What specialties are there in Wangcheng?

There are many specialties in Wangcheng! Such as Jinggang Ancient Town dried incense, small flower slices, pepper cakes, liqueur, oil umbrellas, garden trees, nicknames, Wangjianglou cloth shoes; Tongguan ceramics; Yisli pearls; Hunan embroidery, paper-cutting; Wushan tribute tea, tribute rice; Getang green tea; Golden Garden vermicelli; Huxianggong food; Wangwang food; Huayue Laoganma, etc. are all Wangcheng specialties. 1. Flower Drum Opera

It is the most widely circulated local opera in Changsha. It originated from the folk song and dance - Ground Flower Drum. It uses Changsha dialect as the unified stage language and has distinctive local characteristics and a rich flavor of life. The tunes are diverse, humorous and simple, and the lines of the drama are based on the spoken language and idioms of the people, which are lively, bright and humorous. The expressions and movements are lively and free, close to life, not restricted by routines, and have some unique dance figures. The Wangcheng County Huagu Drama Troupe was founded in 1949. Over the past 40 years, it has performed more than 250 traditional plays and more than 120 modern plays. In the 1970s and 1980s, "Spring Grass Runs into the Hall" and "Tears of Love" caused a sensation in Hunan, setting an unprecedented record for Changsha's opera stage. Although the Huagu Opera Troupe has been affected by the recession in recent years, the Wangcheng County Huagu Opera Troupe still maintains a certain level of strength and strives to protect traditional repertoire to entertain the audience. Most of the townships and villages in the county have some percussion instruments, drums and other string instruments. Many amateur Flower Drum Opera enthusiasts invite these people to sing "Flower Drum" during celebrations, funerals, and housewarmings, and the crowd loves it.

2. Shadow puppet play

Shadow puppet play is also called lamp shadow play or shadow play. It is performed by shadow figures carved and drawn from specially made transparent cowhide or donkey skin, which is now made of leather lining. They perform various actions behind the light-transmitted screen, performing dramatic plots and stories, accompanied by music. , singing and speaking, is a kind of folk art. This opera began in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. It uses the singing style of Hunan Opera and Huagu Opera and is quite popular in Changsha and other places. Changsha shadow puppetry is famous for its vivid shapes, exquisite production and meticulous operation. Its repertoire includes historical dramas, mythological dramas and modern dramas. Among them, allegorical dramas and children's dramas are more exciting. Such as "Turtle and Crane", "Two Friends", "Gathering Mushrooms", "Crow and Fox", "Nezha Making the Sea", etc. Chengguan Town in Wangcheng County is known as the "Hometown of Shadow Puppet".

3. Hunan embroidery

Hunan embroidery is a traditional handicraft in Hunan. It is particularly prominent and enduring in rural areas of Wangcheng. Hunan embroidery has beautiful composition, exquisite craftsmanship, bright colors and bold style. It is known as the four famous embroideries in China together with Su embroidery, Guangdong embroidery and Shu embroidery. It has the reputation of "super embroidery".

Hunan embroidery originated from Hunan folk embroidery and has a history of more than 2,000 years. Chu tombs from before the fifth century BC that were unearthed in Changsha in 1958 contained exquisite dragon and phoenix embroidery. The burial objects from ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty dating back more than 2,100 years were unearthed in Mawangdui in 1972, including more embroidered clothes and materials. Around 1898, many outstanding painters participated in the reform of Hunan embroidery techniques, which brought Hunan embroidery into a new stage of development.

