The news conference of the first Jiangnan Context cultural summit is held in Nanjing on Nov 24. [Photo/js.xinhuanet.com]

The first Jiangnan Context cultural summit will be held in Lingshan Scenic Area, Wuxi, on Dec 3-4.

Sponsored by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Publicity and Wuxi Municipal Government, the summit aims to explore the historical and traditional Chinese culture of the Jiangnan area (a region on the southern bank of the lower Yangtze River).

Over 300 experts and scholars in the field will take part in the summit from home and abroad. The event will be made up of one main summit and nine sub forums, talking about cultural inheritance and sustainable development with regards to Jiangnan poems, operas and arts.

Wuxi is known as the birthplace of Wu culture and Jiangnan culture. [Photo/WeChat account: news-wuxixinwen]

Wuxi, located at the river-lake corridor of the Yangtze Delta in East China's Jiangsu province, has been chosen as the permanent venue of Jiangnan Context cultural summit.

Every year, Wuxi holds Taibo temple fair to commemorate Wu Taibo, the founder of Wu culture, who is praised for his nobility and humility in giving away his crown to his younger brother. Wu culture is considered to be the foundation of the ancient culture of the Jiangnan region.

"Wuxi is not only the birthplace of Wu culture and Jiangnan culture; it has also established a coordinated industrial system covering various industries to become the center of the Jiangnan region," said Fan Heping, vice director of Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences.