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In the heart of China, there is a historical and cultural treasure hidden, that is, Xiangyang. It is an ancient city that carries thousands of years of historical memories and a flowing history. Here, you can see the traces of ancient wars, feel the strong cultural atmosphere, and hear the breath and whispers of the ancient city.
History of the founding of Xiangyang
Xiangyang is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, in the middle of the Han River. It is adjacent to Shiyan City, Shennongjia Forest District, Yichang City, Jingmen City, Suizhou City, and Nanyang City, Henan Province. Xiangyang is located at the junction of Hubei and Yu provinces, with Wudang Mountain and Jingshan East to the west, Tongbai Mountain to the northeast, Dahong Mountain to the southeast, and the Xiangyang Basin in the entire central part.
Xiangyang is a famous city with a long history and splendid culture, and its founding history dates back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, when the capital of the Deng Kingdom was founded here.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Biao moved Jingzhou to Xiangyang, making it a prefecture-level seat of government under the jurisdiction of the eight counties of Jingxiang. Since then, Xiangyang has become a political, military, economic and cultural center.
During the Ming Dynasty, the Xiangyang City Wall was repaired and expanded, and during the Qing Dynasty, the Xiangyang City Wall was repeatedly built due to the Han water breaking the embankment and breaking the city. The Qing Dynasty also set up the first Western-style school in Hubei Province in Xiangyang, the Guanghua Academy
Due to the unique geographical environment of being surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on one side, Xiangyang City is particularly strong, and it is the most complete preserved ancient city defense structure in Chinese history.
Xiangyang is divided into Xiangcheng on the south bank of the Han River and Fancheng on the north bank of the Han River, the two are separated by the Han River, each other's horns, and each other's aid, both of which were historically important military towns, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Xiangyang has always been a battleground for soldiers. In the history of 3,000 years, it is difficult to count the battles large and small, such as the battle of Baiqishui Guanyancheng, the battle of Guan Yu flooding the Seventh Army, the battle of Yue Fei to recover Xiangyang, the battle of Xiangfan of Song Yuan, and the battle of Li Zicheng to occupy Xiangyang.
Xiangyang cultural history
Xiangyang is the main birthplace of Chu culture, Han culture and Three Kingdoms culture, and has given birth to many outstanding literati and famous scholars, such as Song Yu, Wang Yu, Meng Haoran, Mi Fu and so on.
Meng Haoran, a poet of the Tang Dynasty landscape idyllic school, known as "Meng Xiangyang". Representative works include "Passing Old People's Zhuang", "Spring Dawn", "Su Jiande River" and so on.
Meng Haoran's poetry has an important position and influence in the history of literature, his poetry style is fresh and natural, the language is beautiful and fluent, the artistic conception is far-reaching and elegant, and the emotions are sincere and indifferent.
He has a keen eye for natural landscapes and is able to integrate his state of mind with natural landscapes to create an ideal state that transcends reality.
He has a strong yearning and pursuit of a secluded life, and is able to associate his ideals with ancient hermits, showing a high-purity sentiment that is otherworldly. Meng Haoran had a profound influence on later poets, especially the landscape idyllic poets of the Tang and Song dynasties.
Zhuge Liang spent ten years in seclusion in Xiangyang, during which he read a lot of books, made friends with famous people, paid close attention to world events, and formed his own political ideas and strategic ideas. He had accepted Sima Hui's recommendation in Longzhong and met Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others.
After three Gu Maolu. Liu Bei treated each other with sincerity, Zhuge Liang welcomed each other with courtesy, and the two saw each other as before, with similar interests. Zhuge Liang proposed the "Longzhong Countermeasures" for Liu Bei, improvising the strategic policy of restoring the Han court and unifying the world, and since then assisted Liu Bei in achieving a situation of three parts of the world.
