Differences between Jiangnan Culture and Lingnan Culture

Jiangnan culture is closely combined with politics and economy, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Six Dynasties and the early Ming Dynasty. The combination of economically prosperous Jiangnan culture and politics has made Jiangnan culture prosperous several times and brought forth many scholars. Lingnan culture is closely related to business. After the Song and Ming Dynasties, the development of overseas trade, centering on Guangzhou, has indeed made great progress. 2

Jiangnan culture in history is the culture of gentry. The long-term contradiction between gentry and civilians caused mutual discrimination. Even in the same area, they rejected others and flaunted their superiority. Lingnan in history is an immigrant culture, and the contradiction between locals and tourists has existed for a long time, which eventually developed into discrimination against foreigners, especially in the north. three

Jiangnan culture is a kind of water culture, which is compact, aura and elastic, giving people a feeling of weakness. There have been so many literati and officials in Jiangnan for thousands of years, but few people have come up with their hands. They are all mediocre officials and elegant literati. Compared with the history of Anhui near the south of the Yangtze River, there are several outstanding talents. Lingnan culture is a marine culture, which is both flexible and strong. Sun Yat-sen and Hong Xiuquan showed the strength of Lingnan people incisively and vividly, and the innovative ideas and measures of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao almost changed the old China.