A glimpse of the centennial Expo-1851year, the first World Expo was held in Britain-the International Exhibition of Industrial Works. The 12 presented by businessman Xu Rongcun was produced in Li Ji Village, Nanxun, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and was awarded the Gold and Silver Award by Queen Victoria herself, making it the first national industrial brand in China to win an international prize. Huzhou is a famous hometown of sericulture in China.

Sanhe city Windbreak Culture Festival

The autumn festival at the southern foot of Fangfeng Mountain was held on the day before and after August 25th (that is, 24th, 25th and 26th) of the lunar calendar, which was highly valued by officials and people in past dynasties. The autumn festival was first offered by officials, and then after the ceremony of "burial", "lifting" and sacrifice, they went out to patrol the temple. All the clubs are in their positions, waving flags and shouting, and gathering in the temple fair square; The old dragon is in front, the green dragon is behind, and pavilions, stilts and lanterns are spread out; There are hard card deacons in front of the "four brothers"; The steel fork clears the way and the gong fires; There are all kinds of dragon lanterns, fishing lanterns and lanterns in the parade, which is called "Dragon Lantern Festival". There are three boxing clubs in the street, performing steel forks, top cylinders and various martial arts. Visit the Osmanthus fragrans Hall, and then "sit and offer tea" with the local smoked bean tea; In some places, we have to take the pontoon bridge. After performing three social dramas in a row, villagers have also visited the village these days, "being guests" and drinking "baked bean tea".

Hubi culture

Hubi is known as the "crown of pens". Shanlian Town, the hometown of lake brushwork, is said to have invented a brush with dead wood as the barrel, deer hair as the column and wool as the quilt (coat). Shanlian built Meng Tian Temple for this purpose. The tip of the lake pen has neat and transparent front glume, which is generally made of fine goat wool through nearly 100 processes such as soaking, pulling, combining, combing, connecting and combining. Bai Juyi once described the fineness of pen-making skills as "one in a million" and "one hair is light, but it is very important", so he said that "Mao Ying's skills are the best in the world".

tea culture

Huzhou is one of the cradles of world tea culture. Cha Sheng Lu Yu wrote the world's first monograph on tea culture, Tea Classic, in Huzhou. According to research, during the Three Kingdoms period, Wu Dong had become the main area of tea industry spread at that time, but its consumption was still confined to the upper class. In the Tang Dynasty, the production and marketing center of tea was transferred to Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and Huzhou tea industry began to be dedicated to the imperial court and became famous all over the world, becoming one of the birthplaces of world tea culture. With the trend of drinking tea, literati poured tea into people's poems, and the word "tea ceremony" also appeared. The tea poem "Drinking Tea Song as Cui Shiwang", which was first discovered by a famous poet and tea monk in the Tang Dynasty, was more than 800 years earlier than the word tea ceremony was used in Japan. Jiao Ran's common surname is Xie, whose first name is Zhou, and he is from Huzhou.

Huzhou drama

Originally known as Huzhou Tanquan, it was once called "Little Drama", "Flower Drum" and "Huzhou Literary Drama". Popular in Huzhou and Jiaxing counties in northern Zhejiang, adjacent to Wujiang and Yuhang in Jiangsu, they sing in Huzhou Wu dialect. Lake Opera is the only representative local opera in northern Zhejiang and an inseparable part of China Opera and Huzhou Culture. In April 2007, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture published the Lake Opera as the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative list.

Huzhou Qin Shu

Commonly known as "Hu Qin Shu" or "Qin Shu" for short. Because it is an important branch of Huzhou Tanquan, some people call Huzhou "Lake Beach" and sing it in Huzhou Wu dialect. The formation of Qin Shu is closely related to Huxi Opera, another branch of Huzhou Tanquan. The two are connected in drama (music) and music, and artists often "do small plays in class and sing piano books in different grades", but each has its own characteristics. In April, 2007, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture announced Huzhou Qin Shu as the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative list.

Huzhou santiao

Commonly known as "fiberboard", "three-stringed board" or "three jumps" for short, they are all named after their accompaniment instruments are "three springboard". Popular and distributed in cities and counties in northern Zhejiang with Huzhou as the center, it is a local folk art that uses a single tune to persuade the world to return the gift, and uses Huzhou Wu dialect to rap alternately. Since 2004, the relevant departments of Huzhou have carried out protection and rescue work for Sanjiao. By 2007, Huzhou Santiao (including Tongxiang City) was recommended by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative list.

Changxing baiyelong

In February 2006, Baiyelong declared the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage; On June, 2006 10, the first cultural heritage day in China, Baiyelong was approved to be included in the first batch of China's intangible cultural heritage list.

On April 7th, 2008, 18: 30, the Olympic flame arrived in Paris, France. At the invitation of the Chinese Embassy in France, Baiyelong Art Troupe participated in the torch relay of the Paris Olympic Games. The Louvre Dragon made a splendid appearance at the starting point (Eiffel Tower) and the end point (Charlety Stadium) of the Olympic torch relay, cheering for the Olympic flame.

During the National Day, the Louvre in Changxing danced dragons in Tiananmen Square. At the 60th anniversary party of the National Day in 2009, the central performance area in Tiananmen Square participated in the "Flying China" part of the three chapters of "Harmonious China", "Flying China" and "New China". Huzhou dialect is a dialect of Wu dialect, which belongs to Tiaoxi dialect, a Taihu dialect of Wu dialect.

Huzhou dialect, Shanghai dialect, Suzhou dialect, Hangzhou dialect, Shaoxing dialect, Ningbo dialect, etc. Taihu Lake, which belongs to Wu dialect, can basically communicate with each other, and belongs to Wu dialect area with southern Wu dialect. There are a few Hakka dialects in Putonghua on the western border of Huzhou.

Huzhou Wu dialect is popular in Wuxing District, Nanxun District, Changxing, Anji (mostly), Deqing and parts of Hangzhou (including most of Yuhang District, eastern Jianggan District, western Xihu District and northern Gongshu District).

Huzhou dialect has 30 voiced vowels. Huzhou dialect has 37 vowels, with entering rhyme. Huzhou dialect has seven tones-Yin Ping, Yangping, Yin Shang, Yang Shang, Yin Qu, Yin Ru and Yang Ru.

Huzhou Jiangnan Water Town, located in the southern part of Taihu Lake Basin, is the birthplace of Wu dialect. The ancient name symbolizes the prosperity of Wu. Huzhou dialect is soft and sweet, clear and elegant, with the characteristics of typical Wu dialect, waxy, soft and light.

Huzhou locals attach great importance to the protection and inheritance of Huzhou dialect. For example, Huzhou dialect training class for foreigners offered by Huzhou Radio Station, Huzhou dialect column full of Wuhu flavor, Huzhou dialect program offered by Huzhou TV Station, and a large number of Huzhou dialect learning activities in rich community streets.