Lingnan culture refers to the culture of the Lingnan region of China, covering academics, literature, painting, calligraphy, music, opera, crafts, architecture, gardens, folk customs, religion, food, language, overseas Chinese culture and many other contents .
Regionally, Lingnan culture is divided into three major parts: Guangdong culture, Guangxi culture (Bagui culture) and Hainan culture. Guangdong culture is further divided into Guangfu culture, Hakka culture, Chaoshan culture and Hainan culture. Lufeng culture, Leizhou culture, Gaoliang culture, Xijiang culture, Nanjiang culture, Moyang culture and Guangxin culture.
Lingnan culture has a long history. Historically, Lingnan culture has made an indelible contribution to the formation and development of the Han nation, and to maintaining national unity and ethnic unity. It has also made an indelible contribution to the development of Chinese national culture. It occupies an important position and plays an important role in history. Modern Lingnan culture is an advanced culture in modern China and has had a huge impact on modern China.
Lingnan culture, with its unique characteristics of diversity, pragmatism, openness, compatibility, and innovation, draws on the essence of the Central Plains and incorporates new trends from all over the world. It is unique in the forest of Chinese culture and has a great influence on the Lingnan region and even the whole country. Economic and social development play a positive role in promoting.
Guangdong History and Culture
The history of Guangdong civilization began when the Qin Dynasty unified Lingnan. The immigration of immigrants from the Central Plains promoted the development of Guangdong. Although starting from the Qin Dynasty, Panyu City (Guangzhou) has become the It is an important foreign trade port in the south, but the Pearl River Delta has always been a sea. Until the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Pearl River Delta experienced long-term sediment accumulation, the beaches were gradually exposed, and the river network began to take shape.
Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, a large number of immigrants from the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River have successively moved southward from Zhuji Lane, Nanxiong, northern Guangdong to the Pearl River Delta area. The Pearl River Delta has only entered the development stage. In the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court actively developed the Pearl River Delta and ordered various The generals divided the army into farming, and the Pearl River Delta entered a stage of large-scale development. In the early Ming Dynasty, Guangdong's humanities and talents flourished. After the middle Ming Dynasty, it began to catch up with the Central Plains.