Xiaoyao town

Xiaoyao town

Xiaoyao town is located in the southwest of Xihua county, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, bordering Yanling and Fugou in the north, Linying in the West and Shangshui and Yancheng across the river in the south. The town covers an area of 56.87 square kilometers (2017), with 57000 mu of arable land.

It governs Dongmen, Nanmen, Ximen, Beimen, Zhouzhuang, Changcun, Baishi, xiaoduzhuang, chaicheng, Baiwan, Zhangwan, daduzhuang, Yanzhuang, Jiaodong, Dongcai, xifuling, dongfuling, Gudong, Guxi, Nancang, Wuzhuang, Liuzhai, Wuxiang, Wuzhai, Jiaoxi, Xijia, Shagou and Jiahetan Village, Lizhai village, 29 administrative villages and 54 natural villages, with a total population of 38999 (2017), are the main Hui settlements in the county.

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The Party committee and government of Xiaoyao town in Xihua county attach great importance to economic development, take various measures, formulate development plans, and do everything possible to increase policy preference and financial support. As a result, ethnic minority enterprises and individual businesses have sprung up rapidly. The whole town presents a good situation of Hui and Han people working together for a well-off life.

Carefree economy

The town Party committee and the town government have set up a leading group for the development of ethnic minority economy, which is composed of Finance and taxation, industry and commerce, land, electric power and other departments, and hold regular meetings to analyze the development situation and study and formulate various preferential measures.

Hula soup originated in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. At that time, in order to please the emperor, Yan Song, an old man in the cabinet, got a pair of flavoring medicine from an eminent monk to give to the emperor to make soup. The soup is delicious and Longyan is very happy. It is named "Yutang". After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ji, the imperial chef, fled to Xiaoyao (now Xiaoyao Town, Xihua county) with the medicine and spread it there. Because of this, the local people changed their name to "hu la Tang".

The town has 9 Hula soup processing enterprises, 6 soy sauce and vinegar processing enterprises, and more than 1750 individual businesses.

Historical evolution

Xiaoyao is a famous town in Zhongzhou with a long history. It was built in the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was originally named "Xiaotao". It is also known as "Heliu town" because of the sand and Yinghe river. Qingshui county was set up in the late Song Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it became an important commercial port connecting the upper and lower reaches of Shahe River. Together with Luohe River, Zhoukou River and Jieshou River, it was known as the "four wharves" of Shahe River. Wang Zhi county, an official here, once wrote poems praising the local boat collection and prosperous business. Among them, there is a sentence that "the weather is favorable, the place is favorable, and the people are willing to serve for four years. Therefore, Xiaoyao gets its name and continues to use it. During the period of the Republic of China, it was the seat of Xihua county government. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was the people's Government of the Sixth District of Xihua county at the beginning. Later, it was renamed as Central Township, people's Commune and township. In 1985, it was withdrawn from township to town. In 1992, it was named "Zhongzhou famous town" by the Provincial Department of construction. In October 1996, it was designated as "comprehensive reform pilot town" by Zhoukou district administrative office. In 2000, it was designated as "key town of Henan Province" by the provincial government. In 2015, it was rated as "provincial key demonstration town of urbanization" and "national key town" in 2016,

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The origin of Xiaoyao

Ferry boat shadow, connected with prosperity, into the depths of history. The origin of Xiaoyao town and the two rivers is deep and long. The traces of the past are still looming beside the Shahe levee. Beside the Shahe River, there is a ferry, an old iron boat, and a bamboo pole for rowing. In form, it still retains its original imprint. On the other side of Xiaoyao Town, Yinghe river has no modern scenery of Shahe River. Its scenery is silent behind history. Although it is unpredictable, it has a deep relationship with the original name of Xiaoyao town.

Before the Qing Dynasty, Xiaoyao town was not called Xiaoyao Town, it was called Heliu town. The reason why it is called this strange name has a lot to do with Yinghe River, because here, Yinghe River and Shahe River merge, so it has this name.

The name can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, when it was called heliukou. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was changed to Heliu Town, also known as Xiaotao and Xiaoyao. In the Song Dynasty, the town of Heliu was already quite prosperous, so the government set up Qingshui County here to govern the whole territory of today's Xihua county and some towns of today's Shangcai, Yancheng and Shangshui counties. Wang Zhi county, who served here in the Song Dynasty, expressed his feelings and wrote a poem praising: "all kinds of businesses are flourishing, and there are several small kilns. The officials are obedient and the people are peaceful. The weather is favorable and the place is favorable. I have been happy for four years. " The name of "Xiaoyao" came from this. In the Qing Dynasty, it was simply renamed Xiaoyao town. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xiaoyao town developed rapidly. For a time, it became the economic center of the surrounding areas. The prosperity of Commerce will inevitably lead to the expansion of urban construction. The town has also started to build civil engineering, a large number of temples have sprung up, and five village gates and two water gates have been built to protect the safety of residents and merchants. Many old people still vaguely remember the appearance of the gate, but like all the ancient buildings, they have disappeared.

