Yangbi Town, Qi County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province

Yangbi town

Yangbi Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Qi County in Henan Province, is located in the north of the county, 17 kilometers away from the county. It covers an area of 62.99 square kilometers and has a population of 53179 (2017). Qi (county) LAN (Kao) highway transit. Yangbi district was established in 1949, commune in 1958 and township in 1984.

geographical environment

Yangbi town is located in the northernmost part of Qi County, at the junction of Qi County, Lankao County and Minquan county. There are five towns in the outer ring, Shuangta town of Minquan County in the northeast, Xizhai in the southeast, Shiyuan in the south, nigou in the West and Huian sub district office of Lankao County in the north. With a total area of 62.99 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 33 administrative villages, 44 natural villages and 186 villager groups, with a total of 53179 people (2017), living in Changsi village and yanggudong village, and 30 Tibetan and Zhuang floating population, accounting for 0.63% of the total population.

National Highway 106 and Qilan highway run through the north and south. With the rapid development of communication industry, broadband and optical fiber mobile phones can be used everywhere. With a total area of 63.8 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 48 natural villages, which are divided into 33 villager committees and 186 villager groups, with a total of about 9878 households and 43824 people. It has always been the gateway of Qibei, with Han and Hui Nationalities, and more than 70 surnames including Zhang, Wang, Wu, Cao, pan, Ge, Zhu, Li, Gao, Xu, Liu, yuan, song and Chen.

The people's Government of Yangbi town is located in the South Village of Yangbi town. Yangbi town is 15 kilometers away from Qi County in the south, 12 kilometers away from Lankao County in the north and 4 kilometers away from Lianhuo expressway. It is the largest, oldest and most prosperous market town in the junction zone of Qi County, Lankao County and Minquan county.

The geomorphology of the town is complex due to the influence of river disasters in history. Today, except for the central part of the town, there are many hills and depressions crisscross in the East, northwest and southwest, with sand dunes uplifted and disc-shaped closed depressions or pan channel relics between the hills. Yangbi town has 56230 mu of cultivated land. The main food crops are wheat and corn, and the main economic crops are garlic, peanut and vegetables. Animal husbandry is mainly based on pig breeding.

In recent years, the town Party committee and government continue to strengthen infrastructure construction, the town's 50000 mu of arable land has basically formed a pattern of "ditch connected, road connected, forest network, drought irrigation, waterlogging drainage". Remarkable results have been achieved in the structural adjustment of planting industry, and garlic and vegetable planting bases have been built. The construction of new socialist countryside is changing with each passing day. The roads are smooth, the village is clean and tidy, the medical care is guaranteed, the old people have security, and the flowers of spiritual civilization are gorgeous and open.

administrative division

Yangbi town governs Dongying, Xiying, dongmafang, ximafang, Mengzhai, Wanglou, Zhangzhai, Jiudian, qianlecheng, zhonglecheng, houlecheng, changlingsi, gezhai, xiyangzhuang, dongyangzhuang, qianyangzhuang, Baita, qiantiegang, xitiegang, dongtiegang, Liulin, Xiaogang, Luzhuang, puzhuang, qigangnan village, qigangzhong village, qigangbei village, huangerzhuang, hezhai, Nancun and Dongcun There are 33 administrative villages, including West Village, North Village and Southeast village.

Customs and legends

During the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, the residents who moved from Shanxi to Henan settled down here one after another. Shops are crowded, pedestrians are shuttling through the streets, and there is no stop crying. Every festival, monkey players, shadow puppets, acrobats, opera singers and martial arts contests show their skills and are very lively. The North-South street is three li long, and the east-west street is five li long. A three Zhang high stockade wall is built around it. Outside the stockade wall, Haihe River surrounds the town. The Haihe river connects with the big river in the north. In summer, the river is rippling, with reeds growing in the river. The walls of the village open an arched gate to the East, West, South, North and Southeast. The gate of the village is made of blue square bricks, with an arch height of three Zhang. The gate is made of cypress. Each of the two gates is inlaid with 7749 mushroom nails. The black door is solemn and solemn. Entering the gate of the village, a Sala gate building will be built about half a mile to the inside, with four corners and copper tiles covering the top. A jade emperor Pavilion is built in the center of the cross street. In the center of the main hall above, there are bronze statues of the Jade Emperor and the eight great vajras, which are vivid in different shapes. A three arch gate was built downstairs to allow traffic to pass. On the first and the fifteenth day of each month, there are people burning incense, kowtowing, offering sacrifices and making wishes. By the ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar (it is said to be the birthday of the jade emperor), incense is constantly burning day and night. In the evening, the Yuhuangge is brightly lit, and fireworks are set off in the corridors on both sides, making the Yuhuangge more magnificent.

