As we all know, Guangdong (including Hong Kong) lacks culture. In the words of Hong Kong academics and Phoenix Satellite TV, "This is a cultural desert." As we all know, Chinese culture is an aggregation type ―― the advantages around it converge in the cultural center, forming a brilliant Chinese culture. He is different from other civilizations in the Middle East, Europe and the world, such as ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the British Empire, the French Empire and so on. They are all divergent, and they have a cultural center that expands from this center to completely change the "barbarians" around them. Therefore, Chinese civilization is said to be "unique" in the world, and aggregation is one of the "unique". In China, almost every province has its own splendid culture, which constitutes the main body of the magnificent Greater China culture. When you mention a province, you can think of its advantages. "Nanling" is very difficult for ancestors who walk and ride horses. If Cantonese want to communicate with advanced Central Plains people, there are many barriers, which leads to the backwardness of Guangdong culture. Second, damp and heat hinder the entry of northern intellectuals. For the northern ancients with underdeveloped medical technology, severe damp heat is fatal, so the ancients said that this place is a "land of furuncle". Unless exiled, they generally will not come, and coming to Guangdong is equivalent to half-life. Therefore, there has always been a lack of educated people here. Third: subjectively, I prefer to communicate with East Asia and South Asia. Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, shipbuilding technology has developed, and Cantonese people began to immigrate to Southeast Asia on a large scale. Philippine Islands, dutch east indies, Indochina Peninsula, because for ancient Cantonese, these places are wild places, easy to make a living, not as competitive as the Central Plains. However, there is a problem: there is no culture in Southeast Asia itself, and there is no multiculturalism in Southeast Asia. With more exchanges, both sides have become a cultural vacuum, just like illiteracy and illiteracy, and later, they can't even write their names. "Learning from the South" seems to be a tradition in Guangdong, and now Guangdong is still willing to learn from Hong Kong's colonial culture, which deserves deep thought and attention. Fourth: the population is relatively sparse. The climate in Sichuan Basin is pleasant, neither hot nor cold. After Dujiangyan was built, the Chengdu Plain was protected by drought and flood, and the people were rich. "granary knows etiquette", well, people have more time to do things related to culture with a solid life. Guangdong, on the other hand, has poor soil quality, too hot and humid climate, a small population, and more people are busy making a living and have no time to think about such high-level problems, so it has become a cultural desert. I think that the lack of culture in ancient Guangdong (1840 years ago) is nothing more than the above points. In modern times, science and technology have developed and exchanges have increased. It is reasonable to say that Guangdong should be able to learn some cultures from all sides. In fact, this situation has really appeared. After the arrival of foreigners in 1840, Guangdong really learned a lot for a period of time. Due to the large number of expatriates, their mastery of western technology was higher than that of the Central Plains, and they saw more "peep shows". Even people like Sun Yat-sen appeared, as well as those who first translated western works. Most of them were Cantonese. For example: "cell", the translator means "small cell", a small cell body, and the Cantonese call "small" "fine", which becomes "cell" by convention. "taxi", taxi, pronounced as "desei" in Cantonese, is "taxi". Pizza hut, also a Cantonese "guest", is pronounced as "ha". In the years after 1840, the things they were ahead of were also some by-products, and they passively accepted them, so they were quickly surpassed by what they thought of as "northerners". In fact, in the final analysis, there is no cultural foundation here, which will lead them to have the opportunity to develop a better culture and miss it, because opportunities can only be seized by those who are prepared. Therefore, for these reasons, I think that Guangdong (including Hong Kong), a phenomenon with no culture, may last for hundreds of years. I really hope that after 300 years, Guangdong will be a Guangdong with splendid Cantonese culture, not a desert again!