Lingnan

E35222

cultural region geographical region historical region

Lingnan is a historic cultural and geographic region of southern China, centered on modern Guangdong and Guangxi, known for its distinct Cantonese language, cuisine, and traditions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Lingnan canonical	11
Lingnan region	6
Lingnan culture	3
Lingnan architecture	1
Lingnan painting school	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedArchitecture	Lingnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lingnan architecture
associatedArtStyle	Lingnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lingnan painting school
associatedOpera	Cantonese opera ⓘ
borderedBy	Nanling Mountains ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culture	Cantonese culture ⓘ Lingnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lingnan culture
ethnicGroup	Cantonese ⓘ surface form: Cantonese people Hakka people ⓘ Han Chinese ⓘ She people ⓘ Tanka people ⓘ Zhuang people ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	cosmopolitan culture ⓘ distinct regional identity ⓘ early exposure to foreign trade ⓘ historical frontier region of China ⓘ humid subtropical climate ⓘ monsoon climate ⓘ strong maritime orientation ⓘ
hasPart	Guangdong Province ⓘ surface form: Guangdong Guangxi Province ⓘ surface form: Guangxi Hainan ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Macau ⓘ Pearl River Delta ⓘ parts of Fujian ⓘ parts of Jiangxi ⓘ
historicalName	Nanling south region ⓘ
language	Cantonese ⓘ Hakka ⓘ surface form: Hakka Chinese Pinghua ⓘ Teochew ⓘ Yue Chinese ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	southern China ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Imperial China ⓘ modern era ⓘ
majorCity	Guangzhou ⓘ Haikou ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Macau ⓘ Nanning ⓘ Shenzhen, China ⓘ surface form: Shenzhen
majorRiver	Pearl River ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
traditionalCuisine	Cantonese cuisine ⓘ Hakka cuisine ⓘ Teochew cuisine ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guangzhou → historicalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Lingnan → culture → Lingnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan culture

Lingnan → associatedArtStyle → Lingnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan painting school

Lingnan → associatedArchitecture → Lingnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan architecture

Nantou → culturalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan region

Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing Empire → culturalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Nanning → locatedInCulturalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Yam Kim-fai → culturalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Ma Si-tsang → culturalHeritage → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan culture

Hung Sin Nui → culturalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan region

Foshan, China → historicalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

subject surface form: Foshan

Nanling Mountains → separates → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan region

Nanling Mountains → region → Lingnan ⓘ

Teochew people → culturalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Huiyang, Guangdong, Qing Empire → historicalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Chaoshan region → partOf → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan region

Kwang-chou → isCulturalCenterOf → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan region

Chaozhou → historicalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Shantou → regionalCulture → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan culture

Foshan → historicalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ

Xinhui, Guangdong, Qing Empire → locatedIn → Lingnan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lingnan region

Liuzhou → historicalRegion → Lingnan ⓘ