Two monsters ---- pot helmet like a pot lid: pot helmet (what we Jiangsu people call big cake) is as big as a pot lid, hard and crispy.
The third strange ---- noodles are like a belt: there are many different kinds of noodles here, and most of them are thicker and wider, in fact, they are slightly thinner than a belt.
The fourth strange ---- girl is not foreign: it is said that the girls here (in the old days) usually do not marry far away or outsiders, but now it is not so.
Five strange ---- bench not sit stirrups up: listening to the locals said that may be due to the bench on the dust is too much, coupled with the habits of the people, so people (referring to the rural areas) generally do not sit on the bench, but stirrups up.
Six monsters ---- house half cover: most of the houses here are half-slope house (in the past) a saying is to save materials, another saying is that in the old days in order to pay less taxes.
Seven strange ---- handkerchiefs on the head: because of the local dry climate, sandy wind, many women go out will be handkerchiefs on the head, to cover the dust.
Eight monsters ---- window paper pasted outside: some residents have a layer of paper pasted outside the window, may be a habit.
One, noodles like a belt
Two, helmets like pots and pans
Three, spices are a dish
Four, the bench does not do squatting up
Five, Papa head to wear
Six, the house is half-covered
Seven, the girl is not outside
Eight, singing opera roar up
One, noodles like a belt
"Ripped noodles are as wide as a pants belt." Pulled noodles are also called ice ice (read biang - biang, modern Chinese dictionary does not have this word) noodles, authentic Guan people do ice ice noodles and usually city people eat pulled noodles or a certain difference. Authentic ice ice noodles, a noodle width of up to two or three inches, the length of one meter, the thickness of the thick and coins, but thin as a cicada wing. A noodle is enough for a meal, and for the big eaters in Guanzhou, a meal of 8 two, 1 catty is also easy.
Two, the pot helmet like a pot lid
Legend has it that in the Tang Dynasty when repairing the Qianling Mausoleum, due to the excessive number of military artisans serving, often for meals and delayed construction progress, was punished. So, a soldier in the anxiety then put the dough into the helmet, the helmet into the fire to bake, and branded into cakes. Now counting pot helmets in Shaanxi has a history of thousands of years.
Doing pot helmet, the surface should be very hard, hard to knead by hand, to borrow the wooden bar to pressure kneading, and then put in the diameter of more than 2 feet in the cauldron slowly baked and become. In this way, the branded helmet outside the crisp morning crisp, fragrant and delicious, put on ten days eight days will not change flavor. Helmet to count "Qianzhou (now Qianxian) helmet" good.
Three, chili is a dish
As for chili, people generally think that Hunan, Sichuan people can eat chili. In fact, the Sichuan people just take the chili as a seasoning, but in Shaanxi "did not splash chili" is a serious dish. Even Xi'an city households are full of strings of red chili pepper before hanging.
"Oil splash hot pepper" look red, smell fragrant, eat spicy, can be used to adjust the noodle, but also can be sandwiched between the bread to eat. People often say "oil splash hot pepper ice ice noodles eat prairie (good) Zha Zha!"
Four, the bench does not do squat up
Shanxi people's squat work in the country can be said to be the most, a squat is an hour, eating, chess, rest, chat, even if there is a bench chair also do not sit down, the longest people can squat 3-5 hours. Squatting originated as a way of resting after labor, eliminating fatigue, restoring physical strength, and cultivating the body and mind.
Five, Papa head wear
Previously in Shaanxi reflecting the life of the people in the "Western", often seen wearing a sheep belly towel, wearing a lapel jacket of the old man and the elderly women are wearing a black or white Papa (handkerchiefs) on the head (on top of). If you are lucky enough to go to the Guanzhong countryside, the shape here is exactly the same as what you see in the movie.
Originally, the Shaanxi region is rich in cotton, the local people used to weave with cotton handkerchiefs worn on the head, it can be dustproof rain sun, but also can be wiped with juice to wipe their hands and used to wrap things, can be said to be both economic and affordable and convenient.
Six, the house half cover
Whether in Xi'an City or Shaanxi rural areas, can be seen everywhere, "one side of the cover" of the house. What is a side cover? General house roof for the herringbone shape, but the Shaanxi house is one side of the herringbone. It is said that because Shaanxi is dry and rainy, so this side of the house can let all the rainwater flow into their own fields, as the so-called "fertilizer does not flow outside the field".
And because, in the last hundred years, Shaanxi's agricultural development has been slow, but the population has increased rapidly. Families living in the countryside were originally clustered together, because of the limited land area, while the population is large, residential tension, so the formation of the house "half cover" of the history.
Seven, the girl is not foreign
It is said that the Guanzhong region of fertile land, so very few people to survive and travel to other places. Thus, there is "old not out of Guan (Tongguan), less not under the Sichuan (Sichuan)" proverb, over time, not only the men do not go out to travel, even the girls do not marry far away from home.
Eight, singing opera roar up
Singing opera, refers to the Qinqiang. It is characterized by a high and vigorous, strong and urgent. Especially the singing of the flower face, but also open throat roar, locals call "earn broken head", outsiders joked: "Singing Qinqiang, one is the stage to be strong, so as not to vibrate down; the second is the actor's body to be good, so as not to exhaustion; three is the audience to be bold, so as not to frighten! ".
Shanxi dialect:
圪蹴：meaning squatting down
Shanxi popular jingle:
Noodles as wide as pants belt
Hot pot helmet as big as a pot lid
Oil splash of hot pepper a dish
Stools don't seat Ohh
Papa on the head
House half cover
A girl doesn't get married outside
The Qin opera is a great song
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