After Zhuge Liang left Longzhong, the grass house where he lived was still preserved and became a place for future generations to worship and commemorate him. Successive generations of literati have come to Longzhong to pay tribute to Zhuge Liang, and have left many poems of praise and emotion. Longzhong Scenic Area is a key scenic spot and AAAAA-level tourist scenic spot, as well as a key cultural relic protection unit and patriotic education base.
There are five scenic spots in Longzhong Scenic Area, including Gurungzhong, Shuijingzhuang, Cheng'en Temple, Qilishan and Hezichuan, among which the most distinctive is Gurungzhong Scenic Area.
In the Gulong Middle Scenic Area, there are buildings and inscriptions such as Zhuge Liang's Former Residence, Sangu Hall, Yeyun Temple, and Sanyi Hall, as well as Zhuge Liang's bronze statue, Caolu Pavilion, knee-hugging pavilion and other attractions. Visitors can feel Zhuge Liang's place of study, strategy and legacy here.
Mi Fu is a calligrapher, painter, poet, writer, politician and thinker of the Northern Song Dynasty, his calligraphy is mainly cursive, the style is unrestrained and natural, the momentum is majestic, known as "the first line of grass under the world", he is the master of the art of calligraphy and painting in the Song Dynasty.
The modern culture of Xiangyang
The modern culture of Xiangyang generally presents the characteristics of north-south integration. Xiangyang's geographical location is located in the hinterland of China, and the transition between north and south makes Xiangyang culture "take into account the east, west, south and north, and integrate traditional and modern" characteristics.
Xiangyang not only inherits the ancient and deep local culture such as Chu culture, Three Kingdoms culture, and Hanshui culture, but also absorbs the diverse cultures of surrounding areas and foreign ethnic groups.
For example, the Xiangyang dialect belongs to the middle part of the southern dialect of Chinese, but it has the influence of the northern dialect, similar to Henan dialect, but without the stress of Henan dialect; Xiangyang cuisine has both the light and refreshing taste of southern cuisine and the fresh aroma of northern cuisine; Xiangyang folk customs not only retain the Chudi customs, but also are compatible with Shaanxi customs.
In addition, Xiangyang's culture is innovative. In the contemporary social and economic development, Xiangyang continues to innovate cultural industries and tourism to enhance the city's image and competitiveness.
In addition, the protection of the ancient city has been launched, and projects such as the restoration of the ancient city wall, the smooth flow of the moat, and the transformation of back streets and alleys have been further promoted, so as to inherit the ancient city culture and polish the ancient city brand; Xiangyang has also created eco-tourism projects such as the Danang Greenway and the Han River Cruise, enriching the tourism format and products.
In addition, cultural diversity is also a characteristic of Xiangyang. Xiangyang has a wealth of cultural resources and tourism resources, which can meet the preferences of tourists of different levels and needs.
For example, Xiangyang has scenic spots such as Gurungzhong, Yangyang City, Danangnan, Seoul Film and Television Base, Lumen Mountain, Shuijingzhuang, Spring and Autumn Village, etc., allowing tourists to enjoy natural scenery and feel history and culture; Xiangyang has beef noodles, hot dry noodles, bean skin, sticky rice and other gourmet snacks, allowing tourists to taste local flavors and enjoy delicious dishes.
Xiangyang food culture
The food culture of Xiangyang is an important part of Xiangyang's history and culture, and it is also an important embodiment of the charm of Xiangyang city. The food culture of Xiangyang has distinct regional characteristics and era characteristics, which not only inherits the influence of ancient cultures such as the Chu State, the Three Kingdoms and Hanshui, but also absorbs the flavors of surrounding areas and foreign ethnic groups.
Xiangyang's food culture is based on salty and slightly spicy and original taste, with many stewed, simmered and roasted dishes, and pays attention to fire skills. Xiangyang is good at cooking six animals, skillfully making fish and fresh dishes, most of the dishes pay attention to the shape, so the finished dishes show the atmosphere.
Xiangyang's special snacks include beef noodles, tofu noodles, wrapped hooves, plate duck, pan eel, hot dry noodles, etc.