Yanggu town north of the river built a three arch bridge, two pines and cypresses planted on both sides of the bridge. Sailing boats under the bridge are like hemp, and people flow on the bridge. Some of the peddlers are pulling camels, some are pulling horses, some are pushing wheelbarrows, and some are carrying burdens. Under the bridge, some ships are running, some ships are berthing, and the boatman is carrying the goods nervously. On the boat, beside the boat, on the bridge and under the bridge, people crowded, shoulder to shoulder, a busy scene. At that time, there was such a ballad: Yangzhen was so busy, and there were so many shops and people. Five gates, five Salas, two hundred (cypress) three hole bridge. Yuhuangge into the sky, incense around the waist.

history

Legend of Yangyu

During the spring and Autumn period, Confucius led his disciples to travel around the world, preaching and preaching Confucianism, which was very popular among all countries. He was revered as a saint through the ages.

On this day, Confucius took Lingzi Lu and Yan Hui to give lectures in Qi State, and rented a carriage to go out of the north gate of Qidu to guide mansion. About an hour ago, there was a mound near the border of Qi state. There are several families living on the mound, which make a living by opening shops and fishing. They got off and came to the shop. Looking north, a big river stopped them from west to East. It was June. The river was rolling and the sailboats were flying. Confucius stood by the river, looking at the rough River, recalling the hard work of lecturing everywhere, and could not help sighing: "Chaoyang is a solid hill, and the river is rolling. If you want to go back to virtue, you still need to find a boat." Zilu and Yanhui heard the master talk to himself and knew the saint's mood. Zilu pays the coachman silver, and Yan Hui asks the store owner to find Ye Xiaozhou. The master and apprentice bid farewell to the store owner and head east. The shopkeeper watched the sailboat disappear in the river and said to himself, "it's not easy for sages to preach."

Time flies. I don't know how many years later, there are more and more people on the mound, and the river bed beside the mound is becoming wider and wider. Every day the sailboat dances, and the mound becomes a dry dock. The merchants gathered and the traffic was like a shuttle. On the earth mound, there is always a sigh of saints passing by: a hill at sunrise, a river rolling Later, scholars named this mound Yangyu.

Yangyu famous food

According to the records of Qi County, Yanggu dried bean curd in Qi county was famous in the capital as early as the Northern Song Dynasty for its "small white square, pliable and chewy, and fragrant after eating". It became a "royal banquet tribute" and was named "Yipin tofu" by the emperor. Yangbi dried tofu is the ancestor of yuan family in Yangbi town of Qi County, also known as "Yuan's dried tofu", which has a history of about 1000 years

Folk customs

Nine days for children

After the child is born, the first thing to do is to bring the happy noodles to the child's maternal love. If you give birth to a boy, you will get the wide noodles. If you give birth to a girl, you will get the thin noodles. On the third day after the birth of the child, my grandmother would take eggs, rice, noodles and sugar to see her daughter and grandson. If it was a boy, my grandmother would also go to cover her happiness on the fifth day.

The ninth day, relatives and friends have sent gifts to celebrate, known as "nine days.". Especially the new grandmother, be sure to make all kinds of clothes, hats, shoes and so on to give grandson, but also take a lot of rice, noodles, sugar, eggs and other daughter to eat. The maternity home held a banquet to entertain the old and young, relatives, relatives and friends. Before 2000, it was usually four steamed buns and four eggs, most of which were changed into two bags of instant noodles and four eggs.

Birthday customs

To celebrate one's birthday, people before the age of 60 are generally called "birthday", while those after the age of 60 are called "birthday". Every ten years is a birthday (such as 60, 70). Birthday activities are generally held by the younger generation of children.

Generally, relatives and friends are not invited to celebrate the birthday. It's just family reunion. In congratulation activities, some photos can be taken as souvenirs. If it is an old man's birthday, you can take a picture of the whole family as a memento, say some words of blessing and write some words of blessing.

Traditional folk marriage customs

1. Matchmaker

Matchmaker plays a very important role in traditional marriage. The folk saying goes, "no cloud in the sky, no rain, no matchmaker on the ground.". Both men and women have to go through the matchmaker to get together. Matchmakers can take the initiative to "call" for men and women, or they can be "entrusted" by others.

As a matchmaker, the matchmaker can get some money, which is called "the gift of thanking the matchmaker". The money is generally paid by the man's family (if the man comes to the woman's family, the woman's family will pay, and the chicken, duck, elbow, shoes and socks, and cloth will be sent to the matchmaker's family the day before marriage). The matchmaker must lead the next day to meet the bride, which is called "round matchmaker" or "Qi matchmaker". The amount of money of Xie media depends on the economic situation of the owner. However, no matter how much money is, it should be sealed with red paper, which is called "red envelope" or "envelope".

2. Blind date

In the old days, men and women didn't give and receive each other, and women were "unable to get out of the gate, but unable to walk out of the gate". After the matchmaker's agreement, the man usually proposes to "have a look". This kind of first visit to the woman's home under the guidance of the matchmaker is called "blind date", commonly known as "matchmaker or small meeting".

The relevant day is proposed by the man. The matchmaker decides the time and informs both the man and the woman. Both sides should be prepared. The man should bring some gifts. There are not too many gifts, just to show his heart. If you can move the other party's parents' heart, of course, it would be better. As the protagonist, both men and women should try their best to collect 66 steamed buns of different sizes. ）She is well dressed and beautiful.

Of course, the woman may go

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