Don’t try to understand Nanyang, but we may be able to understand this “Southern Henan” through some Nanyang people.
Is Nanyang north or south?
Nanyang men are frank. In Nanyang, I invited a friend to dinner. I hung up the phone at the car. The car over there will drive to you and your son soon.
When it comes to drinking, of course not.
Eating and drinking are important events in the lives of Nanyang people. Look at the topography of Nanyang. On three sides are Wudang Mountain, Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain. The three mountains surround Nanyang into a basin.
Does it look like a bowl? Bowl for eating. Although eating is very important, romance is still needed, so it became "ten thousand". This is also the origin of the ancient name "Wan" in Nanyang. This word is beautiful and full of grand and ancient meaning.
The topographic map of Nanyang in the Qing Dynasty perfectly displays the shape of "ten thousand", which is also one of the qualities of Nanyang. You can directly say that neighboring Xiangyang, Hubei, is the authentic north, but you can't tell whether Nanyang is the south or the north.
In China, the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains has extraordinary significance. It is not only a mountain that stretches from east to west, but also a long river that stretches for thousands of miles. It is also the dividing line between north and south China. South of the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River is the south of China, and north of the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River is the north of China.
The north and south are clearly demarcated, and their cultural and living customs are also very different.
The most important thing is that this involves a technical issue, whether there is heating.
The magical thing about Nanyang is that many people may initially think that Henan Province belongs to northern China, and Nanyang City under its jurisdiction should naturally belong to the northern city. For example, he has no heating.
In fact, although most of Henan is located north of the Qinling-Huaihe River line, which is a typical north, a small part of its south is located south of the Qinling-Huaihe River line, which belongs to the south of China. Nanyang is located in this small area .
If strictly divided by geography, Nanyang can be counted as the south. But Nanyang is not "South". Judging from the boldness of drinking and fighting, it is completely "North".
Then why is Nanyang called Nan? Where is he in the south?
According to the division method of ancient Chinese, "the land south of the mountains and north of the water is the Yang land", which is located south of Funiu Mountain and north of the Han River. "South" refers to the direction and "Yang" refers to the terrain. .
However, this is actually the superficial meaning.
The reason why Nanyang is called Nanyang is because it is "the south of China".
This China is not China in the modern sense. At that time, in the Xia Dynasty, "South" had the meaning of direction. The Yellow River Basin is known as the cradle of the Chinese nation. This is not for nothing, because many dynasties and vassal states were established on both sides of the Yellow River. In ancient concepts, this region was called "China".
Since "China" represents the center, there must be peripheries in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Nanyang was located in the south of China at that time, so it means "south".
Sounds great, right? "Southern China" Oh!
Do you know why Nanyang’s traditional Chinese medicine is so developed? You can buy Chinese herbal medicine in any supermarket.
It is because there are many mountains and water and the climate is suitable. As a basin terrain, most of Nanyang is located south of the Qinling Mountains. The warm and humid airflow in the south is blocked all the way upward by the Qinling Mountains, resulting in relatively humid climate conditions in Nanyang.
There are 2356 kinds of traditional Chinese medicinal plants in Nanyang, the most famous of which are Nanzhao Xinyi, Xixia Dogwood and Gastrodia elata, Tongbai Platycodon, Fangchenghao Salvia, Neixiang Huangjiangda, Zhenping Eucommia, Dengzhou Ophiopogon japonicus, Tanghe gardenia, Sheqi isatis root, etc.
When looking for Chinese medicinal materials in a certain treasure, you can tell that some of them are from Nanyang.
After all, Zhang Zhongjing and the compulsory "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" at the beginning of all traditional Chinese medicine schools created an awe-inspiring realm.
When it comes to the relationship between Nanyang’s landscape and talents, I can’t finish it in three days and three nights.
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Specialty is talent.
As we all know, "Medical Saint" Zhang Zhongjing was from Nanyang.
It is said that he also invented the earliest dumplings. For details, please click on Yu Ji’s previous article: Eating dumplings on the winter solstice is to commemorate a Nanyang man.
A while ago, it was circulated on the Internet that Leonardo da Vinci from abroad was an all-rounder who dabbled in astronomy and geography. His style, beauty, mathematics, physics and chemistry are all encompassing.
