Yuncheng is a prefecture-level city in Shanxi. Why do you talk and eat like Xi people?

This is mainly because Yuncheng and Xi 'an are separated by a river, so their cultures are very similar in many places. When we open the map, we will find the geographical location of Yuncheng very interesting. It is located in the southwest of Shanxi Province, just across a river from Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. What is the name of the Yellow River? Natural barrier? However, this section of the Yellow River between Yuncheng and Weinan is completely different. Its current is relatively gentle and it is easier to cross the river. In addition, whether crossing the Yellow River from Xi 'an to Yuncheng or crossing the Yellow River from Yuncheng to Xi 'an, as long as crossing the Yellow River, there is a flat plain area opposite.

In this way, various cultural exchanges between Yuncheng and Xi 'an become easier, so the mutual influence and gradual integration of customs and habits between the two places will naturally follow, and the most representative ones are diet and dialects. There are more than 250 kilometers between Yuncheng and Xi, and more than 400 kilometers from Taiyuan, the provincial capital. It can be seen that in ancient times when traffic conditions were underdeveloped, it was much more difficult to get from Yuncheng to Taiyuan than to Xi 'an. Therefore, the economic and cultural exchanges between Yuncheng and Taiyuan are not so frequent.

In fact, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuncheng was once the jurisdiction of Xi 'an. During the three years from Song Taizong to Daodao, the imperial court adjusted the national administrative division to 15 road. Yuncheng belonged to Shaanxi Road at that time. Shaanxi Road is located in Jingzhao area, which is now xi City, Shaanxi Province.

At that time, the areas north of wenxi county and south of the Great Wall in Shanxi Province were under the jurisdiction of Hedong Road, which is now Bing City in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. Although Yuncheng was no longer under the jurisdiction of Xi 'an in Shaanxi during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it returned to Shaanxi in administrative division. However, the cultural tradition of Yuncheng has been deeply influenced by Xi 'an for a hundred years in the Northern Song Dynasty. It can be said that it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so it will not be so easy to change.