There are many biological species in Sheyang county, and there are national protected animal species in coastal beach nature reserve. Among them, the red-crowned crane comes to this county for the winter every year, which has become a bright spot in the development of coastal beach tourism in Sheyang County and is known as "Hexiang".
Sheyang rice refers to rice produced in Sheyang County, Jiangsu Province. The product has the characteristics of full granules, crystal clear, pure and sweet fragrance, rich nutrition and unique taste. Sheyang rice planting has a long history. Before the 1990s, hybrid rice was mainly planted. After the improved cultivation of japonica rice, due to the unique climatic and geographical conditions, the rice produced quickly became famous in Shanghai and southern Jiangsu. Sheyang rice is a product protected by geographical indications and a certification trademark.
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Sheyang has the custom of winter.
Winter solstice, also known as winter festival and overwintering, originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has continued to this day. Lu even said that the winter solstice is as big as a year. This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice. People think that the winter solstice is a natural transformation of Yin and Yang and a blessing from heaven. On the solstice of winter, the Han government held a celebration ceremony called "Hedong", which was a routine festival.
In Yanfu area, winter solstice is generally called winter, which can be divided into big winter and small winter. Xiaodong is the day before the solstice winter, and people are used to eating beans and millet cooked with red beans and red melons. On the solstice of winter, people will make cakes and steamed cakes, and large families will kill pigs and sheep and take their married daughters home for dinner. There is a folk saying that "Happy New Year in winter" and "Eating cakes in winter is too cold; It's too cold to eat cake in winter, so it won't burn.
After thousands of years of development, a unique seasonal diet culture has been formed from winter solstice to Sunday. Wonton, jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, red bean porridge and millet rice cakes can all be used as winter holiday food. The "Winter-to-Day Annual Banquet" includes eating meat from winter to sun, serving it to the winter-to-sun group, and worshiping winter with wonton. Eating wonton in winter solstice began as a sacrifice to ancestors, and then it became popular in winter solstice. There is a folk proverb "The solstice in winter is Wonton Noodles, and the solstice in summer". eat soup
Round is also a traditional custom from winter solstice, which means reunion and perfection. Eating jiaozi from winter solstice is also called "Winter solstice group". In the north, there is a custom of eating dog meat and mutton from winter to Sunday, because the weather enters the coldest period from winter to the future. Chinese medicine believes that mutton and dog meat have aphrodisiac and tonic effects, and the folk have the custom of tonic from winter to Sunday. In Shandong Province, there is also a saying that "it's impossible to get to jiaozi on the solstice in winter, who cares if the ears are frozen or not". Therefore, on the solstice of winter, every family should eat jiaozi. [ 10]