Anyang county has a long history and splendid culture. Humans lived here 25,000 years ago. There are many remains of Yangshao culture and Longshan culture in Neolithic age in the county. Since King Pan Geng of Shang Dynasty moved to Yin, seven dynasties established their capitals here, and Anyang became the political, economic and cultural center of Central Plains several times. Anyang, as a county-level administrative region, was first located in Qin. The Han Dynasty was abolished and the Jin Dynasty was restored. During the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it was merged into Ye County, and the Sui Dynasty was renamed Anyang County from Ye County. After more than a thousand years, although the ownership has changed, it has continued to this day as a county-level organizational system.

Tallinn, Lingquan Temple Grottoes Statue, Xiaonanhai Beiqi Grottoes, Xiuding Temple Tangta Brick Carving, Dr. Simon's Temple Monument Regular Script Method, the gorgeous rhetoric of "Han Ling Pian Shi" and the macro-scale system of Yonghe Stone Bridge in Song Dynasty all shine with the brilliance of ancient culture, which shows the glory and civilization of Anyang, the ancient capital of China. As early as 25,000 years ago in the late Paleolithic period, human ancestors lived here. "Anyang, which is surrounded by water, is worthy of the name. It was the imperial capital three thousand years ago." Ancient county in Central Plains, assisted by seven dynasties, has many scenic spots. Yin Ruins in Anyang is the earliest recorded ancient capital site in China. There are more than 500 cultural sites in Yangshao, Longshan, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The earliest existing adobe excavated from the Longshan Cultural Site in Balizhuang, the world's oldest 19 white porcelain Weiqi board, the Tallinn, the largest intellectual body in China, the grottoes statue of the first ancient temple in Heshuo, the Xiaonanhai grottoes, and the rare brick carving art treasure in the world-Hongyan Village, Qugou Town, found the stone mill used by human beings more than 8,000 years ago, with neat regular script. The county has 3 national key cultural relics protection units, 8 provincial cultural relics protection units and 85 county-level cultural relics protection units.

Xiaonanhai primitive cave site is a key cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province, and it is a lava cave. The lower culture of the cave is 25,000 years ago, and the upper culture is 1.3 million years ago. This cave site is the first late Paleolithic cultural relic discovered in northern China, and it was named "Xiaonanhai Culture".

After archaeological excavations, the cultural relics in the Great Cold Site are thick, ranging from 2 meters to 8 meters, including pottery pieces, houses, tombs and kiln sites. It is a relic from Yangshao to Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It is a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.

There is a porcelain kiln site in the Song and Yuan Dynasties on the upstairs slope, which is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. The site is more than 200 meters long from north to south, and wide from east to west 100 meters. The thickness of the ceramic chip accumulation layer is 2 meters to 3.5 meters. There are kiln sites, kiln furniture, ceramic tiles, carbon slag and so on.

The site of the Battle of the Han Mausoleum was Yongan in the Northern Wei Dynasty for three years. Gao Huan, the secretariat of Jinzhou, played two pillars of Zhao in the Han Mausoleum Mountain, winning more with less. Later, the Eastern Wei Dynasty was established.

Quecheng Site is located in Zungui Tun Village, with Weihe Stone Bridge in the south, Linjiangtai in the northwest and Guangrunpi in the east. Existing city wall foundation site and Tang Dynasty city gate site.

Yanfucheng site was built in Jin Dynasty, and the existing city wall foundation site. The original moat outside the wall, the existing traces, faintly discernible.

On February 27th, 2009, the tomb of Cao Cao, king of Wei Wu, was excavated in Anfeng Township, Anyang County. According to the combination of literature and archaeological evidence, it is determined that Cao Cao's cemetery is here. There are the remains of a man and two women in the grave. The owner of the grave is a man. He died at the age of 60, which is consistent with the year of Cao Cao's death recorded in history. Among his funerary objects, there are many articles and other written materials with the word "Wei" to prove his identity. The discovery of this cemetery has ended people's doubts about the address of Cao Cao's cemetery for thousands of years, solved the so-called "72 suspected graves" and provided valuable information for people to study the history of Han and Wei dynasties more deeply. The folk customs in Anyang County are diverse and rich in content.

