The word "Huaxia" was first found in the Zhou Dynasty's Shangshu Zhou Shu Wucheng: "Huaxia is arrogant and difficult to give". China is also called China, midsummer, Middle-earth and China. China and Xia used to be common, and these two words are synonyms. It is summer in China. China is also called midsummer. For example, ten years after Zuo Zhuan was written, Confucius said, "Don't seek summer, don't mess with China." The "Hua" here is also "Xia". Confucius regarded "Xia" and "Hua" as synonyms. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "Hua" occupies a high position.
About the Spring and Autumn Period, China ancient books began to use "Hua" and "Xia" together, which was called "Huaxia nation". The ancestors of the Han nationality, Huangdi and Yan Di, competed for the leader of the tribal alliance in the Central Plains. Yan Di tribe was defeated and merged into Huangdi tribe, and the Yanhuang Alliance was formed. Later, in the battle of Zhuolu, they defeated Chiyou, the leader of the Jiuli nationality of Dongyi Group, and expanded their alliance power to today's Shandong. Later, with the Yellow Emperor Department and Yan Di Department as the main body, they formed a greater Huaxia alliance with some Dongyi tribes in Shandong. From 2 100 to 770 years ago, descendants of Huangdi nationality in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River successively established Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty.
Han people called themselves Huaxia in the pre-Qin period, and gradually called themselves "Han" from the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Chinese people have another name: Han. The original title "Huaxia" did not disappear, but became synonymous with China culture, which was the previous name of China.