There is information about water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan refers to the geographical area, as the name implies, it refers to the south of the Yangtze River, especially the area south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the concept of human geography. In the pre-Qin period, Jiangnan belonged to Kyushu and was called "wuyue" by the Central Plains. Jiangnan is famous for its talented people, beautiful women, rich water towns and prosperous development.

Jiangnan water town, a painting, a poem and a drama, once made many people wander between beautiful mountains and rivers and antique old alleys. Suzhou, called Wu in ancient times, is also called Gusu. Suzhou surpasses a city in the beauty of gardens and mountains and rivers. There are many ancient water towns around Suzhou, which are full of cultural charm and literary atmosphere, and are worthy of being called "Xanadu Suzhou and Hangzhou".

Rows of patchwork blue brick houses, slowly flowing gurgling rivers, ancient dikes and small bridges waiting for a thousand years are like a freehand brushwork painting.

Extended data:

Ancient water towns in the south of Yangtze River

1993 Homo erectus fossils found in Tangshan, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province show that ancient humans lived here as early as 350,000 years ago in Jiangnan area. About six or seven thousand years ago, the north and south of the Yangtze River entered the prosperous stage of the Neolithic Age.

According to the preliminary investigation, there are thousands of Neolithic cultural sites in Jiangsu and its surrounding areas, including Caoxieshan culture in Suzhou, Ying Ying culture in Beiyin, Changzhou and so on.

The owner of the Neolithic site in Jiangnan area later became the ancestor of Baiyue. In the pre-Qin period, Jiangnan was the land of Baiyue, which was called "wuyue" by the Central Plains, and many Guyue people lived here.

People's Daily Online-Aerial photography of Suzhou Jiangnan Water Town? Fang Hua fell asleep listening to the rain.

Baidu encyclopedia-Jiangnan