February 2, "The dragon raises its head"
Annual "Xihuang's Former Capital Chaozu Meeting"
As promised, the curtain opened in Huaiyang, Zhoukou, Henan Province, the former capital of Emperor Xi.
Emperor Xi’s former capital was visited by his ancestors.
Photo courtesy of Huaiyang District Party Committee Propaganda Department
This majestic thousand-year-old temple fair
The number of visitors to the shrine in a single day reached 825,000
Listed in Guinness World Records
Became one of the largest folk temple fairs in China
Huaiyang Fuxi Cultural Square (drone photo).
Photo by He Hui
Every year, the temple fair is crowded with people and all kinds of snacks are gathered here.
2022
The C-position Internet celebrity booth at the temple fair once sold for 980,000 yuan
Compressed steamed buns became a popular local “Internet celebrity snack”
Huaiyang compressed steamed buns (data map).
Photo courtesy of Huaiyang District Party Committee Propaganda Department
The place where the temple fair is held
Located in the "Taihao Mausoleum" built in the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty
This is the capital and resting place of Taihao Fuxi clan
Known as the "No. 1 Mausoleum in the World"
Huaiyang Taihao Mausoleum.
Photo by Liu Peng
Every year from February 2nd to March 3rd in the Chinese lunar calendar
Tourists from home and abroad come in droves
Taihao Fu Xiling.
Photo courtesy of Huaiyang District Party Committee Propaganda Department
Burning incense to pay homage to Taihao Fuxi, the "Head of the Three Emperors"
Praise the great achievements of our ancestors and pray for prosperity and prosperity
Cao Zhi's poem "Ode to Fuxi".
Photo by Liu Peng
February this year
Taihao Fuxiling Cultural Tourism Area
Become a national 5A tourist attraction
It also added to the popularity of "Xihuang's Former Capital Chaozu Meeting"
You must visit Zhoukou in your lifetime
Go and pay homage to Taihao Fuxi, the founder of Chinese humanities
Huaiyang Taihao Mausoleum.
Photo by Liu Peng
So
What kind of city is Zhoukou, the former capital of Emperor Xi?
Zhoukou at sunset.
Photo by Li Kaige
Zhoukou, a city with rich history and culture
Zhoukou was called Wanqiu in ancient times, also known as Chenzhou
Has a civilization history of more than 6,500 years
Huaiyang Longhu "Nine Dragons Playing in the Water".
Photo by Liu Peng
Here is the Chinese dragon culture, surname culture,
Taoist culture, farming culture
important birthplace
It enjoys the reputation of "the ancestor of mankind, the beginning of history, the root of the country, and the source of culture"
The Mingdao Palace in Luyi is the memorial site for Laozi’s preaching and lectures.
Photo by Liu Peng
This is a holy place for Chinese people to seek their roots and pay homage to their ancestors.
More than 130 surnames including Li, Chen, Hu, Tian, etc.
Originated from this
The "Plum Tree" in the Luyi Laozi Cultural Museum.
Photo by Liu Peng
Here is a gathering of humanities and talents
It is not only the former capital of Emperor Xi, but also the hometown of Lao Tzu.
Fuxi established his capital in Huaiyang, Zhoukou
Decide the surname, arrange marriages, weave silk nets, raise sacrifices
Opened the dawn of Chinese civilization
The Huaiyang mud dog, a national intangible cultural heritage, comes from the legend of Fuxi and Nuwa "making a human out of clay".
Photo by Liu Peng
Great thinker and philosopher in ancient China
and Laozi, the founder of Taoism
Born in Luyi, Zhoukou
Taiqing Palace in Luyi County is the "birthplace of Lao Tzu".
Photo by Liu Peng
The Tao Te Ching is world-renowned
Is considered to be
One of the oldest philosophical classics in the world
Foreign translation of "Tao Te Ching".
Photo by Liu Peng
Historian Zhou Xingsi of the Southern and Northern Dynasties had his ancestral home in Shenqiu, Zhoukou.
The compiled "Thousand Character Essay" has been passed down through the ages
Together with "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Surnames"
It has become an enlightenment book sung and read by schoolchildren of all generations.
