Cao Huang Lin Zhen, Xi county, Xinyang City, Henan Province

Caohuanglin town

Caohuangling town is under the jurisdiction of Xi county, Xinyang City, Henan Province. It is located at the southernmost end of Xi county, 22 kilometers away from the county seat. In the south, it borders on Zhaihe Town, Guangshan County; in the northwest, it borders on Balicha township; in the East, it borders on Huangchuan County. The rural area is about 10 km from east to west and 6 km from north to south. The Ningxi railway runs through the East and West, and there is Xi county railway station in caohuangling town.

The total area of the town is 122 square kilometers (in 2017), with a cultivated area of 71861 mu. Since May 2013, Caohuanglin has been built from the township. The administrative region is formed by merging the original Xudian Township into Caohuanglin Township, and the residence of Caohuanglin town government remains unchanged.

administrative division

It has jurisdiction over 21 administrative villages, including caohuangling village, Fengzhuang village, hexiaozhuang village, Lidian village, Liangting village, liulijing village, louzhai village, Mazhai village, Wangzhuang village, Yangzhai village, Xudian village, Caozhai village, daizhai village, dingzhai village, Fudian village, Huilong village, Liuzhai village, Xianggang village, xielaozhai village, Yangcun village and zhoulou village, with a total of more than 5000 households.

Traffic location

survey

Caohuanglin town has obvious location advantages, and the traffic extends in all directions. There are Daguang (Daqing Guangzhou) Expressway in the East, 312 National Highway and yeluo Expressway in the south, Xizhai line, a provincial highway, passing through the north and south, Ningxi Railway (Xi'an Nanjing) running through the East and West, and Xixian railway station in caohuangling.

Railway transportation

From caohuangling railway station, you can get to Shanghai, Kunshan, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Hefei, Lu'an, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places directly to the East; Xinyang, Nanyang, Xi'an and other places directly to the West; Macheng, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Ji'an, Ganzhou, Huizhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen and other places directly to the south. Unfortunately, there is no train going directly north from this station. However, as long as you get on the train here, whether you go east or west, you will soon get on the train going north. About 35 kilometers east is Huangchuan railway station on the Beijing Kowloon Line; about 80 kilometers west is Xinyang railway station on the Beijing Kowloon line.

highway traffic

Caohuanglin town has opened a long-distance passenger bus to Chuansha town in Pudong, Shanghai, which is fast and convenient, and runs once a day. Via Lu'an, Hefei, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Kunshan, Shanghai Jiading, Shanghai Minhang, Shanghai Pudong, and the terminal is Chuansha town, Pudong, Shanghai. In addition, there are several long-distance passenger buses from Xi county to Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and several buses from Wuhan to Zhengzhou.

specialty

The "small Muskmelon" produced in Caohuanglin town has the characteristics of "rich aroma, sweet but not greasy, crisp and delicious"; the high-quality rice in Caohuanglin Town, crystal No.3.

Folk customs

dialect

Cao huanglin is located in the southern edge of the Huanghuai River Basin and the northern edge of the Jianghuai River Basin. It is not only the transition area between the north and the south of China's geography, but also the transition area between the north and the south of China's language and culture. Generally speaking, caohuangling dialect is one of the Jianghuai sub dialects in Northern dialects, which is divided into two parts. One is Henan Mandarin, which is closer to Huangchuan and Xixian. People from Xudian speak this dialect. The other is residents in the south of caohuangling, which is close to Guangshan dialect and Guangshui dialect in Hubei Province. It is a kind of Jianghuai Mandarin.

