Lingnan and Longnan, seeking differences and seeking common ground.

In the mid-spring of 2023, from Lingnan, which is already full of spring, to Longnan, which is still full of spring, I feel the small Jiangnan deep in the Qinling Mountains, full of high spirits, wanton spring, and full of vitality in the mountains and rivers.

As pure Lingnan people, we traveled to northwest Longnan for only five days, but it was full of surprises and surprises. We are exploring the great differences between Lingnan and Longnan, and looking for Datong.

On March 23, 2022, farmers in Jiaozuo Town, Wudu District, Longnan City, Gansu Province were protecting plastic film vegetables. After the vernal equinox, the earth warmed up, and farmers all over Gansu seized the farming season and carried out spring ploughing and spring planting activities. The fields in Long Yuan are busy. Xinhua News Agency

Beverage: Longnan Liquor VS Lingnan Herbal Tea

In Longnan, liquor is a must-have thing on the local table, with a strong wine flavor, or a local drink; Comparatively speaking, in the humid weather in Lingnan area, herbal tea has become a lasting drink for local people.

Honey: Tanchang Baihua Honey VS Conghua Litchi Honey

Chinese bee breeding in Tanchang County has a long history. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", the top secret surname is Qiang. There are nearly 300 kinds of honey plants in the producing areas, especially a large number of Chinese herbal medicines, such as Astragalus membranaceus, Hedysarum hedysari, Codonopsis pilosula, Scutellaria baicalensis, Glycyrrhiza uralensis and Bupleurum chinense. Dangchang Baihua honey smells fragrant and has the unique floral fragrance of different honey sources. Compared with single nectar, it is more comprehensive in nutrition, more conducive to human absorption, and has many functions such as promoting metabolism, regulating immunity, promoting development and enhancing memory. 2019 65438+1017 People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs officially approved Dangchang Baihua Honey to register and protect geographical indications of agricultural products.

Most of us know about litchi honey from Conghua in Guangzhou from the Chinese textbook (Yang Shuo's "Litchi Honey"). The litchi honey from Conghua is slightly sour, and its main quality feature is that the nectar source plant must be litchi flowers in the protected area. On 2011March 16, the former AQSIQ approved the protection of geographical indication products from litchi honey in Conghua. The bee species resources of litchi honey collected from Conghua are Chinese bees, which have strong disease resistance and are less affected by insect pests, so there is no need to use antibiotics to control diseases, so the litchi honey produced does not contain antibiotics. Chinese bee is a mature honey with the fastest speed, low enzyme value secreted by honey, low water content and high quality. In addition, bees in China do not pick gum, so the honey brewed is fragrant, which is one of the reasons why the aroma characteristics of litchi honey in Conghua are outstanding.

20211On February 8th, the freshly picked olives were cleaned on the production line of an olive processing enterprise in Longnan, ready to be crushed and stirred. Xinhua News Agency

Xiaoguo: Wudu Olive VS Zengcheng Olive

Olives in Wudu District are the symbolic products of China's national geography. Olive oil in Wudu has become an important local industry in Longnan. Official website of the Ministry of Commerce shows that 1975, Luo Yongxiang of Hanwang Town in Wudu planted 186 olives 12 mu for the first time; 1986, that is, in the seventh year of the establishment of the garden, the olives in Hanwang Forest Farm finally began to bear fruit. 1989, Wudu olive oil ushered in the first harvest; 1990, Wudu dawangou Olive Demonstration Park started construction. After three years, 2,500 varieties of 18, such as Foao, Laixing, Pijianli and Pigua, were planted. The olive yield of Dawangou Olive Demonstration Garden is much higher than that of international olive oil council, reaching the Mediterranean high-yield level. Among them, seven varieties bear fruit four years earlier than the Mediterranean origin, setting a new record for olive cultivation in China for four years.

Looking at Olive, I think of Olive in Zengcheng. According to local people, black olives are all treasures, and olive meat is used to make olive horns and extract oil; Lazy people can cook and are also good ingredients for snacks; Element core is the raw material of famous handicraft olive carving, which has a history of more than 300 years.

