Southeast Culture is a comprehensive professional academic journal of social sciences supervised by Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and sponsored by Nanjing Museum, which was founded in 1985 on the basis of Wenbo Bulletin. With unique positioning and distinctive features, the journal, since its inception, has always insisted on standing at the forefront of academics, emphasized the unity of academics, informativeness and readability, paid timely attention to the research of major topics, took advantage of the publication, played the role of a platform, published a large number of influential articles in the academic community, and effectively promoted the research of major topics to the depth of the development.

Since 1995, the journal has been awarded “Jiangsu Double Ten Best Journals” and “East China Outstanding Journals” for three consecutive years since the grading of Jiangsu Province's journals in terms of excellence and quality assessment; in 2002, it was awarded as the first “Jiangsu Province's Journals Square” double-effective journals; in 2004, it was listed as “Chinese Core Journals” and “Chinese Core Journals in Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSSCD)”. （In 2004, it was listed as “Chinese Core Journal” and “Chinese Core Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSSCD)”; in 2008, it was listed as “China Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) Source Journal”; in 2009, the column of “Archaeological Exploration” was awarded the “Pearl Prize - Characteristic Columns Prize” by Jiangsu Provincial Press and Publication Bureau.

 In 2009, in order to adapt to the new contents, new trends and new requirements of the development of China's cultural heritage, the journal adjusted the direction of the publication, which is located in the southeast of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and even Japan, Korea and other countries in East Asia, such as cultural heritage exploration, research, protection, display and utilization, and exploratory revamping, strengthened from the protection of cultural heritage, research, management, inheritance, appreciation, display of theoretical innovations and successes in the fields of It focuses on theoretical innovations and successful practices in the fields of protection, research, management, inheritance, appreciation and display of cultural heritage, in order to highlight the status of cultural heritage and the regional characteristics of Southeast Asia, and strives to create a platform for exchanges and cooperation in the research and protection of cultural heritage, so as to promote the research and protection of China's cultural heritage to achieve a new and greater development.