Southeastern Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, southern Anhui, Fujian, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang.

First, the forefront of Jiangnan

Before the Tang Dynasty-Jingzhou (southeastern Hubei, Hunan) Yangzhou (southern Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang)

Tang Dynasty-Jiangnan West Road (southeastern Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and southern Anhui) and Jiangnan East Road (Fujian, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang)

Song Dynasty-Jinghu North Road (Wuchang), Jinghu South Road (Hunan), Jiangnan West Road (most of Jiangxi, southeastern Hubei), Jiangnan East Road (northeastern Jiangxi, southern Anhui, near Nanjing), Liangzhe Road (Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai) and Fujian Road (Fujian).

Ming Dynasty-Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Nanjing (Anhui, Jiangsu)

The Qing dynasty was basically the same as it is now (Shanghai belonged to Jiangsu at that time)

Second, language.

The main dialects in the south of the Yangtze River are Xiang dialect, Gan dialect, Min dialect, Hakka dialect, wuyue dialect and Mandarin.

Third, the economy

1 "developed by

Two ancient Zhejiang regions (Zhejiang, Shanghai, Suzhou, Changzhou and Wuxi in southern Jiangsu), southern Jiangsu in ancient Jiangdong, and ancient Fujian (1).

2 "development"

Hubei Road, Gu Jing (Wuchang), Hunan Road, Gu Jing (Hunan), Gujiangdong area (southern Anhui, northeastern Jiangxi), and Gujian area (most of Jiangxi, southeastern Hubei) (2)

Fourth, culture.

There are countless cultural celebrities in Jiangnan provinces, and the ancient culture is developed.

Note: (1) and (2) Ancient times mainly refer to the Song Dynasty.