First place: Beijing, the capital of Jin Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming and Qing Dynasties in China, ruled China for 800 years.
Second place: Xi 'an (Chang 'an), the capital of Western Zhou, Western Han, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties in China, ruled China for 750 years.
Third place: Luoyang, the capital of Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Western Jin, Northern Wei and Later Tang Dynasties in China. In view of its orthodox and powerful dynasty less than Beijing and Xi 'an, it ranks third.
Fourth place: Nanjing, the capital of China, Guangzhou, Nanqi, Liang, Chen, Nantang and Ming Dynasties. Nanjing is the base camp of the three revivals of the Han nationality. The Eastern Jin Dynasty took Nanjing as its capital to preserve the culture of the Han nationality, and the Ming Dynasty overthrew the rule of the Mongols based on Nanjing, and the Republic of China vowed to save the country. But apart from the Ming dynasty, Nanjing ruled outside the city for a short time, which was half of the country.
Fifth place: Kaifeng, the capital of Hou Liang Dynasty, Later Jin Dynasty, Later Han Dynasty, Later Zhou Dynasty and Northern Song Dynasty in China.
Sixth place: Hangzhou, the capital of wuyue Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty in China.
Seventh place: Anyang, the capital of Shang Dynasty in China.
Eighth place: Chengdu, the capital of Shu, Cheng, Qian and Hou Shu countries in China.
Ninth place: Guangzhou, the capital of Nanyue and Nanhan countries in China. In view of the important position of South Vietnam in the world, especially in Southeast Asian countries after the archaeological excavation, it was included.
Tenth place: Yinchuan, the capital of Xixia Dynasty.
Some capitals of small dynasties, such as Datong, Wuwei and Jingzhou, are not eligible to be selected. Lhasa and Dali are the capitals of the Tubo Empire and Dali Kingdom, and they do not belong to the traditional dynasty of China, so they are not included (Xixia belongs to Liao, Song, Xia and Jin Dynasties, so it is included). Some newly discovered archaeological capitals in Xia and Shang Dynasties, such as Erlitou in Dengfeng and the ancient city of Chao Ge, were not included because of their small scale and poor inheritance.
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Ten ancient capitals of China.