One province and three provinces, confusing the vision
Among China's provinces and regions, only three provinces, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, call themselves "northeasterners" under the name of "administrative regions" that surpass the provincial-level administrative regions.
Despite the vast territory, many cities and towns, and different mountains and rivers, the three northeastern provinces have a common language, living habits and cultural customs, which looks more like a province.
The narrow Northeast includes Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, and the broader Northeast also includes Hulunbuir, Xing'an League, Tongliao, Chifeng, and a small area in the northeastern part of Hebei Province in Inner Mongolia.
Although these regions belong to different provinces, they have no barriers to language communication, and their living habits and food influence each other to form a whole. Girls and boys marry or marry wives, as long as they do not go out of this range, they can adapt to local life.
In China, there are some provinces that are divided in a unique way, although administratively divided into one province, but actually divided into two or three regions. This is because in order to prevent the local power from becoming too large, successive rulers deliberately intervened in some provinces that were prone to separation, assigning areas that originally belonged to the same geographical and cultural circle to another province, and at the same time merging several unrelated regions into one province.
This is where the situation of "one province looks like two, three".
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Since then, the outer region has been a provincial-level administrative region, while the Inner Mongolia region has been under the jurisdiction of Chahar, Suiyuan, Rehe, Xing'an and other regions. In 1947, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was formally established, and its jurisdiction was limited to Xilin Gol, Tongliao, Xing'an, Hulunbuir and other leagues, and it was regarded as a northeastern province.
At that time, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Suiyuan Province were co-located in Guisui City (present-day Hohhot).
1.In 1954, China** abolished Suiyuan Province and incorporated it into the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, while changing the name of Guisui to Hohhot. Since then, the administrative region of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has taken shape.
In 1955, the Ejina Banner and Alxa Banner of Gansu Province were included in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, making this vast and narrow autonomous region in northern China with a unique cultural customs of Hulunbuir City, Xing'an League, Tongliao and Chifeng in the east, Hohhot, Baotou, Ulanqab and Xilin Gol in the middle, Bayannur, Ordos and Alxa League in the west.
2.Shaanxi is one of the earliest provincial-level administrative regions in China, and its name can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty. In the third year of Zhongtong (1262), Shaanxi Sichuan Xingzhongshu Province was established, with jurisdiction over the five provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan and Hetao of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
In the twenty-third year of the Yuan Dynasty (1286), Shaanxi and Sichuan Xingzhongshu provinces were divided into Shaanxi and other Xingzhongshu provinces and Sichuan and other Xingzhongshu provinces. Therefore, from the very beginning, Shaanxi has had close ties with the surrounding Sichuan, Gansu and Ningxia, and its folk customs have also been integrated with each other.
Shaanxi Province has a vast territory and diverse geographical environment, which can be roughly divided into three regions: the Northern Shaanxi Plateau, the Guanzhong Plain and the Hanzhong Basin. The northern Shaanxi region mainly includes two prefecture-level cities, Yulin City and Yan'an City, which are characterized by the vast Loess Plateau and beautiful natural landscapes. The Guanzhong region includes six prefecture-level cities: Xi'an, Xianyang, Baoji, Weinan, Tongchuan and Yangling, which is the economic and cultural center of Shaanxi Province, with rich historical and cultural resources and modern urban features. The southern Shaanxi region mainly includes three prefecture-level cities, Hanzhong, Ankang and Shangluo, relying on the Qinling Mountains, with beautiful landscapes and profound cultural history.
Guanzhong and southern Shaanxi are bounded by the Qinling Mountains, and between northern Shaanxi and Guanzhong, they are bounded by Beishan.
1.Northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong and Southern Shaanxi, the three major regions have their own characteristics in terms of living habits, accents, food, and cultural customs. Northern Shaanxi is located on the plateau, with a dry climate and strong sand, known as the "hometown of millet seeds", and is closer to the surrounding Ningxia and Gansu.
The Guanzhong Plain, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, has a temperate monsoon climate and is known as the Qin cavity, the biangbiang surface and the "carb capital". Hanzhong, Ankang, Shangluo and Sichuan in southern Shaanxi are more like a family, the climate is warm and humid, belongs to the Hanzhong Basin, and you can even find more authentic Sichuan hot pot than Chengdu.
