Jiangsu is one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese civilization.
The Homo erectus fossils discovered in Tangshan, Nanjing in 1993 show that ancient humans were active here as early as 500,000 years ago.
Prior to this, archaeologists discovered human fossils in Dongxiacaowan, Shuanggou Town, Sihong in 1954. It was determined that the age was between Peking Man and modern humans, about 4 to 4 years ago. 50,000 years ago, belonging to the late Paleolithic Age. In the paleoanthropological community, they are called Xiacaowan Man, also known as Sihong New Man.
Around six or seven thousand years ago, the north and south of the Yangtze River entered the prosperous stage of the Neolithic Age. According to preliminary surveys, there are about thousands of Neolithic cultural sites in Jiangsu and adjacent areas.
Among them, Huai'an Qinglianggang Culture, Gaoyou Longqiu Culture, Hai'an Qingdun Culture, Suzhou Caoxieshan Culture, Nanjing Beiyinyangying Culture, Changzhou Weidun Culture, etc. are colorful and dotted.
The 6,000-year-old Majiabang Culture rice fields discovered at the Cao Xieshan site are the earliest ancient rice fields with irrigation systems discovered in China.
Jiangsu culture mainly consists of "Wu Culture", "Jinling Culture", "Huaiyang Culture", "Xuhuai Culture", "Ocean Culture", etc.
Introduction to Jiangsu Regional Culture Classification Chu-Han Culture Chu-Han Culture is a regional culture centered on the national historical and cultural city Xuzhou. It is based on the Qingliangang Culture, Dadunzi Culture and even the earlier Xicao 6,000 years ago. Bay newcomer culture is its origin.
Its dominant characteristic is strength and vigor.
Wu Culture Wu Culture usually refers to the Su, Xi, and Chang areas near Taihu Lake. It has a fresh breath, soft style, and lively spirituality, forming an intelligent, delicate, soft, broad-minded, and happy culture. Dominant characteristics such as innovation.
Jinling Culture Jinling Culture is centered on the ancient capital of Nanjing. Its dominant feature is the intersection of north and south, inclusiveness, openness and tolerance, which can be described as unique.
Jinling culture mainly includes the culture of the Six Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China. These three historical cultures can be collectively classified as "capital culture".
Huaiyang Culture Huaiyang Culture is centered on Yangzhou. The Weiyang area has many rivers and water, many boats and bridges, presenting an ancient, cultural, watery, green and beautiful regional style. In the cultural exchanges between the north and the south It has formed a dominant feature of combining freshness and elegance with boldness and handsomeness.
Jiangsu Province has a large number of intangible cultural heritages. Jiangsu has 10 UNESCO "Masterpieces of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", ranking first in the country, and has more than 20,000 intangible cultural heritage project resources. There are 108 items on the national intangible cultural heritage list, 369 items on the Jiangsu Province intangible cultural heritage list, 1,424 items on the municipal intangible cultural heritage list, and 2,773 items on the county-level intangible cultural heritage list.
Hongxian Sizhou Opera, Fengxian Siping Diao, Jinhu Xianghuo Opera, etc. Main entries: Jiangsu cuisine
Jiangsu cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines, mainly composed of Huaiyang cuisine (Huai'an, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Taizhou, It consists of four flavors: Yancheng, Nantong), Jinling cuisine (Nanjing), Xuhai cuisine (Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Suqian), and Suxi cuisine (Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou).
Among them, Huaiyang cuisine, together with Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, is known as the four major Chinese cuisines. It is the first of the four major Chinese cuisines and the most classic representative work of Chinese cuisine.
Huaiyang cuisine began in the Spring and Autumn Period, flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. It is known as "the most delicious dish in the Southeast and the most beautiful in the world".
Jiangsu beverages mainly fall into two categories: tea and wine. Tea culture is concentrated in southern Jiangsu. Famous wines mainly include "Three Valleys and One River", which are produced in the Jianghuai area and usually refer to Tanggou wine and Shuanggou wine. , Gaogou Liquor (Jinshiyuan), and Yanghe Liquor, which rely on the specific regional ecological environment and natural wine-making microbial system, and adopt the traditional "mixed burning old five steamer method" production process, solid-state fermentation in mud pits, and continued fermented grains (steamed rice). Ingredients, mixed steamed and mixed.
Different from the "Sichuan style wine" with "big aroma, strong and prominent cellar aroma, strong and aged", "Sangou Yihe" wine is characterized by "mellow taste, sweetness, cleanness and refreshing". The distinctive feature is that it is an outstanding representative of the world-famous "Jianghuai School" (Su, Shandong, Anhui, and Henan) strong-flavor liquors. Among them, Tanggou Liquor, which enjoys the reputation of "Tanggou legendary water and soil, and peerless elegance of fine wines" is particularly outstanding. Its leading products "Tanggou Peerless Elegance" and "Tanggou Unparalleled Elegance" wine have been famous all over the world and at home and abroad since ancient times, and have remained famous for thousands of years.