Laojun Terrace, Mingdao Palace, Luyi County.
Photo courtesy of Luyi County Party Committee Cyberspace Affairs Office
Not only that, there are also
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, leaders of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty
Xie An, the decision-maker of the Battle of Feishui and a famous politician in the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Xie Lingyun, the originator of China’s “Landscape Poetry School”
Anti-Japanese national hero Ji Hongchang and other historical and cultural celebrities
Memorial Hall of General Ji Hongchang, Fugou County, Zhoukou.
Photo by Jin Jiangtao
now
The "Taikang good people phenomenon" continues to emerge in Zhoukou
Until 2024
More than 80 people in Taikang County have been listed on the "China's Good People List"
Taikang’s reputation as ‘the city of good people’ spreads far and wide”
Taikang's "good Chinese people" show their style.
Photo courtesy of the Cyberspace Administration of Taikang County Party Committee
Zhoukou is rich in cultural resources
Has national intangible cultural heritage
8 representative projects
31 representative projects of provincial intangible cultural heritage
Zhoukou Acrobatic Performance.
Photo by Liu Peng
This is the "Hometown of Chinese Acrobatics"
One of the birthplaces of traditional Chinese acrobatics
The end of January this year
2024 China Acrobatic Gala
Recorded at International Acrobatics Cultural Industrial Park in Chuanhui District, Zhoukou
China Acrobatics Festival.
Photo by Liu Peng
23 top acrobatic circus performance teams at home and abroad
perform on stage
Let Chinese acrobatics be "thrilling, dangerous, strange and beautiful"
Zhoukou circus performance.
Photo by Liu Peng
There are many historical sites here
There are 18 national key cultural relics protection units
51 provincial cultural relics protection units
Drainage facilities near the south gate of the Pingliangtai site.
Photo by Cao Yanpeng
Pingliangtai Ancient City Ruins
It is the earliest one discovered so far in China.
Fangcheng ruins
Selected among the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 2019
Shizhuang ruins
It is the earliest one discovered so far in China.
"Granary City"
Selected among the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 2020
These were thousands of years ago
Important Evidence of Chinese Prehistoric Civilization
The above-ground granary at the Shizhuang site.
Photo by Cao Yanpeng
Zhoukou, a city rich in agricultural products
Zhoukou is located in the hinterland of the Huanghuai Plain
This is an important birthplace of farming culture
nationally important
Large commercial grain and livestock production base
The drying yard at Jiufenchang Farm in Huangfan District, Zhoukou City.
Photo by Wang Bank
Owns the Zhoukou National Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Zone
The total annual grain output is about 18 billion jins
Zhoukou Dancheng County High Standard Farmland Demonstration Zone.
Photo by Li Yongzhou
As the main wheat producing area in the country
The largest grain-producing city in Henan Province
Zhoukou, East Henan
It enjoys the reputation of "looking at Henan as the national granary, and looking at Zhoukou as the granary of Henan"
Zhoukou has a bumper summer grain harvest.
Photo by Li Kaige
Lotus MSG, Songhe Liangye, Golden Monkey Milk Candy
…
Sold at home and abroad
Huaiyang day lily, Shenqiu Sophora goat, Xiangcheng white sesame
…
Toward the Chinese dining table
Dengcheng pig trotters in Shangshui County.
Photo provided by Shangshui County Party Committee Cyberspace Affairs Office
Hu Spicy Soup and Huaiyang Square Bag Roast Chicken in Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County
Shangshui County Dengcheng pig's trotters, Xiangcheng Panlong eel
…
Enriching people’s taste buds
Made by Xiangcheng Panlong eel.
Video source: Xiangcheng City Party Committee Propaganda Department
In particular, Xiaoyao Town spicy soup, the first taste of it, is strong and spicy.
There are all kinds of mixed flavors in it
Take another spoonful and the meat will be fragrant into your throat.
Even the fireworks in the world are free
Special spicy spicy soup.
Photo by Zhou Yanling
Zhoukou
Do you think there will never be any intersection in your life?
Maybe it's already passed a dining table
Silently connected with you
Zhoukou Xihua Hu Spicy Soup Competition.