Hunan embroidery is a fine handicraft embroidered with silk thread on high-grade materials such as satin. Like other embroidery crafts, it has the uniqueness of being based on painting and using various stitches and colored threads to depict images. It also has its distinctive and unique characteristics, that is, it emphasizes the use of general and realistic techniques to highlight the embroidery threads. Optical characteristics, grasp the essence, and depict the appearance and inner quality of objects in detail, so as to create a rich atmosphere when viewed from a distance and a superb artistic effect when viewed up close. The drawings of Hunan embroidery are based on Chinese paintings, "using needles instead of brushes, and using lines for scenery." In terms of needlework, needles are mainly mixed, and now there are more than 70 needlework methods to express different objects and different natural textures. Features. On the rust line, rich colors are used, with great emphasis on changing color levels and natural changes in light and shade. An excellent Hunan embroidery work can integrate our country's traditional painting, embroidery, poetry, calligraphy, epigraphy and stone art into one, making the poetry and painting overflow between the needle and thread. The superb artistic realm is really wonderful in embroidering birds' songs and embroidering flowers' fragrance.

The famous brand products of Hunan embroidery, namely lion and tiger, enjoy a high reputation internationally and are regarded as art treasures. The tiger embroidered with the unique hair needles of Hunan embroidery has its body hair as if it has roots, like living hair, with a strong texture and strong muscles and bones under the hair.

Coupled with the "tiger's glaring" eyes, the rough and majestic power of the tiger is vividly depicted. No wonder this kind of embroidery is called "exquisite workmanship" abroad.

In recent years, artists from the Hunan Embroidery Research Institute have been diligently pursuing art and created the more difficult "double-sided heterochromatic embroidery". It is a work that is embroidered on a piece of transparent embroidery material so that two sides are exactly the same, two sides have the same shape and different colors, or even two sides have different shapes and different colors. The expressions of the figures are carved with meticulous detail, the embroidered surface does not reveal needle marks, and the frame is rotated, just like a three-dimensional sculpture. In international exhibitions, it became a sensation and was praised as "magic art".

Hunan embroidery products are divided into two categories: daily necessities and ornamental items. For example, the grand nave and large hanging screen are displayed in a large living room, the small banner screen hanging in the small living room, the exquisite and small seat screen displayed on the desk, the gorgeous chair cushions and back cushions on the sofa, and the elegant bedspread and quilt for the bed. On the surface, women wear embroidered dresses, mirror cases for dressing, shawls, handbags for going out, embroidered pajamas, dressing gowns, cloaks for children, etc. Hunan embroidery pictures include flowers and birds, animals, figures, landscapes, insects and fish, calligraphy, portraits, etc. Regardless of meticulous painting, part-time calligraphy, printmaking, watercolor painting, oil painting, photos, all can be embroidered.

4. Paper-cutting

Paper-cutting is a kind of folk art, and Changsha Wangcheng is one of the important producing areas in Hunan. Every festival, wedding and birthday celebration. Women use colored paper to cut patterns such as "Birds Paying Attention to the Phoenix", "Magpies Climbing Branches", "Longevity and Longevity", as well as good luck and longevity, and post them on doors and windows to add to the joyful atmosphere. Wangcheng's paper-cutting technique is rough and simple in style, clean and free-spirited. Most of his works are based on animals, and are full of local flavor. Most of them do not require drawings and can be cut by hand. There is another kind of more sophisticated work that starts with drawings, cutting and engraving are combined, emphasizing richness and beauty, paying attention to composition, and is known for its decorative style. The paper-cut characters here are greatly influenced by shadow puppetry, with a strong sense of dynamics and a rich interest in life. Wangcheng County Shutang and Youren are famous "hometowns of paper-cutting". There are more than 200 old folk artists, 3 members of the Chinese Paper-cutting Society, and 24 members of the Hunan Paper-cutting Research Association.

5. Palm weaving

It is a traditional handicraft in Changsha area. It is made of various animals made of palm leaves. There are many types, such as birds, insects, fish, shrimps, cranes, etc. Snakes, etc., have realistic and lifelike images. It participated in the World Exposition in Leipzig, Germany. People praised it as "incredible" and the French Art Museum specially acquired it for collection.

