Where is the Jianghuai culture distributed? Is there a relationship between Jianghuai culture and Wuyue culture?

Jianghuai culture, also known as Huaibei culture, is mainly centered on Chaohu Lake, covering Jiangsu and Anhui provinces north of the Yangtze River today. Jianghuai culture is located in the transition zone of cultural exchange between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, bordering Qilu culture and Central Plains culture in the Yellow River basin in the north, and facing the two lakes culture area and Wuyue culture area across the Yangtze River in the south. It is also a bridge connecting the north and south cultures of China.

Jianghuai culture, represented by Jianghuai dialect, has formed a completely different regional culture from the northern Central Plains Mandarin area and the southern Wu dialect area. In terms of food culture, Jianghuai culture is represented by Huaiyang culture, which is moderately sweet and salty, pays attention to norms, and mainly focuses on soup. Xuzhou, north of Jianghuai, pays more attention to salty and fresh, and Suzhou, south of Jianghuai, is red and sweeter with thick oil sauce. Since ancient times, Jianghuai culture has been extensive and profound, covering Anhui and Jiangsu. It has also formed prominent cultural centers from several central cities in Jiangsu and Anhui, and several cultural center cities in Anqing, Nanjing and Huai 'an have been formed from west to east.

Huaihe River is the birthplace of Jianghuai ancient culture. The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were "Xu Huaiyi culture". Influenced by the Yellow River culture, the Central Plains culture has a strong local color, which has a far-reaching influence on the Chu culture and Wu Yue culture in the south.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Xu Huaiyi's culture in the Jianghuai area changed its direction and moved closer to the southern Wuyue culture and Chu culture. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Jianghuai area was one of the culturally developed areas in China. Liu An, the king of Huainan, made Shouyang his capital, recruiting people to write books, which had a far-reaching influence on local culture. In this way, the Jianghuai culture surpassed the Wuyue culture in the same period.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the development of rice farming economy in Jianghuai area, Jianghuai culture also developed. However, in the historical evolution, the level of the president also lags behind the Wuyue culture, and it is even more difficult to compare with the Central Plains culture and the Guanzhong culture in the Yellow River Basin.

Jianghuai culture is between north and south. Jianghuai people are barbarians in the eyes of northerners in Zhao Yan and Americans in the eyes of southerners in Fujian and Guangdong. Moreover, the Jianghuai area is also full of talents, and talents can make a country. For example, Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, were all from Jianghuai area, and people from Jianghuai area could also contribute to the country, such as Han Xin and Cao Cao. Jianghuai people are also literary and artistic, such as writer Qin Shaoyou and artist Mei Lanfang.

Features of Wuyue Culture Wuyue culture, also known as Jiangsu and Zhejiang culture and Jiangnan culture, is an important part of Chinese culture. To put it simply, Wuyue culture is the regional culture of Jiangsu and Zhejiang centered on Taihu Lake Basin, covering today's Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, southern Anhui and northeastern Jiangxi. Wuyue culture has distinct symbolic forms, namely farming, boating, farming, hanging coffin burial, bravery, tattooing and obscenity.

Wuyue culture developed from Hemudu culture and Liangzhu culture in ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, the economic development of Jiangsu and Zhejiang surpassed that of the north, further expanding the influence of Wuyue culture. At the same time, in the history, the Central Plains culture in the northern region gradually faded in the process of minority rule, and the Han nationality in the north moved south, which also made the Wuyue culture retain the characteristics of local indigenous culture and inherit the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

The Wu dialect of Wuyue culture is characterized by softness and elegance, and has the reputation of "soft language of Wu Nong". The food in Wunong area is characterized by sweetness, and it is also a generation of scientists and literati in history. For example, wuyue, an ancient scholar and modern academician of China, accounted for 2/5. After the Southern Song Dynasty, the culture of Wu and Yue developed in a refined direction, and the number of wuyue in the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty also surpassed that in the Central Plains and the North. The development of industry and commerce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in modern times also added a commercial flavor to Wu Yue culture. Wu and Yue people are soft outside and rigid inside, paying attention to etiquette and being modest.

It can be seen from the homology that the homology of Jianghuai culture and Wuyue culture is Han culture, and both of them inherit and develop the culture of the Central Plains of Han Dynasty. It's just that Wuyue culture is more like southern culture, mixed with the flavor of Yue people and commercial culture. Jianghuai culture is the transition between northern Central Plains culture and southern Wu Yue culture.