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In the case of cultural differences, sunshine does more work than rice. In the north, you are locked in home in winter, while in south you get to go around and
by chj 12y ago
In the case of cultural differences, sunshine does more work than rice.
In the north, you are locked in home in winter, while in south you get to go around and meet more people.
- m_mueller 12y agoThe article makes a good case for why agriculture could be more important than sunshine: the sun doesn't care about the Yangtze River as a border.
- chj 12y agoNice try, but Yangtze River happens to be at the dividing line of north/south, not strictly but close.
- thaumasiotes 12y agoNot at all. There have long been obvious differences between north and south china, but the Yangtze isn't the border between North and South, it's the heart of the South. North China is divided from South China by the Huai river (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huai_He http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huai_He). Chinese civilization is essentially the story of intensely farming a flood plain. But China has two such plains: the Yellow River defines the north, and the Yangtze defines the south.
- m_mueller 12y agoso... you agree with me? I don't get your point.