Palm is an evergreen tree that is planted throughout the rural areas of Xiangjiangdong in Wangcheng County and Changsha County. Artists collect palm leaves and weave them into various small animals, becoming "a unique feature in the south of the Yangtze River."

6. Tongguan Ceramics

On the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, 2 kilometers away from the Tongguan Ancient Kiln in Changsha, there is a small market town called Tongguan Town. It has undulating mountains and rich ceramic resources. It is a famous ceramic production area in my country. One of them is known as the "Pottery Capital".

Tongguan ceramics have a long history. There are Tongguan ceramics in the Mawangdui Han Tomb. By the Tang Dynasty, pottery production reached its peak, with more than 100 kinds of pottery products produced. The product utensils are mainly characterized by underglaze color, which is also combined with decals, printing, sculpture, engraving and other techniques. At that time, the pottery produced here was shipped abroad via the Silk Road.

Although the Tongguan pottery industry has a long history, it only became prosperous after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The backward dragon kilns of the old days have been replaced by advanced tunnel kilns, square kilns and round kilns. Nowadays, Tongguan pottery is divided into three categories: pottery for construction, pottery for daily use and pottery for art. Among the architectural pottery, there are emerald green glazed tiles, tall and beautiful bamboo sections, exquisite flower windows, colorful railings and graceful unicorns, lions, tigers, dragons, phoenixes and jade rabbits, etc., especially various ceramic buildings. Components are used to assemble pavilions, pavilions and pavilions, and pave winding paths, which have a strong oriental artistic charm. Daily-use ceramics pay attention to novel styles, matching series, exquisite design, beautiful and practical. There are flowery food jars, small and exquisite travel pots, three-purpose bowls for steaming rice, stir-frying and serving vegetables, and complete wine sets, tea sets, etc. Especially the antique tea sets are glazed with Liuxia and unique in style. Even though the tea sets are antiques, they are both practical and appreciative. Jade "embroidered pier", "longevity star" and "god of wealth", "taibai drunkenness" and other artistic pottery. Very endearing.

Stoneware was successfully developed in 1976. It is a new product made of refined clay, processed using porcelain making techniques, and decorated with colored glaze on the outside. Delicate as porcelain, as moist as jade, as solid as stone, and resistant to iron collisions and high-temperature cooking. This kind of cups and dishes can remain intact even if they fall on the floor. It does not contain toxic substances such as cadmium and lead. It is very popular at home and abroad. .

7. Glutinous rice dumplings

It is a folk snack. 1000 grams of glutinous rice, 3 grams of soda ash, 500 grams of fresh polygonum leaves, and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the glutinous rice and when it is soaked, take it out and stir. Boil the fresh Polygonum leaves in boiling water for ten minutes, cut off the stems, stack the large and small leaves into a cross, tie them into bundles with rope, and soak them in clean water for four or five hours to remove the astringency. Then fold the Polygonum leaves into a triangular bucket shape, fill it with glutinous rice, wrap it into a rhombus shape, tie it tightly with a thin hemp rope, cook it in a pot for about two hours, and mix it with sugar when it is cooked. It has a fragrant and delicious taste. Nowadays, there are many varieties including mung beans, red beans, lotus seeds, ham and so on. Zongzi is a festive food during the Dragon Boat Festival in May in Wangcheng County, Changsha. Eating zongzi is also a traditional custom to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan and express homage to Qu Yuan.

8. Xiang Noodles

Xiang Noodles, also known as "Southern Noodles", are so named because they are produced in Hunan. The west bank of the Xiangjiang River in Wangcheng County is the main production area, also known as "Western Noodles". Wangcheng County has a history of making Hunan noodles for more than 400 years. It is as famous as Shandong's Longkou Noodles and Beijing's Qinghe Noodles and sells well in domestic and foreign markets.

Hunan noodles are made from broad beans, Sichuan beans, mung beans, rice beans, red beans, green beans, etc., with broad beans as the main ingredient. No matter what kind of beans are used, a small amount of mung beans must be used as gravy to make high-quality vermicelli. Its production process involves soaking, grinding, washing, kang, and drying.

