2. Jiangnan, literally south of the Yangtze River, refers to the area south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the concept of human geography. In different historical periods, the literary image of Jiangnan is different. Jiangnan first appeared in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is today's Shanghai, with wuyue as the background. Northern Zhejiang; Southern Jiangsu; Southern Anhui; Northeast Jiangxi; Some areas south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Jiangnan was once called wuyue by the Central Plains. Later, as a large number of Han people in the Central Plains moved south, Jiangnan became a beautiful and rich area, and Jiangnan was famous for its talents, beauties and wealth. Jiangnan has always been a constantly changing and flexible regional concept since ancient times. Jiangnan often represents a prosperous economy and beautiful and rich water town scenery. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiangnan mainly refers to Jiangxi Province and jiangnan province (Jiangsu and Anhui) and Zhejiang Province.
4. jiangnan province once said in history. Jiangnan province was originally located in Nanjing (South Zhili) in Ming Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty entered Shanhaiguan, in the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Jiangnan was established along the Ming Dynasty, that is, Nanjing was abolished as the national capital, and the Governor's Office was located in jiangning house (now Nanjing). In the early years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was changed to a province, and Jiangnan was changed to jiangnan province.
5. jiangnan province was the most developed province in China at that time, with prosperous economy and culture. In order to maintain the central rule of the Qing Dynasty, in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi (166 1), jiangnan province was divided into Jiangnan Right and Jiangnan Left. 1667, Jiangnan took the initials of jiangning house (now Nanjing) and Suzhou House on the right and renamed it Jiangsu Province, while Jiangnan took the initials of Anqing House and Huizhou House (now Huangshan) on the left and called it Anhui Province.