Why is China called Huaxia? What is the meaning of China?

"Zuo Zhuan" said: "China is an ancient civilization, which has always been called a country of etiquette, called' Xia', which means elegance; In addition, China people's clothes are beautiful, so they are also called "Hua". ?

Later, some people thought that in ancient China, "Xia" was the surname and "Hua" was the country name. "Xia" is named after Xiashui (Hanshui) and "Hua" is named after Huashan. But Xiashui is only a small tributary, and Huashan is just one of the famous mountains. It is difficult to be a representative of a country without being famous. There is also a saying that the earliest dynasty in the history of China was the Xia Dynasty, which was founded on the Loess Plateau. It had the highest education level and the greatest influence among the dynasties, leaving an indelible page in the history of China. Xia Dynasty claimed to be the central government from the beginning, so "Xia" had the meaning of "China" and "Xia people" became "China people". Later, people called the area with high education level "Xia" and the nationality or ethnic group with high civilization level "Hua". Taken together, "Huaxia" represents that China is a central power with a high degree of civilization and developed culture, and "Huaxia" has gradually become synonymous with the Chinese nation.

Huaxia means the Chinese nation, especially the ethnic tribes formed from Yao Shunyu to Xia Dynasty to the nationalities in the founding of the People's Republic of China. Because it belongs to the name formed for the first time, the descendants continued from the Shang Dynasty to show orthodoxy. Its Chinese, not only refers to the meaning of clothing beauty. Its Shun Di name is China, which actually means that the whole nation uses its name, not its surname.

Xia Dynasty was the first dynasty, which also meant that the first family, actually the first nation, controlled many ethnic groups and formed a "country", that is, the first country. That's why the word "Huaxia" appeared. And the basic generation refers to the country, although the country was actually a very small piece at that time. Later, the great powers of various dynasties were gradually continued by this ethnic group. So, China is China, which means China.