On May 14, 2022, Nanhegou, Tanchang County, Gansu Province, was shrouded in clouds after the snow. It's early summer, but it snowed in some areas of Tanchang County, Longnan City, Gansu Province a few days ago. Snow, green hills and grasslands constitute the magical snow scene in early summer. Xinhua News Agency

Eight Immortals Culture: liangdang county Zhang VS Zengcheng He Xiangu

It is a well-known myth that the Eight Immortals crossed the ocean to show their magical power. There are also cultural relics related to the Eight Immortals between Lingnan and Longnan.

There is a local saying: Zhang was originally a Taoist priest in Gansu, surnamed Mr. Ming, and was a real historical figure; Zhang Lao Guo Cave (Dengzhen Cave) is located in Lingguanxia Baipinsong Nature Reserve in the southeast of liangdang county, Longnan City. It is said that it is a place for Zhang to practice. The legend of Liang Dangzhang was announced by Longnan Municipal People's Government as the third batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage protection list in August 20 14.

Zengcheng is the hometown of He Xiangu, the only fairy of the Eight Immortals. In Zengcheng, there is now He Xiangu Scenic Area, which consists of He Xiangu Family Temple, Temple Top Xiantao, Xiangu Well, Huangyan Fairy Cave, He Xiangu Tower, He Xiangu Statue, He Xiangu Bell Tower, Millennium Xianteng Garden (Panlong Gu Teng), Jizhou Island, He Gigi Lai Village and Xiangui Village. He Xiangu Family Temple is a key cultural relic protection unit in Zengcheng. He Xiangu Scenic Area, which was built in Ming Dynasty, is also known as Yuan Xian, Xiao Lou, and is one of the eight scenic spots in Zengcheng. Located in Xiao Lou Market, Xiaolou Town, Zengcheng District.

Folklore: Xihe Begging Festival VS Tianhe Begging Festival

Qiao Qi culture is a wonderful flower in the traditional culture of China. It spread among more than 400,000 people in more than 20 towns and villages in Xihe County and Lixian County during the Western Han Dynasty, and lasted for seven days and eight nights (from the evening of June 30th to the seventh day of July in the lunar calendar every year). The whole activity is divided into seven parts: sitting, welcoming, offering sacrifices, worshipping, entertaining, preaching and seeing off, which is known as the living fossil of Qiao Qi culture. According to China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network, the custom of Xihe Qiaoqi Festival is a comprehensive folk activity integrating faith, poetry, music, song and dance, arts and crafts, which has high historical and cultural research value. It is of great significance to explore and protect the folk customs of Xiqiao in order to promote the study of social system, lifestyle, folk customs and aesthetic orientation in the era of agricultural civilization, trace the origin of Chinese civilization and explore the cultural characteristics of Xiqin.

There is also a begging festival in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, which is also a non-legacy project. Guangzhou Tianhe District calls Qixi Qiaoqi Festival "Seven Sisters's Birthday", which is a relic of Lingnan's ancient begging folk custom. In the late Qing Dynasty, a Qiao Qi market specializing in women's products was formed in Guangzhou. On Tanabata Day, Tianhe Qiaoqi Festival only organizes a ceremony to worship seven mothers. The admirers are not only the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, but also the six sisters of the Weaver Girl. Women's handicrafts will be displayed at the scene, and dolls of folklore and historical stories will be made lifelike, and the shapes of plants and utensils will be lifelike, continuing the ancient style.

Longnan geography

Longnan City is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, in the Golden Triangle of Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan. It is the only area in Gansu Province that belongs to the Yangtze River Basin. It is the intersection of Qinling-Bashan Mountains, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Loess Plateau, and it is the transition zone of China's topography from the second level to the third level. In such a special zone, it is located in the key lock of Qinlong, the throat of Bashu, and has the reputation of Jiangnan in ancient and modern times.