Famous specialty

The position of Hula soup in Henan is unshakable. Hula soup is not only delicious, but also has the medical value of disease prevention and fitness. It is also economical and can be consumed regardless of the high or low, so it is widely welcomed by many consumers.

There are two main genres of Hula soup in Henan, beiwudu Hula soup in Wuyang County of Luohe City and Hula soup in Xiaoyao town of Zhoukou City. The two genres are only 100 kilometers apart.

The origin of Hula soup: in order to please the emperor, the elder Yan Song got a pair of flavoring medicine from a Taoist to help the emperor prolong his life and drink the soup. The imperial chef served it with Huizong, and Longyan was very happy. When he asked why the soup was made, the imperial chef said "longevity soup". The soup was so delicious that Longyan was so happy that he named it "Yutang". So he left the imperial chef in the palace and gave him the surname Zhao. After the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Yuchu fled south because of the war and settled in Xihua Xiaoyao Town, where "longevity soup" also settled. Zhao Ji, the imperial chef, received the favor of Xiaoyao Hu, so he taught this recipe to Hu. After several years of folk processing and development, a kind of Hula soup was born in Xiaoyao Town, which is suitable for the taste of northerners, spicy, mellow and fragrant. As a result, the soup was fragrant and spicy, and was managed by Hu family. Later, it was gradually called "Hu hot soup" by local people.

The main ingredients of Xiaoyao town Hula soup are: refined powder, cooked beef and mutton, and the ingredients are star anise, pepper, Chinese prickly ash, fennel, Amomum, nutmeg, Caogou, Bagui, Liangjiang, vermicelli, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, Auricularia auricula, flour euryale, sesame oil, vinegar, etc. The decoction has the functions of digestion and appetizer, resolving phlegm and cough, expelling wind and cold, activating blood circulation and removing stasis, clearing away heat and toxin, promoting qi and resolving malaria, removing insects and stagnant discharge, diuresis and removing eczema. It can remove itching and other effects. And its delicious and cheap, very popular with the masses. It has been extended to more than ten provinces, cities and autonomous regions in China.

In the existing Xiaoyao Town, the operation of Hula soup can be divided into two modes: store stall operation and enterprise industrial production

1. The operation of shop stalls is similar to the traditional operation mode, except that in the traditional soup making process, the operators buy large materials from the manufacturers and then process the soup. That is to say, the operators themselves will not prepare the ingredients of Hula soup, but need to purchase pure ingredients of Hula soup. The latter is the manufacturer who benefits from the pure material of Hula soup.

2. The second mode is the above-mentioned enterprise industrial production of spicy soup. This mode was started by Henan Jingyao Food Co., Ltd. In 1992, Ms. Hu Suhua, the 19th generation successor of Hula soup in Xiaoyao Town, who used to run a hula soup chain store in Zhengzhou, was inspired by the limitations of traditional Hula soup operation and inconvenient promotion, which made it difficult for ordinary people to drink whenever and wherever they wanted, so she changed her business model. Back home in Xiaoyao Town, we set up a factory, specializing in industrialized production of spicy soup seasoning. It is convenient for thousands of households and other operators to use hu la soup to make hu la soup, so that the people can really "drink the authentic Xiao Yao hu la soup without leaving home." In order to commemorate the history of Hu's spicy soup in Xiaoyao Town, which was spread from the imperial kitchen in the capital palace to Hu's family in Xiaoyao Town, Hu's spicy soup in Xiaoyao town was named "Jingyao" Hu's spicy soup, which means from the capital palace to Xiaoyao Town, and his company was named "he Nanjing Yao Food Co., Ltd". As a result, a new industry has opened up, bringing the traditional Hula soup into a new era of industrial production.

Xiaoyao Hula soup is a treasure of traditional Chinese food culture and an excellent brand of Chinese food culture. In order to make Xiaoyao Hula soup, a famous snack, a blessing for future generations, the county Party committee and the county government regard it as an effective way to develop labor economy and help farmers increase their income. Seize the business opportunities, aim at the market, a large number of people who master the technology of Hu hot soup go out of their homes to manage Hu hot soup. With the development of business scale, it has expanded from Henan to major and medium-sized cities in China, and has become stronger and stronger. Nearly 80000 Xihua people go out to operate Xiaoyao Hula soup, creating an annual economic benefit of 600 million yuan. In June 2009, "Xiaoyao Hula soup making skills" was declared as the provincial intangible cultural heritage project list, and is actively applying for the national intangible cultural heritage list. In 2010, the film hu la Tang, which was shot by Xiaoxiang film studio, was broadcast on CCTV-6 and achieved good social effects. On behalf of Xihua's tourism products, Xiaoyao Hula soup participated in the tourism product promotion conference sponsored by the provincial tourism administration. It was unanimously rated as Xihua's tourism product label and loved by all walks of life.

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During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, in order to please the emperor,

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