Jiangsu is rich in tourism resources. Natural landscapes and cultural landscapes complement each other. There are ancient towns and water towns with small bridges and flowing water, famous temples that have been passed down for thousands of years, exquisite and elegant classical gardens, and vast mountains and rivers. The scenery of lakes and mountains, the grand mausoleums of emperors, and the majestic ruins of the capital city, where the delicate and graceful and the rough and powerful blend together, can be said to be "Wu Yun Han style, each is good at it".
Representative tourism resources of the thirteen cities in Jiangsu. Scenic spots of the Six Dynasties in Nanjing. Heritage of the Han Dynasty in Xuzhou. Theme parks in Changzhou. Scenery of Taihu Lake in Wuxi. Gardens in ancient towns in Suzhou. Temples and forests in Zhenjiang. Culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties in Yangzhou. The quintessence of culture in Taizhou. The elegance of Yancheng, the rare birds and beasts, the sea wonderland of Lianyungang, the former residence of great men in Huai'an, the culture of Western Chu in Suqian, the waves of the Yangtze River in Nantong, although the mountains in Jiangsu are not high, they are famous for many, including the Bamboo Sea in Nanshan, Liyang, Changzhou, Zhongshan, Nanjing, and Beigu, Zhenjiang. Mountains, Jinshan, Maoshan at the junction of Jintan and Jurong, Langshan in Nantong, Tianping Mountain in Suzhou, Yunlong Mountain in Xuzhou, Maling Mountain in Xinyi and Huaguo Mountain in Lianyungang, etc.
Jiangsu’s water is both rivers and lakes. The Yangtze River, the largest river in China, crosses from east to west and has a vast river surface.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the oldest canal in the world, runs from north to south.
Taihu Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in my country, and Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake, have vast misty waves. West Taihu Lake, the second largest lake in southern Jiangsu, has vast expanse of blue waves.
The bathing beach in Lianyungang and the wetland tidal flats in Yancheng, Nantong are Jiangsu's coastal tourism resources.
There are many famous springs in Jiangsu, including Zhongling Spring in Zhenjiang, "the best spring in the world", Huishan Spring in Wuxi, "the second spring in the world", and Hanhan Spring in Huqiu, Suzhou .
It is a national outstanding tourist city, 120 national key cultural relics protection units, and 645 provincial-level cultural relics protection units.
Yancheng Jianhu Lotus Root Rice Balls, Ginseng Yan Bazhen Cake, Wuyou Drunk Snail, Dongtai Fish Soup Noodles, Qiyuan Crab Roe Buns, Braised Pushlang Fish, Braised Vegetarian Fish Skin, Elephant Fish Cake Donggou Dried Tea, Baishouwu Powder, Funing cake, Yangwu sausage, crocheted raw shrimp, braised mullet, grilled pheasant slices, four-gill seabass, Qingpu crab, Dazong Lake drunken crab, Wuyou sugar twist Yangzhou Yangzhou fried rice, cowhide Sugar, Greedy Shenfeng Goose, Huangjue Old Goose, Pingshan Green Tea (suburban), Nashan Green Tea (Yizheng), Gaoyou Double Yellow Duck Egg (Gaoyou), Qinyou Dongtang (Gaoyou), Jieshou Dried Tea (Gaoyou), Baoying Lotus root starch (Baoying), Jiangdu fangsu (Jiangdu), sizzling tofu (Jiangdu), Qionghualu wine, Shaobo water chestnuts, triple buns, Yangzhou green tea, Yangzhou boiled dried shreds, Yangzhou pickles, Yangzhou three-head feast Zhenjiang Zhenjiang incense Vinegar, cooked meat, pot noodles, Baihua tribute wine, Zhenjiang anchovy, Yangzhong pufferfish, saury, Zhenjiang plaster, small ground sesame oil, Jurong Xinfang old goose, Jurong edible sand vermillion carp, kudzu tea, Taizhou Meilan spring wine, Jingjiang preserved meat, rare rice wine, Xinghua fried shark slices, Taizhou Sanma (sesame oil, sesame cake, sesame cake), Diaopu mutton, Qinhu eight delicacies (Qinhu crab, Qinhu soft-shell turtle, Qinhu whitebait, Qinhu green shrimp, Qinhu waterfowl, Qinhu snails, Qinhu Sixi Qinhu water vegetables) Suqian crystal hawthorn cake, Tiangang Lake whitebait, Shuyang pomegranate, Sihong hollow noodles, Longsao rice noodles, Buzi wheel cake, Chuancheng pancake, Baji peanuts, five-spice kohlrabi, yellow dog in old soup, pork head meat, soft long fish, Shuanggou Daqu, Sihong jujube, Siyang fat chicken, Siyang Xinyuan mutton