What is Nanyang?

Nanyang Plate refers to Malay Archipelago, Philippine Archipelago, Indonesia, the coast of Indochina Peninsula, Malay Peninsula and other places.

Nanyang is the name of Southeast Asia in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is a concept centered on China, including Malay Archipelago, Philippine Archipelago and Indonesia, as well as Indo-China Peninsula and coastal areas of Malay Peninsula. In the Qing Dynasty, the concept of Nanyang included other meaning, which refers to the coastal areas south of Jiangsu, such as "Nanyang Navy", while the coastal areas north of Jiangsu were called Beiyang.

The concept of Nanyang corresponds to the Western Ocean, the Oriental Ocean and the Northern Ocean. The western ocean refers to the Indian Ocean area west of the Straits of Malacca, including Europe or beyond. The Qing Dynasty once referred to European and American countries, and the Eastern Ocean referred to Japan. In ancient China, the Han nationality began to emigrate to Nanyang. During the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Han immigrants poured into this area to make a living and settle down, which was called Lower Nanyang. There are still a few people who still call Southeast Asia Nanyang, but very few.

Brief introduction of Malay archipelago

Malay Archipelago, also called Nanyang Archipelago, is the largest archipelago in the world. In the old hemisphere, near the equator, it is located in the vast sea area between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean in Southeast Asia. It belongs to tropical rain forest climate and tropical monsoon climate, and is located in the vast sea area between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean in Southeast Asia.

Malay Archipelago is the main part of Southeast Asia, consisting of more than 20,000 islands including Sumatra, kalimantan island, Java and Philippine Islands. The island covers an area of more than 2.5 million square kilometers, accounting for about 20% of the world's island area, and extends 6 100 kilometers along the equator. The maximum width from north to south is 3,500 kilometers, and the archipelagic countries are Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia (East Malaysia), East Timor and Papua New Guinea (most areas).

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanyang