little sister, I have news to leave;

When you walk, you have to take the big intersection, so many people can solve your worries.

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A song "Go West" sings the bitterness of the children of the Yellow River; A song "Go West" subverts the clank of the iron man in the world; A song "Go West" lets everyone know that there is an ancient city called Hequ at the corner of the Yellow River. The folk song art of Hequ can be said to lead the way in Shanxi. The most common form of expression is "Errentai", which used to be ugly, good at singing and dancing, vigorous and lively, and was deeply loved by people in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. There are more than one hundred plays in Errentai. Among them, the most famous ones are going west, visiting the sick, hanging red lights, playing with money, planting fruit trees, picking up carbon and so on. Most of these famous songs are mainly about praising the love life of the sons and daughters of the Yellow River, with strong local characteristics and the Yellow River customs. "The mountain temple fair is full of running water all day, and the town and the opera turn to sing very late." The prosperity and drama of ancient Hequ City are talked about by later generations. (Note on Taiyuan Road: Please refer to Shanxi Famous Songs section of this website for "Walking to the West Exit" and "Two-person Table")

Bai Pu, a great dramatist in Yuan Dynasty, is a representative figure in the prosperous history of Hequ drama. Bai Pu, whose name is Ren Fu, was born in 1226 and died in 13 12, and was born in Yi (Hequ, Shanxi). As one of the four masters of Yuanqu. Most of his works are about love stories that show the joys and sorrows of men and women, such as Dead Marriage, Moonlit Qiantang Dream by Su Xiaoxiao, Autumn Night Rain by Tang, Climbing the Wall at once by Pei and so on. Many of these masterpieces are still enduring plays on the stage of drama.

Walking around Hequ County, I really want to find some cultural relics about the great dramatist Bai Pu. Although there are very clear records in history, there is no trace until now. Just when I was full of melancholy, the radio suddenly remembered the euphemistic and lively duo. At this time, I finally understood that Hequ people dissolved Mr. Bai Pu's cultural essence into that insatiable folk song, and they really inherited and broadened Mr. Bai Pu's thoughts in spirit. From this, I thought of a strange phenomenon at present: in order to take advantage of the celebrity effect to attract tourists, individual counties in Shanxi constantly catch the wind and catch shadows, climb and pull long-dead historical celebrities as township sages, build temples and monuments, and never spread their spirit. From this point of view, the simple Hequ people are much nobler and smarter than them. An affectionate duet immediately reminds people of Bai Pu, the first great dramatist who wrote Butterfly Lovers in history. Come down in one continuous line, the culture and art of Hequ, like the Yellow River, are full of souls and flow endlessly.

Hequ Folk Songs, an intangible cultural heritage declared by Hequ County, Shanxi Province in 2006, was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, with 33 categories of folk music projects.

Edit this section Hequ administrative division Hequ county total area 1327 square kilometers. The total population is 6.5438+400,000 (2004).

County People's Government in Wenbi Town. Postal code: 036500. Code: 140930. Area code: 0350.