Wating Town, Neixiang County, Nanyang City, Henan Province

Wating town

Wating town has a long history. It is said that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xu, the prefect of Kuaiji County, was praised by the emperor for his outstanding achievements. When he was transferred to leave office, Liu Xu built a pavilion as a memento. The top of the pavilion was built by tiles. It was also named "tile Pavilion" because later generations built a temple to commemorate it. It is still in use today. The wating town was built in the Song Dynasty. At present, there is still an imperial stele named "the title of wating town" inscribed by Emperor Qianlong. Located in hujiaying, yuangou village. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province.

brief introduction

Wating town is located in the southwest gate of Neixiang County, 35 kilometers away from the county. It is adjacent to Shigang town of Neixiang County in the East, Zhagu town in the north and Madeng Town, Xianghua town and Houpo town of Xichuan County in the West. With a total area of 89.32 square kilometers, 43000 mu of arable land and a total population of 30870 people (2017), it is inhabited by Han, Mongolian and other ethnic groups and has jurisdiction over 16 administrative villages, including wating village, Shiying village, Zhoujia village, Yanwan village, Yanghe village, yanggou village, Luogou village, Weihe village, Wengang village, Pangji village, Xuegang village, yuangou village, Yaoshan village, Chunjing village, Yuanying village and Shannan village. 222 villager groups. The town is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, surrounded by mountains from northeast to southwest, with changshengguan River in the middle and Weihe River passing through from north to south. It is a typical dry farming area. Zhencheng is rich in mineral resources. It has been proved that there are 17 kinds of mineral resources that can be exploited and utilized in the town, including 340 million cubic meters of marble and wood grain marble, 250 million cubic meters of beige marble, 1.58 million cubic meters of rare Yunhua marble, 400 million cubic meters of limestone and 4 billion cubic meters of cement limestone.

People's Square

Wating people's Square is located in the northwest of wating street, adjacent to wating Hotel and farmland in the south, village Liulou in the north, and wating junior high school in the east across the street. People's Square is the economic, political and cultural center, leisure and entertainment center of wating, and also one of the most important landmark buildings of wating. based on the design guiding ideology of "people-oriented, green oriented", the whole square fully embodies the garden in the field and the field in the garden. It not only has the magnificent beauty of modern fashion landscape, but also integrates the beauty of natural landscape garden. The layout is exquisite, the field garden is integrated, and it has multiple functions of viewing, recreation, culture and ecology, which better reflects the characteristics of ecological garden. The central axis main square is 170 meters deep from north to South and 100 meters wide from east to west. From south to north, it is composed of sports fitness square, stone tablet of wating people's Square, and green forest square. The green space on both sides of the East and the West uses the modern gardening concept to imitate the natural ecosystem and create the rural landscape, shady park, and other landscapes. The flowers, plants, trees, scene sculptures and all kinds of lighting complement each other and build a bright picture of the development of the times.

administrative division

Under the jurisdiction of yuangou village, Xuegang village, Luogou village, wating village, Weihe village, Shiying village, Wengang village, Pangji village, Yaoshan village, Chunjing village, Shannan village, Yuanying village, Zhoujia village, Yanwan village, Yanghe village and yanggou village, there are 16 administrative villages.

economic development

Since the reform and opening up for more than 20 years, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Jiang Zemin's important thought of "Three Represents", the people of the town have carried forward the "dare to be the first" spirit of the wating peasant movement, emancipated their minds, blazed new trails, blazed new trails, and made arduous pioneering efforts. All economic and social undertakings have achieved rapid and sustainable development, and achieved a historic leap from food and clothing to well-off ahead of time Mechanized farming has been realized. At present, one provincial-level modern demonstration park and eight district level characteristic agricultural bases have been built. In 2004, it was listed as a pilot town of rural modernization in Nanyang city. Tile pavilion has a long history and strong cultural accumulation. In recent years, the town's finance has invested nearly 3 million yuan in the protection and construction of the former site of wating farmers' Association, rural primary schools and cultural centers in wating. It is listed as one of the first batch of historical and cultural towns in Henan Province. in the process of the 21st century, the people of wating will take Comrade Jiang Zemin's important thought of "Three Represents" as the guide, highlight the theme of "creating a strong economic town and prospering a famous historical and cultural town", deepen reform, increase opening to the outside world and the inside, enhance comprehensive economic strength, and realize a new historical leap forward. The town's economic and social development has made encouraging achievements. in 2008, the town's GDP increased by 31.54%, becoming the first township with the fastest GDP growth in Nanyang City, ranking 11th among the 100 most developed townships in Henan Province.

