Why has Guangdong become the most uneducated province in China?

As we all know, Guangdong (including Hong Kong) lacks culture. In the words of Hong Kong academic circles and Phoenix TV, "this is a cultural desert." As we all know, China's culture is convergent ―― its surrounding advantages converge in the cultural center, forming a splendid China culture. He is different from other civilizations in the Middle East, Europe and even the world, such as ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, British Empire, French Empire and so on. They are all divergent, and they all have a cultural center, which expands outward and completely changes the "barbarians" around them. Therefore, Chinese civilization is "unique" in the world, and aggregation is one of the "unique". In China, almost every province has its own splendid culture, which constitutes the main body of the magnificent Great China culture. When you mention a province, you can think of its advantages. Nanling is very difficult for ancestors who walk and ride horses. There are many obstacles for Cantonese people to communicate with advanced Central Plains people, which leads to the backwardness of Guangdong culture. Second, damp and heat hindered the entry of northern intellectuals. For the northern ancients with underdeveloped medical technology, severe damp heat was fatal, so the ancients said that this place was "the land of boils". Unless they are exiled, they generally won't come, and coming to Guangdong is equivalent to half a life. Therefore, there has been a shortage of educated people here. Third: subjectively, I prefer to communicate with East Asia and South Asia. Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, shipbuilding technology has been developed, and Cantonese people began to immigrate to Southeast Asia on a large scale. Philippine Islands, dutch east indies, Indochina Peninsula, because for ancient Cantonese, these places are wild places, easy to make a living, not as competitive as the Central Plains. However, there is a problem: there is no culture in Southeast Asia itself, and there is no multiculturalism in Southeast Asia. With more communication, both sides have become a cultural vacuum, just like illiteracy and illiteracy. Later, they can't even write their names. "Learning from the South" seems to be a tradition in Guangdong, and now Guangdong is willing to learn from Hong Kong's colonial culture, which deserves deep thought and attention. Fourth: the population is relatively sparse. The climate in Sichuan Basin is pleasant, neither cold nor hot. After the completion of Dujiangyan, the Chengdu Plain was protected by drought and flood, and the people were rich. "Cang Li knows etiquette", well, people have more time to do things related to culture with a down-to-earth life. Guangdong, on the other hand, has poor soil quality, too hot and humid climate and a small population. More people are busy making a living and have no time to think about such high-level problems, so it has become a cultural desert. I think the lack of culture in ancient Guangdong (before 1840) is nothing more than the above points. Since modern times, science and technology have developed and exchanges have increased. It stands to reason that Guangdong should be able to learn some culture from all aspects. In fact, this situation has really happened. 1840 after the arrival of foreigners, Guangdong really learned a lot for a while. Due to the large number of expatriates, their mastery of western technology is higher than that of the Central Plains, and they see more "western landscapes". There are even people like Sun Yat-sen, and most of the first people who translated western works were Cantonese. For example: "cell", the translator means "small cell", a small cell body, which is called "essence" in Cantonese, and is called "cell" by convention. Taxi, pronounced as "desei" in Cantonese, is "taxi". Pizza Hut, also a Cantonese "guest", is pronounced "ha". A few years after 1840, their leading things were also some by-products. They passively accepted them, so they were quickly surpassed by what they thought were "northerners". In fact, in the final analysis, there is no cultural foundation here, which will lead them to miss the opportunity to develop a better culture, because only those who are prepared can seize the opportunity. Therefore, for these reasons, I think that the phenomenon of illiteracy in Guangdong (including Hong Kong) may last for hundreds of years. I really hope that in 300 years, Guangdong will be a Guangdong with splendid Cantonese culture, not another desert!