Xinxiang

Understand

Located in the north of Henan Province, south of the Yellow River, with Zhengzhou and Kaifeng across the river. Xinxiang City is an important part of Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area, the first batch of national highway transport hub cities in northern Henan, a national civilised city, a national health city, a national forest city and a national circular economy demonstration city.

Get around

Like most cities in China, there is a reasonable taxi system, and buses. The two railway stations are linked by bus 66 several times per hour (¥1, about 45 minutes).

The starting price during the day is RMB 6 per 2 kilometres, and the fare per kilometre after 2 kilometres is RMB 1.60.Night taxis start at RMB 7 per 2km and cost RMB 1.6 per kilometre from 22:00 to 5:00 the following day.

Eat

Shi Kui beef（世魁牛肉）：in the Xinxiang City, a century of marinated beef brand, has been more than 100 years of history. Characteristics: First, clean and tidy, steaming out of the beef for shaping, large pieces are large pieces, small pieces listed as minced meat, minced depending on the circumstances of the pricing; Second, the color and flavor are good, because it is the ancestral curing and steaming process, its meat to show a slightly red and fresh, taste through the bone marrow of the unique qualities. thumb|Huimian YuanYang lamb Huimian（原阳羊肉烩面）： is a famous pasta in Henan, and each city and county in Henan has different characteristics because of different practices and customs. Xinxiang city Yuanyang Huimian are more characteristic, the soup fat and thin, fragrant and refreshing, nutritious, unique flavor. Fengqiu Juan Jian（封丘卷尖）：is a local famous dish in Fengqiu County, Xinxiang City, Henan Province, which belongs to the Henan cuisine. It is a dish made of pork, eggs, gorgon euryale powder and various spices. The taste is fragrant and refreshing, and the meat is fat but not greasy. Su Ji Nailao（苏记奶酪）：unique to Xinxiang milk smoothie ice cream. It has red beans, raisins, chocolate and other small ingredients to go with it. Locals often serve Nailao with cold noodles as a combo. Sugar and vinegar malatang（糖醋麻辣烫）：You can't eat it outside of Xinxiang. Different from the common malatang, the taste of Xinxiang Malatang has the sour taste of vinegar, the sweet taste of granulat…

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Luo Yang: Here, you feel as if you have traveled to the ancient capital of the Tang Dynasty. You can admire the ancient city walls and feel the ancient civilization deeply.

He Ze: Xinxiang is adjacent to Heze. But Xinxiang is Henan Province, Heze is Shandong province. Therefore, you can quickly experience the cultural differences between Shandong and Henan.