Local Customs

funeral

On the day of death, please get close to your family to change the shroud and bury the deceased. At night, you will report to the small temple. The next day, you will set up a mourning hall to dig a tomb, and use a high-power sound to show your loyalty and filial piety. At night, you will report to the big temple, Folk bands and stage parties, during which the lights are bright, the music bursts, and the vocal music flies together, often with folk music as the body, which is appreciated by the people in the countryside, to meet the entertainment needs of the countryside. On the third day, the funeral was held in the early morning. After the coffin was sealed, the "Xie Xiao" banquet was held at noon. On the seventh day, the main family members gathered to remember their ancestors and comfort their relatives. On the one hundred days, the "100 days" also gathered. Thus, the main funeral ended.

marriage

In the old days, there was a custom of marriage by pointing one's stomach. In the new era, it is a common practice for ordinary people to ask the matchmaker for marriage. The procedure is as follows: 1. Ask the matchmaker: a person who is enthusiastic about marriage, commonly known as matchmaker or matchmaker. If there are two men and women of the same age and with the same family, they will take the initiative to lobby and make a match. But usually, the main thing is that the man's family asks the media agent to find the target and make peace with the original target. After that, both men and women and their relatives and matchmakers choose to meet at the market or hotel. 2. House keeping: the woman brings her relatives and friends to the man's home to learn about the man's family situation. When the woman leaves, the man expresses his gratitude with a red envelope. 3. Betrothal: the man brought the heavy gift to the woman's home, and the woman took it and took care of the meal. Since then, the man's family began to actively raise money for the wedding ceremony and prepare to marry the bride according to the date. (Naji, nazheng, please) (4) marriage: before noon, the man's luxury motorcade went to the woman's home to marry him, with betrothal gifts. The betrothal gifts were given to show the family's living standard, including the wishes of Qin Jinzhi. Usually, the bride comes out with tears, weeping, homesickness and happiness. Then she goes all the way to the man's home, holds a wedding, makes a bridal chamber, and gradually reaches the climax of the wedding. With the guests bringing money, the highlight of the banquet begins, singing and laughing, blessing the new couple with family and country friends, and playing pop music with high-level sound The scene was very lively. The banquet is over. (welcome)

entertainment

In leisure time, when the village neighbors get together, mahjong, landlords, run mile fast and other chess and card games will be carried out. On the card table, not only entertainment, courage, insight, status and financial resources can be reflected. For thousands of years, folk customs have been passed on constantly in the countryside, which is mainly reflected in the spiritual development of the rural people. The spiritual life of the people in this area is rich, and they actively develop and consolidate their spiritual civilization in the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, supplemented by entertainment activities.

diet

It is common and thrifty, and pasta is the staple food of the people in wating. In ancient times, life was hard. Porridge was the main form of rice in the morning and evening. Because rice was thin like soup, it was called "drinking soup". With the improvement of living standards, the rice in the morning and evening was no longer light, but this habit has been retained. At present, people in this area like to use words such as "you drink soup, you have nothing" when they meet. This custom originated from the era of imperfect material level, which also reflects the local culture The simple feelings of the common people. for lunch, noodles are the main production area of wheat. Because it is located at the boundary of Qinling and Huaihe rivers, there are also a small amount of rice cultivation, water and soil support people, and folk customs are mixed in North and south.

residence

In the old days, most of the villagers lived together, and the houses were mostly adobe and tile houses. Later, due to the improvement of living standards, the brick and wood structure tile houses became the mainstream. With the continuous development of economy, the tile houses were gradually eliminated in the reform and opening up. The reinforced concrete structure was widely used, and the flat roof buildings were developed at multiple levels. The buildings were built on the local unique loess, safe and firm. One or two stories of high-rise buildings are common in rural areas. Because of flat roofs, they are often used to dry grain. In summer, because of the strong light, the effect of drying grain is particularly significant. Generally, the newly harvested wheat can be dried in a day or two. at the same time as building houses, we also attach great importance to cooking stove. Most of the fuel used is firewood, so the stove is tall, with two eye stoves. Generally, the outside pot is used to cook food, while the inside pot is used to cook pig food. After the 2000s, the supply of gas has been increasing, and now it has entered ordinary people's houses. White ceramic tiles are often used to stick the walls. The kitchen is simple and bright, and the sanitary appearance has been greatly improved. in the old days, people used to use ceramic cylinder as cleaning utensils because of the low living standard. Today, with the perfect economic development and the high level of material development, many local people in this area have abandoned this kind of "indecent" name.

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