Lingnan was once the name of Lingnan Road in the Tang Dynasty, which was equivalent to the whole territory of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan and the Red River Delta in Vietnam, which once belonged to the rule of China Dynasty. Later it was divided into Lingnan East Road and Lingnan West Road, which was the beginning of the partition of Guangdong and Guangxi.
during the five dynasties, Vietnam became independent and separated. In the fourth year of Chunhua in Song Dynasty (993), the name of Lingnan Road was changed to Guangnan Road. Due to the changes of administrative divisions in past dynasties, the word Lingnan is now mentioned, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao, which is the regional scope of South China today.
Lingnan culture refers to the culture of Lingnan area in China, which covers many contents such as academics, literature, painting, calligraphy, music, opera, arts and crafts, architecture, gardens, folk customs, religion, food, language, overseas Chinese culture and so on.
Geographically, Lingnan culture is divided into three parts: Guangdong culture, Guangxi culture and Hainan culture. Guangdong culture is divided into Guangfu culture, Chaoshan culture, Hakka culture, Leizhou culture and Gaoliang culture, especially Guangfu culture, Chaoshan culture and Hakka culture constitute the main body of Lingnan Chinese culture.
Lingnan culture has a long history. Historically, Lingnan culture has made indelible contributions to the formation and development of the Han nationality, the maintenance of national unity and national unity, and it occupies an important position and plays an important role in the development history of Chinese national culture.
Modern Lingnan culture is an advanced culture in modern China, which has exerted great influence on modern China. Lingnan culture, with its unique characteristics of pluralism, pragmatism, openness, compatibility and innovation, adopts the essence of the Central Plains, absorbs the fresh air from all over the world, and is unique in the forest of Chinese culture.
Where Lingnan is located in China in ancient times, it is a general term for the south of Wuling in southern China. Wuling consists of five mountains: Yuechengling, Dupangling, Mengzhuling, Qitianling and Dayuling, which are generally distributed at the junction of eastern Guangxi to eastern Guangdong and Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. Administratively, Lingnan was once the name of Lingnan Road in the Tang Dynasty, which was equivalent to the whole territory of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan and the Red River Delta in Vietnam, which once belonged to the rule of China Dynasty. Due to the changes of administrative divisions in past dynasties, the word Lingnan is now mentioned, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao, which is the regional scope of South China today.
? Due to the influence of folds, faults and magmatic activities in previous crustal movements, Lingnan landform has formed the characteristics of mountains, hills, platforms and plains, with more mountains, great differences in rock properties and complex and diverse landform types. There are many rivers in Lingnan, which have the characteristics of large flow, low sediment concentration, long flood season and rich runoff. Most of these rivers originate from the mountains in the northwest, north and east. The Pearl River, the largest river in Lingnan, is the third longest river in China, and its flow is second only to that of the Yangtze River, ranking second in China. The national economic and social development plays a positive role in promoting.