Abstract： As an advanced regional culture, Chiangnan culture, or the culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, features openness, inclusiveness, respect for learning and innovation. It created the brilliant images of “peace and harmony” in the Tang Dynasty and the following period of the Five Dynasties. As the commodity economy further flourished in the Song Dynasty, Chiangnan culture scintillated with such features of modern commerce as the rise of scholar-merchant gentry, the circulation of paper currencies, and the prevalence of mercantilism. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has grown out of rivers to seas, giving birth to the “Shanghai Culture” and the “Red Culture”, and witnessing a new birth in the Reform and Opening-up period. In “the New Era”, it is endowed with new connotations and missions. A new “Chiangnan culture” provides the integration of the Yangtze River Delta with new concepts on building a new mechanism and a new platform, encouraging innovation and developing new economy.
施建平. 江南文化的历史嬗变及对长三角一体化的启示[J]. 江苏大学学报（社会科学版）, 2022, 24(5): 73-84.
Shi Jianping1,2. The Evolution of Chiangnan Culture and Its Enlightenment to the Integration of the Yangtze River Delta. Journal of Jiangsu University（Social Science Editi, 2022, 24(5): 73-84.