Jiangsu, an existence that cannot be ignored, the 13 Taibao in bulk Jiangsu can be divided into three geographical regions: northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, and southern Jiangsu. 2.Northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong, and southern Shaanxi, these three regions have their own living habits, accents, diets, and cultural customs.
Northern Shaanxi, located on the plateau, has a dry climate and large sand, rich in millet, and adjacent to Ningxia and Gansu. The Guanzhong Plain, the capital of Shaanxi Province, has a mild climate, represented by the Qin dialect, the biangbiang side and the "carb capital".
Hanzhong, Ankang and Shangluo in southern Shaanxi are more like a family with Sichuan, with a warm and humid climate, belonging to the Hanzhong Basin, and you can even find Sichuan hot pot that is more authentic than Chengdu.
Jiangsu, the 13th CPIC in bulk Jiangsu can be divided into three geographical regions: northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, and southern Jiangsu. 3.Northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong, and southern Shaanxi, the three regions have their own characteristics in terms of living habits, accents, food, and cultural customs.
Northern Shaanxi, located on the plateau, has a dry climate and large sand, rich in millet, and adjacent to Ningxia and Gansu. The Guanzhong Plain, the capital of Shaanxi Province, has a mild climate, represented by the Qin dialect, the biangbiang side and the "carb capital".
Hanzhong, Ankang and Shangluo in southern Shaanxi are more like a family with Sichuan, with a warm and humid climate, belonging to the Hanzhong Basin, and you can even find Sichuan hot pot that is more authentic than Chengdu.
Jiangsu, the 13th CPIC in bulk Jiangsu can be divided into three geographical regions: northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, and southern Jiangsu.
Although Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Suqian, Huai'an, and Yancheng are classified as the northern Jiangsu region, I think the area south of the Huai River in Yancheng should be counted as the central Jiangsu region. The living habits and accents of these places are highly similar to those in the southwest of Shandong and the eastern part of Henan, so they are called "Huaihai Province" by some netizens.
The central Jiangsu region includes Yangzhou, Taizhou, and Nantong three cities, although there has been a shadow of Jiangnan style, but it is still slightly different from the traditional meaning of Wuyue Water Town, so it is classified as the central Jiangsu region.
Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi and Suzhou belong to southern Jiangsu, which is the richest and most economically developed region in Jiangsu Province, and is also one of the two most economically developed deltas in China, the Yangtze River Delta.
Wu Nong's soft language and Jiangnan water town are the iconic features here. And for most people, Guangdong Province is considered a single province, but it can also be divided into three regions, which is really surprising.
Due to its unique geographical location and historical background, Guangdong Province has formed a diversified cultural pattern. From a linguistic point of view, Guangdong Province can be roughly divided into Hakka, Chaoshan and Cantonese.
At the cultural level, Guangdong can be divided into Cantonese Cultural Zone, Hakka Cultural Zone and Chaoshan Cultural Zone. The Cantonese Cultural District includes Zhaoqing, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Shenzhen, Maoming, Yangjiang, Hong Kong and Macau.
For most northerners, the Canton Cultural District is their traditional impression of "Guangdong". Hakka cultural areas are mainly located in Heyuan, Shaoguan, Huizhou and Meizhou.
The inhabitants here have retained some of the northern habits, such as their penchant for savory and pickled foods, probably because they have a deep nostalgia for life in the distant Central Plains.
The Chaoshan Cultural Zone includes Shantou, Shanwei and Jieyang. The inhabitants here have a lighter taste, especially the beef hot pot and the side stove. It is not an exaggeration to say that not a single cow in the Chaoshan region will leave alive.
Although all three regions are located in Guangdong Province, they are significantly different in language, culture, and food, as if they were three separate regions.
Some provinces can be divided into two regions, such as the western Sichuan Plateau and the Sichuan Basin in Sichuan, which belong to the Tibetan cultural circle and the Sichuan cultural circle; The Jiaodong Peninsula and Luxi Luzhong in Shandong also have significant linguistic and customary differences.
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