Photo by Ding Yangguang
Zhoukou, a city that vigorously develops its port economy
"Thousands of lights are shining in Jiangpu, and thousands of sails are gathering like Han Gao"
Historically, Zhoukou prospered due to shipping
When it's prosperous, sails and masts are like a forest and thousands of ships are competing against each other.
Cargo ships are ready for departure at the Zhoukou Port Terminal (drone photo).
Photo by Shen Zhan
Zhoujiakou (formerly known as Zhoukou) during the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Known as "Little Wuhan"
here
Shahe River, Yinghe River, Wohe River, Jialu River, Fenquan River
5 rivers converge
The length of inland navigation reaches 234 kilometers.
Aerial photography of Zhoukou Central Port.
Photo by Shen Zhan
Relying on Shaying River shipping
Zhoukou strives to build
Emerging port economic city and multimodal transport hub city
Not along the edge or near the sea
Zhoukou, a traditional agricultural city
Quietly transformed from the "Granary of East Henan" into the "Port City of Central Plains"
Quickly move towards a new era of developing industry with port and city with industry.
Zhoukou Port Container Terminal.
Photo by Liu Peng
current
Four levels below Shaying River Zhoukou
The channel is open to navigation all year round
domestic
Zhoukou Central Port to Huaian Port and Taicang Port
7 container routes including Lianyungang Port and Shanghai Port
Weaving a “golden waterway”
Zhoukou Port.
Photo by Shen Zhan
internationality
Containers sent from Zhoukou
Via TEMA Port in Ghana, Africa, Mundra Port in India
Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the United States, Port of Bangkok in Thailand, etc.
8 water transport channels, realizing "boxes connecting the world"
…
Continuous flow of cargo ships (drone photo).
Photo by Shen Zhan
Rely on unique shipping advantages
Zhoukou's four-in-one "road, railway, water and air"
The urban pattern of multimodal transport hubs is taking shape
Aerial photography of the intersection of Daguang Expressway and Shangnan Expressway in Zhoukou.
Photo by Li Yongzhou
Ningluo, Daguang, Shangnan, Yanluo, Anluo, etc.
Highways criss-cross
Luofu Railway connects the Beijing-Kowloon Line to the east and the Beijing-Guangzhou Line to the west
A glimpse of Henan’s “rice-shaped” high-speed rail network
——The Zhengzhou-Hebei high-speed railway runs through the entire territory
The Harmony train departs from Zhoukou East Station.
Photo by Li Yongzhou
With the completion and commissioning of Zhoukou Xihua General Airport
Speed up the construction of Zhoukou Port and Sanyang Railway
As well as Zhoukou Airport and Pingluo-Zhou High-speed Railway
Start of construction of Heyang New Expressway
The upstart status of Zhoukou hub is about to emerge
Aerial view of Zhoukou Central Harbor.
Photo by Song Feng
Due to its location in the central and western regions, it is connected to
Key areas in the southeastern coastal areas
Zhoukou has obvious geographical advantages and rapid industrial development.
Anyang Steel, CP, Foxconn, Yihai Kerry, etc.
Large enterprises have settled in
Anyang Iron and Steel Zhoukou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. is located in Shenqiu.
Photo by Li Yongzhou
Alibaba, JD.com, Suning.com, etc.
Settling in e-commerce platform
Let Zhoukou's port economy and railway economy
and the airport economic effects are superimposed
It is becoming a new hub for the opening up of southeastern Henan.
The production workshop of Anyang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Zhoukou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Photo by Liu Peng
Clusters of wheat seedlings are struggling to grow on this land
Cargo ships sailed into the distance along the Shaying River
Bowls of Xiaoyao Town Hu spicy soup are served to diners steaming hot
Tourists cheered for the wonderful acrobatic performance
…
Thick mouth.
Photo by Liu Peng (some pictures source: Cyberspace Affairs Office of Zhoukou Chuanhui District Committee)
This is Zhoukou
There's a lot you don't know
There are so many surprises waiting for you to explore
All efforts, changes and struggles in Zhoukou
gather into one wish
You must come to Zhoukou in this life!
(China News Service WeChat public account author: Liu Pengjing Xiaojia)