What cities are there in northern Jiangsu?

Northern Jiangsu refers to Xuzhou, Suqian, Huai 'an, Yancheng and Lianyungang.

Traditionally, northern Jiangsu is five prefecture-level cities, namely Yangzhou, Taizhou, Yancheng, Huai 'an and Nantong, with similar cultures. Not Xuzhou Suqian Lianyungang Sanbei area.

Xuzhou, Suqian and Lianyungang belong to the core areas of Huaihai Economic Zone, which include Suqian, Lianyungang, Suzhou, Shangqiu, Jining, Zaozhuang, Xuzhou and Huaibei. Therefore, these cities in northern Jiangsu prefer to regard it as the core area of Huaihai Economic Zone, which was proposed in 20 10.

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It is said that the word Subei was first invented by Zhejiang people, because since the opening of Shanghai in the middle of the 9th century, Shanghai has immediately become the top metropolis in China. Because there are many opportunities and geographical advantages in metropolis, it naturally attracts a large number of Jiangsu and Zhejiang people to come to Shanghai to make a living and develop. The most Jiangsu people who come to Shanghai may be Yancheng people and Yangzhou people.

Therefore, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Jiangbei and Zhejiang are two non-contiguous areas, so there is a possibility of collision. As we all know, there is a Wu dialect area in Zhenning, Changzhou, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Their dialect culture is actually similar to that of Zhejiang dialect. Therefore, it is easy for Zhejiang people to know which Jiangsu people are from Jiangnan and which Jiangsu people are from Jiangbei.

In the eyes of Zhejiang people, the dialect culture of Jiangsu people in Jiangbei, represented by Yancheng and Yangzhou, is not Wu culture, and they feel out of place with themselves. In addition, it is geographically located to the north of the Yangtze River.

In addition, there are a large number of Jiangbei people in Shanghai, who directly or indirectly compete with their own groups. Therefore, Zhejiang people look at Jiangsu Province from their own perspective, and call the Jiangbei area represented by Yancheng and Yangzhou Subei, which may be the earliest origin of the word Subei.

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