Hunan noodles are rich in nutrients, easy to cook, delicious, soft and refreshing. It is a famous dish that people love. During the festive season, Hunan fans are often served. The Hunan noodles produced now have the advantages of fine strands, whiteness and transparency, strong pulling force, and resistance to cooking. The packaging is exquisite, easy to carry, and sells well at home and abroad.

9. Getang Maojian

Produced in Getang, Wangcheng County, this tea has fresh leaves picked before Grain Rain. It has fine workmanship, uniform appearance, emerald green color, exposed pekoe, and soft leaves. The fragrance is long lasting.

10. Folk lanterns

Lamps are popular folk handicrafts in Wangcheng. They are hung on doors and halls during festivals and celebrations to enhance the atmosphere. According to legend, it began in the Western Han Dynasty and has been used in all dynasties since then. Folk artists use locally produced bamboo, wood and other materials to make lanterns of various colors and decorate them with paintings or embroidery. The structures are exquisite, simple and elegant, and beautiful. The popular lanterns in Wangcheng mainly include:

The revolving lantern

It is a folk paper-making art. It uses a frame as a frame, uses colored paper to paste it into a square or round lantern, and cuts people out of paper. , horse, stick it on the paper wheel, and place the paper wheel in the middle of the lantern. The heat of the light is used to cause the paper wheel to rotate, so the human and horse expressions become dynamic.

Palace lanterns

are special handmade products. It is made of carved bamboo, wood, lacquer, mace and other frames, inlaid with silk, glass or horn pieces, exquisitely painted or inlaid with jade jewelry. Nowadays, they are made of metals such as aluminum alloy, plexiglass, luluo, plastic and other new materials. Palace lantern is a kind of luxurious lighting art decoration.

Flower lanterns

Flower lanterns are the general name for various folk art lanterns. Popular in Wangcheng County are various geometric shapes, animal abstract shapes and other lanterns that symbolize auspiciousness and are generally used in folk festivals.

11. Ginger salt sesame bean tea

Tongguan and Jinggang areas in Wangcheng County love to eat ginger salt sesame bean tea, which is a folk custom. Pour (mash) ginger, add (a small amount of) salt, roasted sesame seeds, soybeans or black beans into a tea can, then shake the portable tea can and pour it into the cup to serve guests. It is crispy and delicious, and tastes better than "Xiangxi" Leicha".

12. Black Elk Peak Yunwu Tea

Produced in Black Elk Peak in Wangcheng County Tourist Scenic Area, the tea has a unique taste, is cool and delicious, has an endless aftertaste, is clear in color and has delicate leaves and branches, but the yield is not high. , limited by terrain conditions, local people use it to entertain distinguished guests and use it as tribute every day.

13. Wild animals at Black Elk Peak

Hei Elk Peak has unique natural conditions for ecological protection due to its steep mountains, pleasant climate and ecological protection. More than 100 wild animals have been found on the mountain, including foxes, mountain boars, wild boars, wild cats, dog eagles, white-faced rats, civet rats, ice cats, owls, golden pheasants, and partridges.

14. Rare animals in Black Elk Peak

Many rare plants on Black Elk Peak are little known. There are Chinese kiwi, velvet saponaria, bayberry, chestnut, Zhennan, green sandalwood, silver magpie tree, stone oak, Schisandra chinensis, gentian, yellow bark tree, chaigui, yellow yam, etc. Only Chinese herbal medicines have been identified, and there are more than 00 kind.

15. Dingziwan granite

Produced in the Dingziwan area in the east of Xiangjiang River in Wangcheng County. Granite (also known as granite) is hard in texture and bright in color. It is an excellent material for making sculptures and building materials. , at the beginning of this century, it traveled across the ocean and was sold to London.