South China refers to Guangdong Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region, Hainan Province and adjacent islands, such as zhongsha islands, Nansha Islands, Xisha Islands, dongsha islands (Guangdong), Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands (Taiwan Province), Bailongwei Island (Guangxi) and so on. Although Fujian Province and Taiwan Province Province are often nominally listed in East China, Fujian Province and Taiwan Province Province belong to South China plate in culture, customs, consanguinity and personnel flow, especially the local culture in south-central Fujian Province, which is similar to Xijiang River Basin (Guangzhou and Zhaoqing), Dongjiang River Basin (Huizhou and Meizhou) and East Coast (Minnan) in Guangdong Province.
The soil types in southern China are mainly latosol and latosol.
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The culture in the south of China is called Lingnan culture, which covers many contents such as academics, literature, painting, calligraphy, music, opera, crafts, architecture, gardens, folk customs, religion, diet, language, overseas Chinese culture and so on. Geographically speaking, Lingnan culture is divided into three parts: Guangdong culture, Guangxi culture and Hainan culture, especially Guangfu culture, Guangdong Hakka culture and Chaoshan culture, which constitute the main body of Han Lingnan culture.