China also has such rare talents. That is Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng made many achievements in his life, including making an armillary sphere driven by water, inventing a seismometer and a compass that can detect the direction of earthquake sources, discovering the cause of lunar eclipses, and mapping and recording the stars of 2,500 stars. Figure, calculate pi to one decimal place, explain and establish the cosmology of armillary sphere theory.
In terms of literature, he created famous works such as "Erjing Fu" and "Guitian Fu", which expanded the style and theme of Han Fu. He was listed as one of the "Four Masters of Han Fu".
He created the seven-character ancient poetry style and made great contributions to Chinese culture. Zhang Heng was a great and respected scientist, and his achievements were comparable to those of Ptolemy in the West at the same time.
The United Nations Astronomical Organization named a crater on the moon "Zhang Heng Crater" and named the asteroid 1802 in the solar system "Zhang Xingxing".
It goes without saying that the wise Zhuge Liang said: "I wear commoners and plow Nanyang." His wisdom is close to that of a demon. This great god who seems to have traveled through the past is the embodiment of the highest wisdom of the Chinese people.
In addition, there are Shang sages Fan Li and Jiang Ziya. Nanyang has also been working hard to shape the image of the "Five Sages" in the past two years.
In addition to these five saints, Nanyang also produced a perfect emperor, Liu Xiu, who married the Nanyang beauty Yin Lihua.
It is said that "people from Henan are half Nanyang", which is true. You must have heard of the "Nanyang Writers Group". This "circle of friends" was formed in the 1980s and has always had a great influence on China's contemporary literary world. For example, "Dead February River" is a representative of the Nanyang writers group.
Nanyang is also rich in pilots. Among the pilots in the country, the handsome little brother from Nanyang accounts for one seventh.
Whether you are in business or politics, people in the industry must know that Nanyang people should not be underestimated. Nanyang, which is rich in writers, also has a profession called Nanyang Jurist.
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Nanyang is like the center of a circle, radiating throughout Henan. The big names who come out from here are very happy to contribute to their hometown. They often come back for a walk and lead a group of young people to start a career outside.
Nanyang people are very supportive. You can see this phenomenon in many cities across the country. As long as a Nanyang person succeeds in a certain aspect, he will immediately attract a large number of fellow villagers, and even choose a place to live together, and a small community speaking Nanyang dialect will soon be formed. If a Nanyang person is bullied, the villagers will be prepared to deal with it.
More than 20 years ago, Jin, the boss of Ruijin Electronics Company in Zhuhai, asked all employees to kneel down. More than 200 employees surrendered, but Sun, a young man from Nanyang, flatly refused.
Outside, Nanyang Nan is a real man. They are relentless and arrogant.
Leisure is the life philosophy of Nanyang people.
On the other hand, it is precisely because of Nanyang’s special geographical location that it is neither south nor north, so people here have their own philosophy of life.
I drank water from the Yangtze River and ate noodles that were like hot dry noodles.
There is even a Wozi Noodle Association in Dengzhou, which is subdivided into three major factions.
A bowl of Wozi noodles is Nanyang style.
This is the mood of life that you don’t understand. Nanyang's economy is far inferior to that of the Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta. This year there happened to be a high-speed train passing by, but this situation created a state of leisure for the locals.
It is said that Danjiangkou Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Asia. Feelings cannot be found through imagination alone. If you arrive at the center of the reservoir by boat and face the vast water, this title will definitely make you blurt out.
Danjiangkou Reservoir is located between Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province and Xichuan County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. It is also the water source of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
The fish cooking skills of the Xichuan people in Nanyang are perfect and famous far and wide. It is precisely because of the famous Danjiangkou fish. Even Nanyang people themselves say that the fish in Danjiangkou is good and they would rather drive there to buy fresh fish.
You said Nanyang looks like the south, right? Which southern city is more drinkable than Nanyang?
The most powerful thing is to persuade people to drink.
Nanyang men are methodical and persuasive when it comes to toasting. Each toast has its own explanation. Each theory has a set of theories, some are secular, some are astronomical and geographical, and they are all-encompassing. If you don't drink, you will be sorry for other people's golden words.
When drinking with Nanyang people, if you don’t insist on serving hot dishes, you may be knocked down.
However, whether it is the south or the north, whether it is good or bad, it is Nanyang that is unique to Henan.