There is Danxia landform represented by Danxia Mountain in Shaoguan in the northern mountainous area, but karst landform is the main landform ~
Rich in water resources ~ Pearl River is the main water system ~
The climate is dominated by subtropical monsoon climate ~ a small part of the south belongs to tropical monsoon climate ~ warm and rainy in winter and hot and rainy in summer ~
Geographically, Guangdong is divided into three major cultures, namely Guangfu culture, Chaoshan culture and Hakka culture. The three cultural systems have distinct personalities, each with its own language system, distinct living areas and respective strengths. However, this integration, mutual influence and their respective strengths have formed a unique Guangdong culture.
1, Guangfu culture
Guangfu culture refers to Cantonese culture with Guangzhou as the core and the Pearl River Delta as the prevailing area. It belongs to Lingnan culture, and its personality is the most distinctive and influential in Lingnan culture. The cultural characteristics of Guangfu ethnic group are the most prominent in the Pearl River Delta region, which is inherited from ancient South Vietnam, nourished by Chinese culture in the Central Plains, and influenced by western culture and colonial abnormal economic factors, with multiple levels and components.
2. Chaoshan culture
Chaoshan culture is a branch of the Han nationality with unique cultural characteristics. Chaoshan culture contains many cultural characteristics, among which language is the most distinctive one. Therefore, Chaoshan culture is usually understood as a cultural community created by people who speak Chaoshan dialect.
Chaozhou culture is a dynamic and open system, which is folk, compatible, exquisite and pioneering. Its formation process is a process in which local indigenous culture and immigrant culture have influenced and absorbed each other many times and gradually merged. Since its establishment, Chaoshan culture has spread overseas due to the migration of Chaoshan people, while absorbing other cultural factors and developing continuously.
3. Hakka culture
Hakka culture is a regional culture with Hakka as the theme in eastern Guangdong and northern Guangdong with Meizhou as the center. Hakka culture is the most distinctive culture in Lingnan, which is quite different from Guangfu culture and Chaoshan culture. The distinctive features of Hakka culture are as follows:
1) The Hakka spirit of unity and forge ahead has made the Hakka ancestors form a strong centripetal force;
2) Hakkas have a strong sense of family and never forget Zude;
3) Have a tenacious pioneering spirit;
4) Attach importance to cultural education and have high traditional cultural quality.
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Other folk culture in Guangdong
1 building
Yongerfu is a typical representative of traditional houses in Lingnan, with Guangfu-style houses as the main representative. It got its name because it built two wind walls on both sides of the house, like Yonger. Its architectural feature is that the tile roof is built with dragon ridge and the gables are built with cymbals to cope with the wind.
"Bell House" is generally a brick-wood structure, mostly made of blue bricks, stone pillars and slates. The floor is paved with step bricks, and the patio is paved with red and white slate. The outer wall is decorated with flowers, birds and figures. There are similar gables in Chaoshan and Hakka dwellings, and Hakka in northern Guangdong is called "cloud wall" or "teapot ring".
2. Park
The unique style of Lingnan Garden: seeking truth from facts, exquisite and beautiful. As far as architectural forms are concerned, Lingnan Gardens have distinctive features:
1) Light, transparent, simple and compact;
2) Exquisite and gorgeous decoration, extensive use of wood carving, brick carving, ceramics, gray plastic and other folk handicrafts, window grilles, leaky windows with flower covers, etc. They are all carefully carved and inlaid with colored glass to make patterns, which are like exquisite cotton weaving under the action of colored light and shadow;
3) The layout and local components are influenced by the western architectural culture, such as the Romanesque arched doors and windows and baroque column tops used in traditional buildings in China, the regular pool built with strips of stone, the cast iron flower stand outside the hall, etc., which all reflect the Lingnan cultural characteristics of compatibility between China and the West.
3. Painting School
Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangdong painting circles have developed rapidly, with talented people, unique styles and changeable techniques.
At the beginning of the 20th century, "Lingnan School of Painting" came into being in Guangdong, and its founder advocated advocating artistic revolution and establishing modern Chinese painting. Compromise between China and the west, integrate ancient and modern; Taking both form and species as aesthetic standards; Taking part-time writing and paying equal attention to color and ink as artistic techniques. It is unique and has become an influential art school at home and abroad.
4. Technology
There are many kinds of arts and crafts in Guangfu Folk Customs Department, some of which enjoy high reputation at home and abroad. Such as Zhaoqing Duanyan; Guangzhou's tooth carving, jade, mahogany furniture, gold-plated porcelain, Zhu Yisheng jewelry and Guangzhou embroidery. Foshan ceramics, woodblock New Year pictures, paper cutting, gold, silver, copper and tin foil; Xinhui sunflower fan; Fireworks and firecrackers in Dongguan and Nanhai, as well as wood carvings, clay sculptures, gray sculptures and brick carvings in architectural decoration in various places, among which Duanyan, Cantonese embroidery, sculptures and ceramics are the most distinctive.
5. Food culture
Cantonese cuisine, namely Guangdong local cuisine, is one of the four major cuisines in China. It consists of three local cuisines: Guangzhou cuisine (also known as Guangfu cuisine), Chaozhou cuisine (also known as Chaoshan cuisine) and Dongjiang cuisine (also known as Hakka cuisine). Cantonese cuisine has a long history, and the ancestors of the Yue nationality in ancient Lingnan had a unique diet style, such as hobbies such as insects, snakes, fish, clams and raw food. In the past century, Guangdong food culture has become one of the most representative and influential food cultures in China. ?
6. Traditional drama
Cantonese Opera, Chaozhou Opera, Hua Chaoxi, Guangdong Han Opera, Zhengzi Opera, Xiqin Opera, Lei Ju, Northern Guangdong Tea Picking Opera, Lechang Flower Drum Opera, Western Guangdong White Opera, etc. Cantonese Opera and Chaozhou Opera belong to the top ten local operas in China.
7. Folk festivals
Some folk celebrations in Guangdong: Photinia, a trip to Foshan, Guangfu Temple Fair in Guangzhou, autumn colors in Foshan, big gongs and drums in Chaozhou, English songs, burning towers, dragons, floating colors festival in western Guangdong, Beidi Birthday Temple Fair in Foshan, Boluo Birthday Temple Fair in Guangzhou, Panguwang Folk Culture Festival, Nuo dance, etc.