Where to go in Zhengzhou folk culture tourism

What are the top ten folk tourist attractions in Zhengzhou? Let’s take a look at the editor’s sharing!

1. Kangwanwan Manor Cultural Relics Protection Unit

Kangwanwan Manor is a representative example of feudal fortress-style architecture in North China in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is known as the spiritual home of Henan merchants. It is a model of ancient architecture in the Central Plains. It has profound historical accumulation and folk customs in the Central Plains region. It is a characteristic manor that integrates Heluo culture, architectural culture, residential culture, commercial culture, official residence culture, folk culture, garden culture and military culture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Cultural tourism is a good place for folk tourism in Henan. Wandering around Kangwanwan Manor is like walking in a splendid picture of the folk customs of the Qing Dynasty. During every traditional festival, relevant folk festivals will be held. For example, during the Spring Festival every year, Kangwanwan Manor will hold the "New Year Prayer Cultural Temple Fair" and various intangible cultural performances such as dough-making people, sugar-blowing people, sugar paintings, handicrafts, etc. Paper cutting, wool crocheting, mask crafts, etc., folk art performances such as Heluo lion dance, land boat rowing, donkey, stilts, drums, etc., local traditional Henan Opera performances, Dragon Boat Festival folk activities, folk culture festival, etc.

Address: No. 59, Zhuanghuan Road, Kangdian Town, Gongyi City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

2. Zhengzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall

Zhengzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage The exhibition hall includes exhibitions, production performances, collection training, experience and transmission of Zhengzhou's intangible cultural heritage projects, etc. It is also a good place to experience folk customs in Zhengzhou and even Henan. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum exhibits traditional handicrafts and traditional arts "intangible cultural heritage" items, including the majestic "Xiao Xiang Lion Dance", the "New dense paper making technology" that has been passed down for thousands of years, and the unique folk characteristics of central Henan. "Houjiaguan", Central Plains folk "cloth painting", "dough sculpture", "Songshan wood carving", etc. You can experience woodblock printing, old-fashioned weaving, blank drawing, finger painting, dough sculpture, wheat straw painting, sugar painting, gourd Projects such as pyrography, rope knotting, paper flower making, bag making, cloth tiger making, etc.

Address: 160 meters southeast of 32 Songshan South Road, Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

3. Bamboo Forest Changshou Mountain Changshou Mountain Style Ancient Town Scenic Area

The "style of Changshou Mountain" "Ancient Town" is located in the Changshou Mountain Scenic Area of ??Zhulin Town, Gongyi. It is a cultural tourism project that integrates folk performances, handicraft workshops, special snacks, intangible cultural heritage displays, B&Bs, slow life in bars, etc. In the charming ancient town, you can also watch various " "Folk Custom Exhibition", including Tang Sancai, paper cutting, root carvings, thuja, strange stones, peony sachets, peony paintings, fan crafts, Luban locks and other traditional folk crafts in Gongyi area. In addition, folklore interpretations such as opera, Heluo Dagu Shu performance, Hero Li Ba melodrama, throwing hydrangeas to attract brides, street busking, juggling, divination, waiters outside soliciting customers, Wu Dalang selling cakes, and candied haws hawking are integrated into the streets and run throughout the whole country. It is a good place for folk culture tourism in Zhengzhou. In addition to folk cultural experiences and various folk performances, you can also taste biangbiang noodles, donkey hoof noodles, imperial concubine cake, Liaohua candy and other specialties.

Address: Zhulin Town, Gongyi City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

4. Zhengzhou City God Temple Cultural Relics Protection Unit

Zhengzhou City God Temple is located in the north of the east section of Shangcheng Road, Zhengzhou City. It is a relatively complete and large-scale ancient building complex in Henan. It has distinctive national style and folk characteristics. Its construction style shows the local customs and folk culture of the Central Plains. The annual Zhengzhou City God Temple Folk Temple Fair is it. The best testimony to attract people. The annual temple fair is a feast of folk culture. The Chenghuang Temple Folk Culture Tourism Festival is held from the first day to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month every year, including opera singing, Yangko team, Pangu team performances, suona performance, folk paper-cutting art, and Yellow River mud inkstones. , Nanyang's pyrography, Huaiyang's clay dogs, bronzes, coins, and purple sand series exhibitions of the past dynasties. The Chenghuang Temple Temple Fair also includes celebrations such as gongs and drums, land boating, lion dance, stilt dance, face-changing, acrobatics, magic performances, monkey shows, etc. The event focuses on displaying traditional folk culture and art with the characteristics of the Central Plains region.

Address: North of the east section of Shangcheng Road, Guancheng Hui District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

5. Qianjiaji, Taishan Village, Xinzheng

Qianjiaji, Taishan Village, Xinzheng The collection takes "Central Plains folk custom history and culture experience place" as its mission and "local taste and imprint of annual rings" as its cultural core. It is divided into three themed chapters: "Original Countryside", "Republic of China Customs" and "Passionate Years", covering the interpretation of farming culture. , folk special snacks, folk performances, leisure and entertainment experiences, etc., including local famous snacks, old teahouses, ancient theaters, cultural toys collections and other colorful elements, it is a good place for Zhengzhou to experience the folk culture of the Central Plains. The place is full of rich local customs, including waterwheels, wells, fences, old courtyards, wooden carts, old vehicles, brewing workshops, ancient theaters, lanterns, guillotines, plows and columbuses, and wooden cart wheels. Every Spring Festival, the annual "Xinzheng Qianjiaji Spring Festival Temple Fair" is held here, including traditional folk temple fair performances, folk social fires, ethnic performances, outdoor acrobatics and other activities. The folk activities during the Spring Festival are different every year, and the details are subject to the announcement of the scenic spot.

