Xi’an’s main terrain, climate and environment, customs and habits

1. Topography of Xi'an

Xi'an is located in the southern part of the Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, with alluvial plains in the north and denudation mountains in the south. The general terrain is high in the southeast and low in the northwest and southwest, forming a dustpan shape. The Qinling Mountains are located south of Xi'an. The ridges are 2,000 to 2,800 meters above sea level. They are an important geographical boundary between the north and the south in my country. The origin of China's earth and the national time service center are in Xi'an.

2. Xi'an climate environment

The plain area of ??Xi'an has a warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons: cold, warm, dry and wet. The winter is cold, windy, foggy, and less rainy and snowy; the spring is warm, dry, windy, and the climate is changeable; the summer is hot and rainy, with prominent droughts, thunderstorms and strong winds; the autumn is cool, the temperature drops rapidly, and autumn rains are obvious. The annual average temperature is 13. 0 ℃ ~ 13. 7 ℃, the coldest month average temperature is -1. 2 ℃ ~ 0. 0 ℃, the hottest month average temperature is 26. 3 ℃ ~ 26. 6 ℃, the annual extreme minimum temperature -21.2℃ (Lantian on December 28, 1991), and the annual extreme maximum temperature is 43.4℃ (Chang'an on June 19, 1966). The annual precipitation is 522.4~719.5 mm, increasing from north to south.

3. Customs and Habits of Xi'an

“There are different customs in a hundred miles, and different customs in ten miles.” In the yellow land of Shaanxi, due to the influence of climate, economy, culture and other factors, Shaanxi people (Guanzhong people) have developed some unique ways in terms of clothing, food, housing, transportation, and transportation. Outsiders are very curious about this, and after collecting it, they call it the "Top Ten Weird Things in Shaanxi" (i.e., the "Top Ten Weird Things in Guanzhong"): noodles are like belts, pot helmets are like Guoyi, spicy food is a dish, steamed buns are sold in big bowls, and bowls and pots are It is difficult to separate, the papa is worn on the head, the house is half-built, the girl is not exposed to the outside world, does not sit up and squat down, sings and roars, etc.

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Features of Xi'an

1. Does the pot helmet look like a pot lid?

According to legend, when the Qianling Mausoleum was being built in the Tang Dynasty, the There were too many military craftsmen, and they often delayed construction progress just to eat, and were punished. So, a soldier in a hurry put dough into his helmet, put the helmet in the fire to bake, and baked it into cakes. Now it seems that pot helmets have a history of thousands of years in Shaanxi. To make Guokui, the dough needs to be very hard, so hard that you can't knead it with your hands. You need to use a wooden pole to press and knead it, and then slowly bake it in a large pot with a diameter of more than 2 feet. In this way, the baked Guokui is crispy on the outside, fragrant and delicious, and will not change in flavor even after being stored for ten or eight days. The best Guokui is "Qianzhou (now Qian County) Guokui". ?

2. Is chili a dish?

As for chili, most people think that people from Hunan and Sichuan can eat chili. In fact, Sichuan people only regard spicy food as a seasoning, but in Shaanxi, "no spicy food" is a serious dish. Even every house in Xi'an is decorated with strings of red peppers. "Youpo Spicy" looks red, smells fragrant and tastes spicy. It can be used to make noodles and eat with steamed buns. People often say, "It's so good to eat hot and spicy noodles on ice!"?

3. Sell a big bowl of steamed buns?

"Sell a big bowl of steamed buns with beef and mutton." "It can be said to be "the first bubble in Shaanxi" and "the first bowl in Xi'an". It seems like a trip to Xi'an is in vain if you don't eat beef and mutton steamed buns. The beef and mutton steamed buns are the food of the Hui people.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xi’an