Which provinces do South China and Jiangnan specifically refer to?

1. South China includes Guangdong Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region.

During the Republic of China, South China included Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Yunnan and Guizhou. 1945 after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, it was included in the provinces of Taiwan Province Province, collectively known as "six provinces in South China". However, there are many folk sayings about "South China". South China in a broad sense includes Fujian Province and Taiwan Province Province.

Jiangnan is a geographical area, which means south of the Yangtze River. In the concept of human geography, it refers to the south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, not to a specific province. Representative cities are: Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shaoxing, Wuxi, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Huzhou and so on.

"Jiangnan" has always been a constantly changing and flexible regional concept, but it always represents a beautiful and rich water town scene; Up to now, it is also a developed area with superior natural conditions, abundant natural resources, developed commodity production, complete industrial categories and the highest comprehensive economic level in China.

Extended data:

The provinces in South China are dominated by the Han nationality, mainly formed by immigrants from the South China, and are located at the southernmost tip of China. It borders Central China and East China in the north, including the vast South China Sea and its islands in the south, and faces the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and other countries. Wuyishan and Nanling on the border of South China are also roughly anthropological boundaries, and there are South China tigers in Guangdong and Fujian.

The southwest border is the border between China and Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and other countries. Administratively, South China includes all of Taiwan Province Province and Hainan Province, south-central Fujian Province, south-central Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and south and southwest Yunnan Province.

Although in many cases, Fujian Province and Taiwan Province Province are nominally included in East China, Fujian and Taiwan Province belong to South China plate in terms of culture, customs, consanguinity and personnel flow.

Baidu Encyclopedia-South China

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