There are mainly Hui and Han nationalities in Shangqiu, but there are also other ethnic minorities living here. These ethnic groups are: Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Dai, Li, Tujia, Tu, Salar and Yugur. The population of Han nationality accounts for 98. 1% of the total population of Shangqiu, and the cultural customs and eating habits of Shangqiu in Henan Province are dominated by Han nationality.

By the end of 20 16, there were 43 ethnic minorities in Shangqiu, with a total population of166,000, accounting for 1.85% of the city's total population, mainly Hui, Mongolian and Manchu. The population of the Hui nationality is 654.38+600,000, of which the total population of the Hui nationality ranks second in Henan Province. There are 39 townships (towns) and streets with a population of ethnic minorities exceeding/kloc-0.000, including 4 ethnic townships (towns) and 93 ethnic villages. It has the remarkable characteristics of large dispersion and small settlement, and is a typical ethnic mixed area.

1, diet

Shangqiu is the birthplace of Yi Yin, the originator of China cuisine. Cooking combines ancient and modern in one furnace, and there are more than a thousand kinds of local specialties. Shangqiu cuisine is made of natural materials, authentic materials, original flavor, good color and fragrance, and not flashy. The utensils used are also large plates and bowls, which are eye-opening and magnificent to eat. Among them, the more distinctive dishes that fully demonstrate the traditional cooking skills of the Central Plains are casserole mutton, stewed soft-shelled turtle with skin, stewed soft-shelled turtle with skin of black-bone chicken, piled mutton, stewed gourd drumsticks with cordyceps sinensis, fried duck with eight-treasure gourd, scallion-roasted plum-blossom ginseng, emerald fish maw, Sanqiu roasted eel and so on. There are also some special snacks such as flowering sesame seed cake, scallion cake, Hu spicy soup, oil tea and so on.

2. Fire culture

Suiyang District, Shangqiu City is the place where Zhu Ren, the "Huang San Head" and "Fire Ancestor", invented drilling wood to make fire, and it is also a scenic spot for Vulcan cherry blossoms. "As the birthplace and important spreading place of China fire culture, Emperor Yangdi Mausoleum and Kuibotai bear the history of the invention and management of China fire. Sui invented artificial drilling wood to make fire, which opened a new era of human civilization.

3. Folk dance

Shangqiu folk dances include bamboo horses and dry boats. Bamboo horses and dry boats have been introduced into Zhuji for more than 100 years. Bamboo horse is made of bamboo strips as the skeleton and tied with iron wire or rope. The whole hair and ponytail of the horse are made of hemp dyed with various colors. The horsehead is wrapped in cloth and decorated with colorful paintings, and a string of copper bells as big as eggs is hung around the neck, which makes the bamboo horse look lifelike and resemble a live horse. Leave a space behind the horse for the actors to stand on. When performing, the number of men and women is equal, each 12.

The dry boat is tied with bamboo strips into a boat shape, surrounded by colored silk, and the lower part is painted with water waves and ripples. On the boat, a cloth pavilion was erected with four bamboo poles, and the front and back were decorated with various flowers and hydrangeas. The boatman dressed as a lady in ancient costume, and the boatman dressed as an old ferryman with white hair and silver beard. Shangqiu also has some unique folk dance programs, such as flower basket dance, cart, walking on stilts, seeing ghosts, dragon lantern dance, small-backed old man, horizontal bar sedan chair and so on.

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Shangqiu climate

Shangqiu has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. Winter is north, cold and dry; Spring is warm, dry and rainy for many days; Summer is affected by southerly wind, which is hot and rainy, and the water and heat are well coordinated, which is suitable for crop growth, but sometimes showers and hail bring harm; There is little rainfall and plenty of sunshine in autumn. According to the average climate temperature, there are four seasons in a year. The average climate temperature is lower than 10℃ in winter, higher than 22℃ in summer and between 10-22℃ in spring and autumn. Shangqiu has a longer winter, followed by summer, and shorter spring and autumn. ?

The average annual precipitation in Shangqiu is 711.9mm, and the corresponding total precipitation is 59 1.3 million cubic meters. The average annual runoff depth is 76.8 mm, and the total runoff is 6.405 million cubic meters. ?

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Shangqiu