What is Hehuang culture?

Hehuang culture is the crystallization of spiritual civilization of ancestors in eastern Qinghai and the border area between Longxi and Qinghai on the basis of certain material civilization, and has its unique connotation and characteristics. Studying its connotation and characteristics is very important for the inheritance and unification of traditional culture and modernization.

Hehuang culture originated from "Three Rivers" is unique. Together with Heluo culture, Guanzhong culture and Qilu culture, it constitutes an important branch of the Yellow River civilization and an important part of Chinese civilization. Haidong City, Qinghai Province, located in this area, has been rich in products since ancient times. Many ethnic groups such as Han, Tibetan, Hui, Tu and Salar have been bred here, forming a splendid Hehuang culture, nurturing excellent traditional art and culture such as local embroidery, flowers and Hehuang shadow play, and retaining historical and cultural sites such as Lajia Site and Qutan Temple, which are known as "Pompeii of the East".