Pagoda of the Wuyue architectural style.

Wuyue culture
Simplified Chinese吴越文化
Traditional Chinese吳越文化
Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou
No. 4 of Hundred Thousand Scenes by Ren Xiong, a pioneer of the Shanghai School of Chinese art; ca. 1850.

Wuyue culture (simplified Chinese: 吴越文化; traditional Chinese: 吳越文化) refers to the regional Chinese culture of the Wuyue people, a Han Chinese subgroup that has historically been the dominant demographic in the region of Jiangnan (entirety of the city of Shanghai and the province of Zhejiang, the southern portion of Jiangsu province and the eastern portion of Anhui province). Wuyue culture is characterized as being delicate, graceful and refined, having preserved many unique cultural traditions nonextant in other regions of China.[1]

Language

Literature

Music

Arts

Opera styles

Philosophy and religion

Heritage sites

Cultural items

Cuisine

Others

See also

References

  1. ↑ 董楚平. (2000). 吴越文化概述. 杭州师范学院学报: 社会科学版, (2), 10-13. (in Chinese)


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