He works and often travels all over Henan. Basically every county has been there. And each county has its own character and characteristics. Worth a note. Hence the series. Purely personal subjective views, family words, are inevitably superficial and one-sided. Please also be more inclusive! You are more welcome to add and correct.
Xi County, under the administration of Xinyang City. The county covers an area of 1,892 square kilometers. The seventh population census shows that the permanent population by the end of 2020 is 724,600.
Xi County, named after the ancient country of Shi. Take the meaning of life and death. In 682 BC, King Wen of Chu set up a county for the first time in the land of China. Since then, it has been more than 3,000 years since the ancient and modern periods have not been easy to "rest" the name and not change the county rule. It can be called a living fossil of "county system" and is known as "the first county in China".
XiXian is located in the southeast of Henan Province and the northeast of Xinyang City. It is located on the southern edge of the Huang-Huai Plain, dominated by the plain terrain. The land spans the Huai River and is divided into north and south, with rice growing mainly south of the Huai River and wheat north of the Huai River. It is known as "it is difficult to buy the county slope with money, half dry rice and half steamed bread". The most famous specialty of Xixian is the "Fragrant Rice Pill", which is a national geographical indication protection product. Xixian Xiangdao Pill, also known as pearl jade, has an oval shape and a white color, such as pearls sparkling, and the taste is delicious and abnormal. It was once known as "Gongmi". There is a reputation of "a piece of rice fragrant slope, a handful of rice fragrant pots, a family cooking fragrant neighbors, a cup of fragrant wine fragrant table" spread. The porridge boiled by fragrant rice pills is called "pearl soup". A sake brewed from Kami-maru is called "Pearl Jade Liquor".
There is a particularly large park in Xixian County, Xixian Forest Park. It covers an area of 1550 acres. It is covered with lush Metasequoia forests. Metasequoia trees, tall and straight, give people a feeling of vigorous upwards. Is my personal favorite tree. The park is home to the Lady of the Sea Memorial and Ma Yuan Square. Commemorates two celebrities in the history of the county. Lady Xi, surnamed Concubine, is one of the four beauties of the Spring and Autumn Period. Married to the monarch of the Kingdom of Shi, she was honored as Lady Xi. Because of her beauty, she was at war with the Three Kingdoms. Lady Xi went to the disaster with her own body, so that the people of the country would not be destroyed. Ma Yuan, a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a general of the Official ZhifuBo, and was enfeoffed in Xi County, known as the Marquis of Xinxi. Its old age is strong, and the story of the shroud of Ma Ge is admired by the world.
The so-called "rice has noodles, blessed land and county". Whether you're a southerner or a northerner, you'll find something to suit you when you come to Xixian County. There are classic noodle dishes such as noodles and puff pastries, as well as classic Xinyang dishes such as stews. Among them, the noodle kang chicken is the most representative cuisine of XiXian County, and it is a dish of fusion between the north and the south. It not only uses the noodle kang method of the northern food-oriented area, but also integrates the stewing techniques of the Xinyang area. Recommend the must-punch food in Xixian County.