traditional festival

the Spring Festival is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. More people pay New Year's greetings to their elders during the Spring Festival. you should get up early in the morning and eat dumplings after washing (the washing water should not be poured on the ground on this day, you should make a water container to hold, and it can be poured out the next day). After eating dumplings, you start to pay New Year's greetings to the people in the same village, door to door. First, the village's men and unmarried adults and children pay New Year's greetings. Women receive new year's greetings at home, usually led by the elderly people with long generations. First, they pay New Year's greetings to the elders who have blood relationship with them, and then slowly pay New Year's greetings to those who don't. When the men and children come back, housewives can go out to pay New Year's greetings. Just like men, they first pay New Year's greetings to their elders, and then they pay New Year's greetings to their fellow villagers under the leadership of an elderly woman with the highest seniority. In fact, it's equivalent to visiting. This series of new year's greetings are over, and one morning is basically over. There is no 12:00 and there is 10:30. We take peanuts, melon seeds, candy, fruit, cigarettes and so on to receive the people from the same village. on the first day of the lunar new year, you usually don't pay New Year's greetings to your relatives, unless you have something urgent, and you usually pay New Year's greetings to your Godfather on the first day of the lunar new year. At the same time, you can't wash your feet on that night. The Lantern Festival is the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as the Lantern Festival. Since ancient times, this place has attached great importance to it, so it is said that the 15th National Congress of the CPC is like the year of the 15th National Congress of the CPC. People are used to having "lunch" before dark. Eating festival food marks the festival, so it has the custom of "early 15, late years". People in the society celebrate the Lantern Festival from the night of that day, in the form of hanging lanterns in front of the door; fireworks in big market towns, holding lantern exhibitions, playing Dragon and lion dances; children in remote villages get together to play with lanterns, and so on. In the first three days, they often play until late at night. From the 16th of the first month, the married women from other villages will go back to their mother's home to pay New Year's greetings. What's more, this day is also the most important ancestor worship day of the year. In the afternoon of that day, the man in the family would go to the graveyard to burn paper money for his deceased ancestors. In the evening, he would have to go to the graveyard to "send lights". That is to say, he would take a lantern and light a candle. He could not let the candle go out at will. It was better to keep the lantern on until the next morning. However, due to the cold and windy weather, few lanterns in the graveyard could light up until the next day It's not that durable. This is not so much a lantern festival as a Firework Festival. Throughout the year, on this day, fireworks are set off the most and the night is the brightest. In addition to the lights in every room all night, there are also lots of lights in cemeteries. Besides, whether in cemeteries or villages, there are fireworks from time to time. On the road, there are children playing around with lanterns and laughing. This is the most lively day for the common people. The Qingming Festival is held in the early March of the lunar calendar, around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. It is the day of tomb sweeping and ancestor worship. It is also the spring farming season. The rice area begins to soak rice seeds and raise rice seedlings. It's the custom to plant a few young willow branches at the door of each household and wear a head ring made of willow. the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is on May 5 of the lunar calendar. The significance of Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan. It means that every household uses glutinous rice, bamboo pants and leaves to wrap triangle row zongzi and insert wormwood at the door. Tanabata Festival is held on July 7 of the lunar calendar. It is said that the date for the meeting of Cowherd and Vega is the day and night when the girls watch Cowherd and Vega from afar, wish and pray secretly, hoping to choose their ideal partner. It is said that at midnight on this day, if you can hear the conversation of Cowherd and weaver girl under the grape tree. The Mid Autumn Festival is held on the 15th of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The 15th of the eighth month is just half of the third autumn. It is a good opportunity to enjoy the moon with golden flowers, ripe fruits, Osmanthus fragrans, autumn harvest and silver toads. This festival originates from the traditional custom of celebrating the harvest of hard work in the past year. Chongyang Festival is held on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In ancient times, this festival was held in the form of climbing the mountain, spreading Cornus, brewing chrysanthemum wine, making cakes, honoring teachers, and repenting. Laba Festival is held on December 8 of the lunar calendar. Every family makes Laba porridge (made of glutinous rice, red dates, lotus seeds, beans, sugar, etc.). Laba is a good day to get married again. In Caohuanglin, almost no one had this festival, and it gradually faded. The festival is held on December 23 of the lunar calendar. The main purpose of celebrating the festival is to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god and see him off. According to the folk custom, the kitchen god was sent to each household to preside over the small God. Once a year, he returned to heaven on the eve of the small new year to report the folk situation to Emperor Yuhuang, and received the will of the second year to return home on the night of the big new year. Every family killed Qiming's old chicken, rode the kitchen god, changed the new kitchen calendar, burned the old calendar, meant to welcome the happy new year, made rice and sugar, put wine and vegetables, and let the kitchen god "say good things in heaven and keep peace in the earth". When it gets dark, the kitchen god is sent to heaven by burning incense and paper and firecrackers. The kitchen god was sent away, and the whole family took part in the banquet to celebrate the new year. On New Year's Eve, it is necessary to burn incense and set off firecrackers to welcome the kitchen god. This common people attach great importance to it. Lunar new year, the year in the lunar calendar December 30 (or 29), also known as new year's Eve. Chinese New Year is the most grand festival of the year. When you enter the lunar month, you begin to prepare the food and clothing for the new year, which is called "New Year's goods". You can clean the room and the outside, which means "in addition to the old year". Spring Festival couplets are usually pasted on the afternoon of the day before the lunar new year. weddings and funerals generally, whether it's getting married or getting married, or someone is not at home, it's usually a three-day banquet to show ceremoniousness.

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