6. Yanyue Ancient City Scenic Area

Yanyue Ancient City is a comprehensive cultural tourism area integrating various functions such as Zen meditation and Buddha worship, leisure and health care, grotto sightseeing, folk custom display, shopping and entertainment. It consists of Heluo Cultural Street, Heluo Food Street, Heluo Folk Experience Street, Heluo Intangible Cultural Heritage Street, Heluo Opera Square, Heluo Folk Stage, Intangible Cultural Heritage Performance Square, Foshan Zen Lake and other landscapes. It is also the center of Zhengzhou Folk tourist attraction. The Heluo Folk Experience Street integrates the past and the present, displaying various ancient local folk customs in Gongyi. The Heluo Folklore Stage rotates local folk songs every day. When you walk into Yanyue Ancient City, what you will see is a picture of Heluo folk culture. During a tour of Yanyue Ancient City, you can taste delicious food, enjoy the beautiful scenery, listen to drum opera, watch folk customs, see the most beautiful flying statues in the grottoes, and appreciate the gorgeous and magnificent scenes of emperors and empresses worshiping Buddha.

Address: No. 1, Luoshen Road, Ecological Economic Park, Gongyi City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

7. Zhengzhou Green Expo Scenic Area

Zhengzhou Green Expo is the folk custom of Zhengzhou The place where festivals are held is also a good place to experience Zhengzhou’s folk customs. During every traditional festival, relevant folk activities and folk exhibitions will be held, such as the Central Plains Temple Fair, the Central Plains Lantern Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival and other folk festivals. Especially during the Spring Festival, Zhengzhou Green Expo Park will hold the "Central Plains Cultural Temple Fair" event. Visit the temple fair , watch colorful folk performances. From the eve of the Spring Festival to March, there are also wonderful "Central Plains Lantern Festival" activities. Visiting the Central Plains Temple Fair, watching the bright lantern exhibition, appreciating folk customs and watching lanterns have become the calling card of Henan Spring Festival folk tourism. The Garden Expo will also hold unique folk exhibitions, such as the Henan-Shaanxi Flower Exhibition, Luoyang Embroidery Art Exhibition, Central Plains Gourd Art Exhibition, etc. The folk activities are slightly different every year, and the details are subject to the announcement of the scenic spot.

Address: 1,000 meters south of Humanities Road, Zhengkai Avenue, Zhongmu County, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

8. Yellow Emperor’s Hometown Scenic Area

The Yellow Emperor’s Hometown is a national intangible cultural heritage The heritage site of the "Ancestor Worship Ceremony in the Yellow Emperor's Hometown" is a holy place for descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties at home and abroad to find their roots and worship their ancestors. Every year on March 3rd of the lunar calendar, the Yellow Emperor's Hometown Scenic Area will hold the "Ancestor Worship Ceremony in the Yellow Emperor's Hometown" event. It is a traditional folk activity in Henan. Visit the Yellow Emperor Hometown allows more people to understand the culture of filial piety, family roots, and righteousness demonstrated by the Yellow Emperor culture in the Central Plains. During the Spring Festival every year, the Yellow Emperor’s hometown holds Spring Festival activities related to praying for blessings and worshiping ancestors, such as offering incense and praying on New Year’s Eve, national intangible cultural heritage experience activities, traditional folk lanterns, folk performances and other activities in the scenic area.

Address: The middle section of Xuanyuan Road, Xinzheng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

9. Zhongyuan Fu Pagoda Scenic Area

Zhongyuan Fu Pagoda is a landmark building in Zhengzhou, with a tower of 90 Six floors, 247 meters high, with a prayer hall. "Fu" is the most respected culture among the people. "Stepping on Fu" was popular in the Tang Dynasty. Folk custom activities of praying for blessings will be held every spring or festival day. Especially during the Spring Festival, every year during the Spring Festival, the Central Plains Pagoda lights up with red lights, and praying for blessings and auspiciousness in the New Year has become the first choice of traditional folk customs during the Spring Festival. The prayer bells and prayer drums on the 99th floor of Zhongyuan Fu Tower are the tallest bell and drum towers in Zhengzhou. Ringing the prayer bells and drums here can convey your blessings and wishes to relatives and friends far away through the sound of bells and drums. During the Spring Festival, there are also Spring Festival temple fairs, lantern walks, folk customs, Central Plains delicacies and other activities. Especially the iron flower, which was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, as well as the noodle blowers, window cutters, and craftsmen. Sugar paintings and other intangible cultural heritage are displayed.

The content of the Spring Festival temple fair activities is different every year, and the specific content is mainly based on the announcement of scenic spots.

Address: Haihang East Road, Guancheng Hui District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

10. Jianye·Huayi Brothers Movie Town

Jianye·Huayi Brothers Movie Town is based on local culture, starting from immersive movie scenes, and focusing on movie-themed performing arts to create an immersive movie trend integrating movie interactive entertainment, movie cultural experience, movie-themed inn, folk customs and intangible cultural heritage experience. The play area integrates food, folk customs, architecture, opera, acrobatics, martial arts, Chinese studies, traditional Chinese medicine, etc. In Farming Story, locust trees, birdsong, old wells, and horse-drawn carriages take you back to those days of self-sufficient farming in sunny days and rainy days. Walking into the town feels like traveling back to the Republic of China period, where you can experience the folk customs of the Republic of China.

Address: Zhengkai Avenue, Zhongmu County, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province