"Hua" is also called "Xia" Confucius regarded "Xia" and "Hua" as synonyms. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "Xia" occupies a very lofty position. About the Spring and Autumn Period, China ancient books began to use "Hua" and "Xia" together, called "Huaxia".
2. China: the central part, that is, the central plains Heluo area (rivers, Yellow River; Luoshui, Luoyang). Because it is in Sifang, it is called China (ancient "China" is synonymous with "Central Plains"). Later, with the evolution of history and continuous integration with various ethnic groups, everything that belongs to the category of Chinese culture belongs to China.
China people originated in Hua Xushi? (located in the west of Huashan, Xi' an today? Lantian Hua Xu Town). Liezi Huangdi recorded that Hua Xu gave birth to Fuxi as a male name and Nu Wa as a female name, while Fuxi and Nu Wa gave birth to fewer children.
3. Kyushu: Kyushu, meaning Handi. Wuyue and Sidu five towns are all within the geographical scope of Kyushu established in Han Dynasty. 19 12 years later, "China" refers to a multi-ethnic country with 9.6 million square kilometers, including Han and Tibetan areas.
China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world with a long history. About 5000 years ago, settlement organizations began to appear with the Central Plains as the center, and then formed a country. After many times of ethnic blending and dynasty alternation, the unified situation of multi-ethnic countries was finally formed.
After the Revolution of 1911 in the early 20th century, the imperial system withdrew from the historical stage, and the * * * and political power were established. 1949 after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the people's congress system was established in Chinese mainland.
China has a vast territory and many nationalities. The Chinese nation in the pre-Qin period thrived in the Central Plains. In the Han Dynasty, the Han nationality was formally formed through cultural blending, which laid the foundation for the main ethnic group in China.
Later, through blending with neighboring nationalities, the situation of a unified multi-ethnic country was gradually formed, and the population was also rising. The population of China in Song Dynasty exceeded 1 100 million, and that in Qing Dynasty exceeded 400 million. By 2005, the population of China has exceeded1300 million.
China's culture has a long history, profound and colorful. It is the cultural suzerain of East Asian cultural circle and occupies an important position in the world cultural system. Due to the differences in geographical location and natural conditions, humanities and economy also have their own characteristics.
Traditional cultural and artistic forms include poetry, opera, calligraphy and Chinese painting, among which Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival are important traditional festivals in China.
The primitive society in China began with Yuanmou people about 6.5438+0.7 million years ago and ended with the establishment of the Xia Dynasty in the 20th century BC. Primitive society experienced two periods: primitive people and clan commune. The clan commune has experienced two stages: matriarchal clan commune and paternal clan commune.
Yuanmou Man is the earliest known human being in China. Beijingers are typical primitive people. Neanderthals lived the life of a clan commune. Hemudu clan in the Yangtze River basin and Banpo clan in the Yellow River basin are the prosperous periods of matriarchal clan communes. The middle and late Dawenkou culture reflects the patriarchal commune.
According to legend, the Yellow Emperor was the leader of the primitive tribal alliance that lived in the Yellow River valley about 4,500 years ago. He advocated planting grain and domesticating livestock, which made this tribal alliance stronger gradually.
He once led the tribe to defeat the Yan Di tribe in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the Chiyou tribe in the south. Later, Yan Di tribe and Huangdi tribe formed an alliance and lived and multiplied in the Yellow River basin for a long time, which constituted the main part of the Chinese nation in the future. The Yellow Emperor is revered as the ancestor of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation is called the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and that's how it came about.
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