The history and culture of Ningxia

The Han Dynasty belongs to the Shuofang History Department. In the Western Han Dynasty, Beidi County was under the jurisdiction of Huan County, Gansu Province. Guyuan is located in Anding County; Ningxia belongs to Beidi County and Anding County. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Anding County moved to zhenyuan county, Gansu, and Beijun moved to the southwest of Litong District, Wuzhong City. Sixteen countries, the territory of Daxia country built by Helian Bobo, the leader of Xiongnu Iron Buddha Department.

During the Northern Wei and Zhou Dynasties, immigrants continued to promote the development of villages, and the villages were effectively developed again. Ningxia was originally named "South of the Saibei River". In the Tang Dynasty, Ningxia belonged to Guannei Road, including Yuanzhou, Lingzhou, Xi Hui, Anle, Xiongzhou and Policeman. In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), the "Anshi Rebellion" broke out in the Tang Dynasty, and Prince Hengli became Tang Suzong in Lingwu, Ningxia.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Ningxia belonged to Qingfeng Road, and the northern part of Ningxia was occupied by Li and Dangxiang. The Northern Song Dynasty only controlled the southern part of Ningxia, and the southern part of Ningxia was changed to Jingyuan Road. In the Yuan Dynasty, Xixia Zhongxing was established at the site of Xixia National Memorial. In the 24th year of Zhiyuan (1287), Ningxia government road was established, hence the name Ningxia.

Ningxia Prefecture was established in the early Ming Dynasty, and later changed to Wei. Ningxia Zuo Tunwei, Zhong Tunwei and avant-garde, central defender and defender were added. Later, Ningxia Town and Guyuan Town were set up, and nine defense zones were set up along the Great Wall, called Nine Towns, which was the second important border town in the Ming Dynasty.

In the fifth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1648), the Qing Dynasty set up a governor in Ningxia, which was the chief secretary of Shaanxi Province and affiliated to Jiankangyuan, and Ningxia was the subject province. Retreat, change the Ningxia government, set up a county, and belong to Gansu, but promote the Ningxia company commander as the prefect and add the Ningxia general government, without losing the provincial pattern.

The most famous local specialties in Ningxia are Lycium barbarum, licorice, Helan stone, two fur and Yitan sheep, which are also called "Four Treasures" because of their red, yellow, blue and white colors. Ningxia cuisine is mainly based on northwest pasta, mostly with halal characteristics. Because agriculture is developed, vegetables and fruits are richer than Gansu, and rivers such as the Yellow River are all over the region.

The main edible meat is beef and mutton, and the big markets in all counties kill live sheep, and all kinds of mutton dishes can't be tasted. Traditionally, Hui people are not exposed to alcohol and tobacco, so more traditional Muslim restaurants do not provide alcoholic beverages. However, most people in the northwest drink alcohol, and the low-alcohol liquor and fruit wine there are pure in taste.

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The autonomous region, referred to as Ning for short, is a provincial administrative region in People's Republic of China (PRC), with Yinchuan as its capital. Located in the northwest inland area of China, it is adjacent to Shaanxi in the east, Inner Mongolia in the west and north, and Gansu in the south.

1October 25th, 1958, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was formally established. The autonomous region governs Yinchuan, Wuzhong, Zhongwei, Zhongning, Tongxin, Lingwu, Yanchi, Jinji, Guyuan, Xiji and Haiyuan, 1 region and 17 county. By the end of 20 18, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region had five prefecture-level cities, including 1 1 county, two county-level cities and nine municipal districts.

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