Wuyue culture (
simplified Chinese: 吴越文化;
traditional Chinese: 吳越文化) refers to the regional
Chinese culture of the
Wuyue people, a
Han Chinese subgroup that has historically been the dominant demographic in the region of
Jiangnan (entirety of the city of
Shanghai and the province of
Zhejiang, the southern portion of
Jiangsu province and the eastern portion of
Anhui province). Wuyue culture is characterized as being delicate, graceful and refined, having preserved many unique cultural traditions nonextant in other regions of China.[1]