Where does Jiangnan water town refer to?

1. Jiangnan originally refers to the area south of the Yangtze River. In ancient times, Jiangnan often represented prosperous culture and education and beautiful and rich water towns. The region is roughly divided into the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River represents the infinite yearning and hope of the people of China for a better life.

Second, Jiangnan in a broad sense refers to the vast area east of Yichang, south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and north of Nanling. Jiangnan was widely used in ancient times, such as Du Fu's "Meeting Li Guinian and Going Down to the South" written in Changsha. Jiangnan is also used in modern times, for example, Jiangnan in weather forecast refers to Jiangnan in a broad sense; Jiangnan mentioned in the three famous buildings (Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Yueyang Tower in Yueyang and Wang Teng Pavilion in Nanchang) is Jiangnan in a broad sense.

3. Jiangnan Water Town, also known as Jiangnan, belongs to East China and is located on the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Representative cities are Suzhou, Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Huangshan, and famous scenic spots are Yancheng, Taihu Bay, Tianmu Lake, West Lake, Zhouzhuang, Suzhou Garden and Wuzhen. Culture includes Wu-Yue culture and Hui culture.