Composition materials for appreciating local customs and customs

Composition on the customs and customs of my hometown

In the embrace of the Qinling Mountains and the Loess Plateau, there is an ancient and magical plain. The land here is fertile, the products are rich, the weather is smooth, and the harvest is guaranteed during droughts and floods. It is more than 100 kilometers wide from north to south and more than 400 kilometers long from east to west. It is known as the Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan. This is Guanzhong. The history goes back 5,000 years ago, where Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang created the greatest beginning of the Chinese nation. King Wu conquered Zhou and established the Zhou Dynasty here; the First Emperor conquered Liuhe and established the Qin Dynasty here; Chu and Han fought for hegemony and established the Han Dynasty here; the prosperous Tang Dynasty pushed Chinese civilization to the highest peak in the world here. Every inch of land here is condensed with thick historical accumulation and many magics and mysteries. Drinking from a big bowl is not a shame. Objectively speaking, the people in Guanzhong are not outstanding in their drinking capacity. They cannot compare with the people from Henan in the east, and cannot compare with the people in northern Shaanxi and Mongolia in the north. Even when competing with the Hanzhong people in the south, the people in Guanzhong may not have an advantage. . However, due to the upright character of Guanzhong people, they are not good at speaking. Therefore, it is often the case that he drinks whatever you tell him to drink. If you dare to say 10 glasses per person, he may not be able to drink at all, but as long as you have not finished speaking, all 10 glasses of wine will be poured into his stomach. However, the people in Guanzhong will not tolerate you cheating and teasing them, even though you may not be malicious. I have encountered such a thing. Several Guanzhong Township Party members visited and studied somewhere in the south. They were warmly received. When drinking, they pushed each other and finally decided to drink a glass each. The Guanzhong people raised their necks without saying a word. , all bottomed out. Several local guests acted cunningly, and with their sharp tongue, they actually took advantage of Li'er. The man from Guanzhong couldn't stand such cowardice. He picked up the bottle and drank a few sips. Then he turned around, pulled the local out of the chair, pushed him to the ground, and drank hard. The host's face changed in fright. , so it is best not to violate the gentleman's agreement when drinking with people in Guanzhong. Snack Stalls People who have been to Xi'an along the way will definitely not forget Xi'an's snacks, especially in the night market. During the day, the road is bright and empty, but at night, hundreds of snack stalls pop up. Stalls crowded the wide road, and small lamps formed a sea of ??lights. In the night market, Guanzhong snacks such as fish, mashed potatoes, noodles, dumplings, oil noodles, buckwheat noodles, etc., plus various snacks of the Hui people in Guanzhong, form two major camps of the night market. Because the night market is cheap and affordable, and has a strong local flavor, it has a strong temptation for both foreign guests and Xi'an citizens. Even the young people they are dating regard eating at the night market as their love affair. essential content. Except for Xi'an, almost all towns and places in Guanzhong have night markets. It has become a food culture with distinctive regional characteristics. In fact, long before city nights appeared, the rural night markets in Guanzhong had been prosperous for thousands of years, but in different ways. The oldest night market format is still used in rural areas of Guanzhong. Under the stage on festival days and when preparing for funerals, the women and men who work in the fields during the day suddenly become the owners of food stalls. However, the varieties are just the same. Oil cakes, fermented glutinous rice, mahua and other things, although the varieties are few and simple, are already very fresh. Stalls are usually placed where there are more people, thus often blocking the flow of people and adding to the lively atmosphere. Looking back, this is the origin of the most authentic Guanzhong Night Market. Experts bury their reputations. Due to its extremely profound historical and cultural heritage, Guanzhong not only buries rich cultural relics and historic sites, but also buries many geniuses and experts. For example, in my hometown of Huaxian County, there was a calligrapher named Wu. No one knew about him during the decades he lived. People around him only knew that he could write. When I was a child, it was during the Cultural Revolution. He would carry a lime bucket in one hand and a brush in the other, writing slogans along the wall. We would follow behind and continue to move into the bucket. No one could have imagined how high his writing skills were. It was not until the end of the "Cultural Revolution" that several great calligraphers from a certain city's calligraphy and painting collection accidentally saw Wu Laoyi's banner with the words "Carrying out farmland water conservancy infrastructure" and were immediately impressed by the calligraphy art that was extremely sophisticated and highly artistic. , several masters made a special trip to Shaanxi and went to Wu's hometown, eager to get a calligraphy ink that avoided political leanings for the permanent collection of the museum. Unfortunately, Mr. Wu refused to write. Later, someone took Mr. Wu's ink and exhibited it in the book market. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be of the highest quality. Even many first-class calligraphers lamented it. It's a pity that Mr. Wu never knew how high his level was, just like the blind man A Bing never knew that his "Er Quan Ying Yue" would become an eternal masterpiece.

There are countless masters like this in Guanzhong. When you go to live in the countryside, you may encounter extremely high-level calligraphers, painters, doctors, craftsmen, literary historians, Qin opera singers, etc. at any time. Their level is often beyond comparison. beyond people's expectations. It is more appropriate to describe Guanzhong with outstanding people and talented people. The four-square plot of land in the home town is like Xiuhuatai. The Guanzhong people's carefulness in farming and carelessness in life form a strong contrast. When I came to Guanzhong, I stood at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains. Looking up from a high place, I could see that the land of Qinchuan was boundless, fertile and flat as a mirror. Roads and ridges divide the fertile fields in an orderly manner. This is of course related to the miraculous creation of nature, but it is also inseparable from the careful repairs made by Guanzhong people for generations. Farm work in the Guanzhong area is generally busy only in summer and autumn, and people are idle throughout the winter. The people in Guanzhong are not good at going out to work or doing business, so they devote almost all their energy and thoughts to the farmland. When leveling the land, they worked carefully. When plowing the land, they didn't even use plows. They felt that the plowing was not very precise, so they used shovels to plow the land one by one. After plowing, they applied base fertilizer and tied the ridges with ropes. It is laid neatly and neatly, like a flower bed, which is very suitable for crop growth. After the seeds are sown, they are also very serious about the growth management of the crops, whether it is watering, fertilizing, or grafting seedlings, everything is meticulous. Over time, not only did they know every inch of the land, but they also knew almost every crop that grew.