Coin flat food, in 30 packs of flat food, several coins are wrapped in flat food. Whoever eats coin flat food at breakfast on the first day will be blessed in this year, which will bring great fun to the whole family, old and young. People are scrambling to get up early, especially children. They make an exception and eat more light food to make the whole family laugh.

Send lanterns. On New Year's Eve, every household in the south of the county will make lanterns made of paper, connect them into columns, send them to the grave, and light them all night so that ancestors can celebrate the New Year with others. This lamp was brought back in the morning of junior high school.

Door stopper. On New Year's Eve, people used to put a peach branch on the threshold of the gate. If there is no mahogany, use other sticks to prevent wild ghosts from entering the house.

Also known as "keeping the year", endure the New Year. According to folklore, thirty nights, as long as you have perseverance, you will wait until God's daughter opens a worse door to bless the world. If you go to bed early, you won't be happy. People have good wishes. Every year on the 30th night of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family chats endlessly, taking this opportunity to enjoy family happiness. Housewives should also set up incense tables to offer sacrifices, hold candles all night and burn incense five times. It is forbidden to talk loudly at night, so as not to disturb the gods; It is forbidden to open the cabinet to avoid absconding with the money; Don't look in the mirror and take a wooden comb to avoid ghosts; It is forbidden to see knives and scissors, so as not to break the house; It is forbidden to sweep the floor to avoid the outflow of gold and silver; It is forbidden to pour urinals, so as not to blaspheme. If you throw away the leftovers for 30 nights, it's called dinner next year. It is not only a good sign to throw away the leftovers early on the first day of the New Year. After 1980, new content was added to the Lunar New Year, and many families with conditions gathered around the TV to watch wonderful TV programs. In the early hours of the morning, young people from all walks of life held guns in their right hands, struck a light with their left hands, stepped outside the door with their right feet, and stepped inside the door with their left feet, staring at the TV screen with their eyes open, and stood in a posture of nodding and firing guns. As soon as the TV screen arrives, with the melodious bell, firecrackers of thousands of families are ringing, and various colored cannons such as firelight, fireworks and the second ring decorate the sky with colorful and dazzling colors.

On the first day of kowtowing, after people stop eating flat food in the dark, the younger generation kowtows to the elders at home first, and then kowtows to other families (usually their own families) in groups to pay New Year greetings. Except for a venerable old man, everyone else in the family went to the neighbor's house, and even Sanli Wucun paid New Year greetings to relatives and new friends. If the younger generation is a child or a newly married daughter-in-law, the elders should give some lucky money.

The order of visiting relatives is: nephew goes to grandma's house, daughter goes to her parents' house with her husband, and then goes to aunt, aunt and sister's house. Except for special circumstances, we should all go back to worship. There is a folk saying that the first day and the second day are beautiful, and the third day and the fourth day are good for worshipping festivals.

It's superstition that the fifth day of the first lunar month is the fifth day. People think that the fifth, fourteenth and twenty-third days are unlucky days. The fifth day of the first month is the first unlucky day after the New Year, so it is very taboo to visit relatives and friends, and the backlog is all at home to improve their lives for the holidays. On that day in Yin Shi, the housewife took out a little ash from the stove and sent it to the intersection of the street, commonly known as sending poor ash.

During the period from the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month, all children will not be beaten and scolded. They will eat well, dress beautifully and have fun. Even if they make mistakes, they will not be beaten and scolded. This is a rule handed down from the older generation. If you beat and scold children, you will be condemned by everyone.

Huai Diao, 20 10 "Huai Diao" in Anyang County, Henan Province was selected as the third batch of traditional drama category in the national intangible cultural heritage list, with serial number 8.