Where are Zhenjiang and Jiangnan located on the map of China?
1. Zhenjiang City is located in the Yangtze River Delta, the most economically developed and potential area in China. It is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River, the third largest river in the world, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the longest man-made canal in China. A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, it has jurisdiction over three cities: Danyang City, Yangzhong City, and Jurong City. Its districts include Dantu District, Jingkou District, Runzhou District, and Zhenjiang New Area. It covers an area of 4,838 square kilometers and has a population of approximately 3 million.
Zhenjiang belongs to the northern subtropical southern monsoon climate zone, with harmonious temperature, light and water, and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 15.4℃, the number of sunshine is 2057.2 hours, the frost-free period is 238 days, and the precipitation is 1072.8 mm.
Zhenjiang is located in the southeast of Nanjing, at the intersection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. Standing on the embankment of Yangtze River Road, you can clearly see Yangzhou across the river. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal divides Zhenjiang into two districts: Jingkou and Runzhou. Zhenjiang City currently governs three cities: Danyang City, Jurong City, and Yangzhong City. The urban areas include Dantu, Jingkou, Runzhou and Xin District (provincial economic development zones). There are 67 towns and 10 sub-district offices in the city.
2. Jiangnan, literally means the south of the river. "Jiang" in Chinese specifically refers to a large river, namely the Yangtze River. Jiangnan originally means the area south of the Yangtze River. In ancient times, Jiangnan often represented prosperous culture and education and beautiful and prosperous water towns.
The saying that Jiangnan was born in the pre-Qin period. Until the Sui Dynasty, Jiangnan referred to the area around Hunan and Jiangxi. The Tang Dynasty established Jiangnan Road, which was later divided into Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road and Central Guizhou Road, which became the beginning of defining the meaning of modern Jiangnan.
Jiangnan is now specifically referred to as Jiangnan in a narrow sense, and is generally regarded as the core area of Jiangnan. That is, excluding Fujian and southern Zhejiang, the Jiangnan East Road is centered on the area from Nanjing to Suzhou, including parts of Anhui, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang south of the Yangtze River, that is, southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, and northern Jiangxi. Some areas to the north of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, such as Yangzhou, but their economy and culture are the same as that of Jiangnan, and are also considered to be part of the Jiangnan region. Also not in the Yangtze River basin, but considered to be Jiangnan are some areas south of Taihu Lake and even south of the Qiantang River, such as Shaoxing. , Ningbo, etc.
Jiangnan in a broad sense refers to the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River south of the Yangtze River, that is, Jiangnan Road excluding southern Hunan, southern Jiangxi, Guizhou and Fujian. Including the narrow sense of Jiangnan, north of Jiangxi, south of the Yangtze River in Hubei and northern Hunan. The broad sense of Jiangnan was often used in ancient times, such as Du Fu's "Jiangnan Meets the Year of Li Gui", which was written in Changsha. Jiangnan in the broad sense is also used in modern times. For example, Jiangnan in the weather forecast refers to Jiangnan in the broad sense; the three famous buildings in Jiangnan are outside the concept of Jiangnan in the narrow sense.