North Korea and South Korea are bounded by the artificially drawn 38th parallel. There is a natural dividing line between China and the north: Qinling-Huaihe River.
How amazing is this line? Although it is only a few miles wide, the climate, folk customs and scenery on both sides of the strait are completely different.
We must have heard a saying: oranges born in Huainan are oranges and gardenias born in Huaibei. It means that oranges can grow into sweet oranges when they grow in the south of Huaihe River and sour and astringent gardenias when they grow in the north of Huaihe River. Similarly, to the north of the Qinling Mountains is the loess high slope, and to the south of the Qinling Mountains are forests and basins, which is the most vivid and true portrayal.
Interestingly, for a while, Jiangsu people and Henan people almost fought. Why? Because the Huaihe River flows through Henan and Jiangsu, the local governments of these two provinces want to build a scenic spot: the north-south boundary of China.
South and north
Let's get down to business. What's the difference between southerners and northerners in China?
When Mongolia destroyed the Song Dynasty, it attacked the present Yashan Mountain in Guangdong. Why did you go back and position Beijing as the capital? As a northerner, China's political power has been entrenched in the north, because he dare not make his capital in the south. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, set out to recapture the world and made Nanjing his capital. As a result, within a few decades, his son (Prince) in Beijing robbed his grandson of the throne in Nanjing and moved to Beijing. Since then, Beijing has been the highest point of China's power.
Where the political power is, it is necessary to talk about politics and stand. This has also made the northerners' personality characteristics: they like to engage in relations, worship power and are infatuated with the government, but they often take the overall situation into account when facing interests, and they also have principles and positions.
The south is different. Looking back at the history of China, the war between southerners and northerners is often won by the north. Moreover, after every turmoil in China, the northern forces basically wiped out the southern forces, and the northerners finally ruled the southerners. Northerners are tall and strong, and like to conquer everything with strong force.
Of course, there have been some battles in history in which southerners defeated northerners. For example, in classic battles such as "Sleeping on your salary and tasting courage" and "Burning Red Cliff", northerners all fled, but this only shows that wisdom and perseverance can still overcome powerful force. This is the power of southerners.
So what are the characteristics of southerners? They are not good at direct combat. They like to live a stable life and run their own lives. Therefore, they pay more attention to their own interests and don't care so much about what society is like and who will rule it.
However, we found that the revolution and reform in China started from the southernmost tip. For example, Sun Yat-sen's Revolution of 1911 started in Guangdong.
Southerners in China are indeed more receptive to new things, more open and more suitable for economic development.
Summary: The more you go north, the more savage you are, and the more you go south, the more melodramatic you are!
Hypocrites and real villains
In the north, the relationship chain between people is complicated, often mixed with family, blood, interests, level and other factors. Everyone will extend a chain of relationships, which are intertwined to form a huge and unbreakable social network. Everyone is climbing feelings and relationships. I am eager to have a network that can be envied by others, and I hope to benefit from my own network.
In the south, the relationship between people will be simpler, that is, the exchange of interests. Everyone will do business together, because there is profit, because there is profit, but it is inevitable to calculate each other and strive for profit and meager profit. Moreover, this overly mechanical exchange of interests makes people's lives dull, and everyone is like a machine.
Northerners pay attention to face, and what they do is not necessarily for themselves, but also for the recognition of family, neighbors and the outside world.
Southerners pay attention to practical results and do everything with a clear purpose. They seldom involve so many social relations. They just have to deal with their own affairs, and nothing is their own business.
Northerners value feelings, and relatives and friends will help each other without asking for anything in return, except when interests are involved.
Southerners value interests, and borrowing money between biological brothers and sisters also needs clear interests, and it will continue to do so.
Not many people really do business in the north. Once they get rich in business, they will show off, so the standard of the rich in the north is luxury cars.
There are too many people doing business in the south and too many rich people. Even if they make a fortune in business, there is nothing to show off. Like to get rich, relatively low-key.
Northerners believe that "might is truth"; So I like being an official;
Southerners believe that money can buy everything. So I like doing business;
Northerners shout when they see rough roads and are good at using force. Women can also fight like men.
Southerners are "gentlemen who talk but don't do" and like to reason. Men can also quarrel with their mouths like women.
Northerners like to say nice things and then promise you many things, but they can't do them afterwards.
Southerners often don't say so much, but as long as they promise you, they will usually do it.
Northerners are eager to find a good job
Southerners want to start their own businesses.
Northerners like to talk about feelings on the wine table and then see how to partner. The north is suitable for making friends.
Southerners like to talk about business in teahouses, and then talk about how to cooperate. The south is suitable for finding a partner.
Northerners talk about business with feelings first, and the two sides call each other brothers, so that feelings can get the business done. But when it comes to interests, disputes often occur, so many friends in the north eventually become enemies.
Southerners first talk about sharing interests, sign gentleman's agreements, and rely on interests to maintain relations. Make everything clear and do it together, so southerners are often more successful in business.
Northerners are hypocrites, while southerners are real villains. This is a bit too explicit, but to the point.
North-South balance
You can imagine, if the capital of China is not located in Beijing, what will happen to the north now?
First of all, apart from Beijing, there are only a few decent cities in the north: Tianjin, Qingdao and Dalian. Tianjin is an outspoken supporter of national policies. As a result, Caofeidian has not recovered, but Dalian has been implicated in the decline of the whole Northeast. Qingdao has been tepid in recent years, and the north is not a place suitable for economic development.
But the more so, the more China's capital should be located in the north, which is like a balance, and the north and south ends should always be flat. A Beijing's housing price and urban population are enough to shock the whole north. If the capital of China is also a city in the south, then the north and south of China may be like the difference between South Korea and North Korea!
In addition, there has been a great migration in China for more than 30 years. In such a turbulent era, different people are merging with each other, and the edges and corners of people in the north and south are being smoothed.
As a new human being, the post-90s generation grew up under the influence of the borderless culture of the Internet, with no geographical boundaries.
In addition, North Koreans and South Koreans began to learn from each other's strengths. Northerners are more and more pragmatic and rational, and their feelings are diluted. Rich businessmen in the south also began to look for the true meaning of life, went to the suburbs to live, liked traveling and loved life. Keep pace with the times.