Among them, beef noodles is one of the most representative snacks in Xiangyang, with butter soup, beef offal, beef and noodles as the main ingredients, with rich aroma and delicious taste.
Tofu noodles are a snack made with deep-fried tofu and bean sprouts as the main ingredients, and seasonings such as bone broth and chili oil.
Wrapped hooves are made of pork trotter meat as the main material, marinated with a variety of spices for several days, then wrapped with fine hemp rope, blown in a ventilated place and cooked food.
Plate duck is made of adult duck as the main material, fattening, killing hair, refining and drying with a variety of condiments. Pan eel is made of pen eel as the main material, first dry stir-fried and then marinated with pepper, pepper, chili pepper and other condiments.
Hot dry noodles are one of the specialties of Hubei Province and are also popular in Xiangyang, where noodles and sesame paste are the main ingredients, mixed with chili oil, vinegar and other spices.
Xiangyang's famous dishes include three plates, sand meat, braised hooves, steamed bream, kimchi tripe, and sauce popping meat.
Three plates are traditional famous dishes in Xiangyang, using pork liver, pork ribs and pork brains as ingredients, focusing on fried purple mustard, fried pork ribs, fried brain bubble three dishes are good at one meal, one dish and three meals, hence the name.
Pork is a traditional beet in Xiangyang, with pork belly as the main ingredient, bean paste is sandwiched into sliced meat, steamed until crispy and soft and served as a sweet treat.
Braised hooves are a home-cooked dish in Xiangyang, with pork trotters as the main ingredient, braised with soy sauce, rock sugar, peppercorns and other condiments, the meat is soft and glutinous, and the soup is rich.
Steamed bream is a special dish of Xiangyang, with bream as the main ingredient, steamed with ginger, green onion, salt and other condiments, the fish meat is tender and the soup is fragrant.
It is a Xiangyang style dish, with shredded tripe and kimchi as the main ingredients, mixed with chili oil, peppercorn powder and other condiments, sour and spicy and refreshing, appetizing rice.
Sauce popping meat is a special dish of Xiangyang, with pork belly as the main material, stir-fried with sweet noodle sauce, chili sauce and other condiments, the meat skin is charred and fragrant, and the meat is tender.
Xiangyang Cultural Industry
Xiangyang's cultural industry is an important pillar and driving force for Xiangyang's economic and social development, and also an important embodiment of Xiangyang's image and competitiveness.
Xiangyang's cultural industry takes inheriting and innovating Xiangyang's history and culture as the core, aims to enhance and meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, cultivates and expands cultural enterprises and markets as a means, and promotes and promotes the deep integration of culture with economy, society, science and technology and other fields as the path, forming a cultural industry system with distinct regional characteristics and characteristics of the times.
Xiangyang's cultural industry mainly includes the following aspects:
1. Cultural and creative industries. Xiangyang cultural and creative industry with film and television animation, design consulting, advertising media, software games, etc. as the main fields, Tangcheng Film and Television Base, Seoul Film and Television Base, Xiangyang Animation Industrial Park, Xiangyang Software Park, etc. as the main platforms, with Hanfeng Tianxia, Hanjiang Media, Hanshui Software, Hanjiang Games, etc. as the main enterprises, forming a number of cultural and creative products and brands with high popularity and influence.
2. Cultural tourism industry. Xiangyang cultural tourism industry takes Gulongzhong, Xiangyang City, Danangnang, Lumen Mountain as the main scenic spots, takes the culture of the Three Kingdoms, Chu culture, Hanshui culture, etc. as the main content, and takes the protection and development of ancient cities, eco-tourism development, rural tourism construction, etc. as the main ways, forming a number of cultural tourism products and routes with high attraction and popularity.
3. Cultural and educational industries. Xiangyang cultural and educational industry takes publishing and distribution, library collection, education and training as the main fields, Hubei Publishing Group Xiangyang Branch, Xiangyang Library, Hubei Institute of Engineering as the main institutions, and "Three Kingdoms", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Zhuge Liang's Complete Works" as the main works, forming a number of cultural and educational products and services with high quality and scale.
