What are the humanistic customs in Shanxi?

Shanxi has a long history and rich cultural heritage. Up to now, it has a written history of 3,000 years, and is known as "China Museum of Ancient Culture" and "Cradle of Chinese Civilization". Legends such as "Jing Wei fills the sea", "Goddess fills the sky" and "Yu chisels Meng Men" all happened in Shanxi. Three ancient emperors of China, Yao, Shun and Yu, all established their capitals in the south of Shanxi, namely Pingyang (now Linfen), Puban (now yongji city) and Anyi (this summer county). During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, Jin Wengong was one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Datong (then called Pingcheng) was once the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later as the capital of the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, it was called "the three generations of Jinghua" in history. Taiyuan, the provincial capital, is known as the "Long Mai" and has always been a battleground for military strategists. Shanxi immigrated more than a dozen times. The pagoda tree in Hongtong County was a major immigration station at that time. This is where the phrase "Ask where my ancestors are, Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi" circulated in many parts of the country comes from. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the rise of Shanxi merchants and Shanxi merchants banks, which paid attention to honesty and integrity, was famous at home and abroad. The Yellow River flows through Shanxi, giving birth to countless heroes and people with lofty ideals. In various historical periods of China, many politicians, strategists, scientists, writers and historians emerged in Shanxi. The most famous are Jin Wengong Zhong Er, one of the overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period, the only female emperor in China, Wu Zetian, an outstanding politician in the Tang Dynasty, Xue, a general in white robes, a "warrior saint" in China, famous figures in the Tang Dynasty, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Di and Pei Du, famous Han Dynasty figures Wei Qing and Huo Qubing who fought against Xiongnu, Pei Xiu, a cartographer in the Western Jin Dynasty who founded the "Cartography Six Bodies", and one of the four famous works in ancient China. There are famous poets Bai Juyi, Wang Bo, Wang Zhihuan, Wang Wei and Wang Changling in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan, a famous writer, philosopher and political reformer in the Tang Dynasty, Sima Guang, a famous politician in the Song Dynasty, and Yuan Haowen, a poet. There are three famous dramatists Guan Hanqing, Bai Pu and Zheng Guangzu among the four masters of Yuan Qu, and Fu Shan, a thinker, writer, physician and painter in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, is Jiajing. Shanxi has outstanding people and outstanding talents. Among them, Shanxi merchants have traveled all over China, enjoying a world-renowned reputation.

Cultural connotation of Shanxi folk houses

Among the dwellings in China, the dwellings in Shanxi are as famous as those in southern Anhui, and there has always been a saying that "northern Shanxi is southern Anhui". Among Shanxi's folk houses, the most abundant and gorgeous ones are those around Fenhe River, and the most representative ones in Fenhe River Basin are Qixian and Pingyao. Qixian County is located in the south of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, in Jinzhong. There are more than 40 luxurious courtyards in Qixian County, and the quality of local houses here is high because many Qixian people went out for business since the Ming Dynasty, and after they got rich, they built a large number of houses in their hometown. The dwellings in Qixian county have several main characteristics of Shanxi dwellings: First, the external walls are high. From the outside of the house, the brick wall without windows is as high as four or five stories, which is very defensive. Second, the main houses are single-slope roofs, and there are not many double-slope roofs, no matter wing rooms or principal rooms, buildings or bungalows. Because they all use a single slope top, the outer wall is high, and rainwater flows into the yard, which means "fat water does not flow into the field." Third, the courtyards are mostly vertical rectangles with narrow east and west and long north and south, and the gates are mostly opened in the southeast corner. [