The ancient Hedong refers to Gankun Bay, Hukou Waterfall and Yumenkou (Gulongmen) in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in the Qin Jin Grand Canyon in the southwest of Shanxi Province, which is the cradle of Chinese civilization. The Yellow River flows through the southwest of Shanxi Province from north to south. Because in the east of the Yellow River, this place was called Hedong in ancient times.
During the Zhou Dynasty, the capital of Jin was also in this area. In Qin and Han Dynasties, it refers to Hedong County, located in Yuncheng and Linfen, Shanxi Province. After the Tang Dynasty, it generally refers to Shanxi.
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Hedong region has made indelible contributions to the development of Chinese civilization. Xun Zi, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period, Fa Xian, the first monk in China to learn from Western learning, Wang Tong, a great scholar in the Sui Dynasty, and poets in the Tang Dynasty, such as Wang Bo, William Wang, Wang Wei, Wang Zhihuan, Wang Changling, Lu Lun, Song, Wen, Liu Zongyuan, Bai Juyi and Si Kongtu.
Yuan Haowen, a great writer in the Yuan Dynasty, Bai Pu and Zheng Guangzu, dramatists in the Yuan Dynasty, Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty, Fu Shan in the early Qing Dynasty and Zhao Shuli, a modern writer, made painstaking efforts to promote Chinese civilization. They are the pride of our Chinese nation.
As an important part of Chinese civilization, Hedong civilization has experienced a period of vigorous development and will continue to make contributions to the Chinese nation. Hedong children are also looking forward to another prosperous time in China.
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