The future development of Xiangyang culture
The development of Xiangyang's cultural industry is in accordance with the strategic deployment of "strong cultural city", with the goal of enhancing the city's soft power and core competitiveness, promoting economic transformation and upgrading and social harmony and progress as the driving force, driving innovation and reform and opening up as the means, meeting the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people as the guide, building "the hometown of the culture of the three countries, the source of the culture of the Chu country, and the cultural capital of Hanshui" as the main line, and the goal of building a "national historical and cultural city, a national cultural ecological reserve, and a national cultural industry demonstration base" , an important measure for comprehensive advancement.
The development of Xiangyang's cultural industry has made remarkable achievements and outstanding contributions in recent years.
For example, the added value of Xiangyang's cultural industry increased from 7.28 billion yuan in 2015 to 12.08 billion yuan in 2020, with an average annual growth rate of 10.7%, and its proportion in GDP increased from 3.4% to 4.2%.
The number of cultural enterprises in Xiangyang increased from 1,120 in 2015 to 1,850 in 2020, with an average annual growth of 10.6%, of which the number of enterprises above designated size increased from 80 in 2015 to 150 in 2020;
The number of cultural products and brands in Xiangyang increased from 100 in 2015 to 200 in 2020, of which the number of national products and brands increased from 20 in 2015 to 40 in 2020.
For the development of Xiangyang's cultural industry, on the one hand, Xiangyang will make full use of its rich historical and cultural resources and geographical advantages, actively dock with the "Belt and Road" initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt strategy, deeply participate in the construction of "three regions and three states" in Hubei Province and the development of Wuhan metropolitan area, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with surrounding areas and external markets, and enhance the influence and competitiveness of Xiangyang's cultural industry throughout the country and even the world.
On the other hand, while developing, Xiangyang will not forget the interests of the people of Xiangyang, and Xiangyang will adhere to the people-centered development thinking, constantly innovate cultural products and services, improve cultural quality and efficiency, meet the diversified, multi-level and multi-directional spiritual and cultural needs of the people, and promote the implementation of socialist core values in Xiangyang.
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Xiangyang is a famous historical and cultural city, but also a modern cultural city.
The uniqueness of Xiangyang's historical and cultural city is mainly reflected in its long history, splendid culture, distinctive characteristics and active innovation. Xiangyang has not only witnessed many major events and changes in Chinese history, but also produced many outstanding literati and cultural heritage.
Xiangyang not only inherits the ancient and deep local culture such as Chu culture, Three Kingdoms culture, and Hanshui culture, but also absorbs the diverse cultures of surrounding areas and foreign ethnic groups. Xiangyang not only protects and inherits traditional cultural resources such as the ancient city wall, Gurungzhong and Xiangyang opera, but also builds and develops modern cultural projects such as the Tangcheng Film and Television Base and the Danang Greenway.
The development potential of modern culture in Xiangyang is mainly reflected in its geographical advantages, rich historical and cultural resources, growth of cultural industry, and active cultural creativity. Located in northwest Hubei and the middle reaches of the Han River Plain, Xiangyang is an important node city of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt strategy, which is conducive to cooperation and exchanges with surrounding areas and external markets.
Xiangyang has a number of historical and cultural resources such as national scenic spots, national intangible cultural heritage projects, and national key cultural relics protection units, which is conducive to creating a brand image of "the hometown of the culture of the three countries, the source of the culture of the Chu country, and the cultural capital of Hanshui".
Xiangyang has cultivated excellent cultural enterprises and brands in many fields such as film and television animation, design consulting, advertising media, software games and so on, which is conducive to enhancing the city's soft power and core competitiveness.
Xiangyang has attracted many outstanding cultural and artistic talents in many fields such as modern painters, sculptors, calligraphers, etc., which is conducive to creating more cultural and artistic works and displays with personality and charm.
Do you like such a long-standing, thriving and innovative Xiangyang?