When did the word China first appear?

It first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

He Zun, a national treasure, 1963 was unearthed in Baoji, with a magnificent shape. The inscription of 122 was found at the bottom of the bronze statue, among which "Zhai Zihua" (referring to the world) was the earliest written word for "Hua".

According to Mr. Yu's exposition in Interpretation of China, the earliest evidence so far is the inscription on a "Hezun" (a sprinkler made of ancient bronze) unearthed in Jia Cun, Shaanxi Province in 1963. The inscription reads, "Only the King of Wu ruled the merchants in Dayi, and later moved to Heaven, saying,' Yu Qi lives in China, and he rules the people himself'" (Zhou Wuwang held a solemn ceremony to report to Heaven after conquering the merchants' capital: "I have ruled these people by China." In front of the inscription, it is also mentioned that "only move, stay in the state, and return to Wu"; Visible is Zhou Chengwang's record.

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He Zun, the first batch of cultural relics forbidden to go abroad in China and the national first-class cultural relics, was a ritual vessel made by a nobleman named He in the early Western Zhou Dynasty in China. 1963 was unearthed in Jia Cun Town, Baoji County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province (now chencang district City, Baoji City) and collected in China Baoji Bronze Museum.

The inset of Zun is engraved with the inscription 12 122. Among them, Zhai Zi China is the earliest record of the word "China", which describes the inheritance of the legacy and the establishment of Zhou (now Luoyang City, Henan Province).

Height is 38.8 cm, caliber is 28.8 cm, and weight is 14.6 kg. Rectangular body, round mouth, long neck, slightly bulging abdomen and high circle feet. The ventral foot has delicate facial lines of high relief animals, and the corner ends protrude from the surface. There are four sides on the side of the body. The shape is rich and exquisite.

He Zun's main materials are copper, tin and lead in different proportions. In the early stage, copper accounted for more than 0.8%, and some tin only accounted for 0.8%. In the medium term, the proportions of tin and lead were 5-8% and 1-6%, respectively, which increased somewhat. The trend of replacing tin with lead is more obvious in the later period.

He Zun's mouth is round and square, with four hollowed-out big sides, silkworm lines on his neck and banana leaf lines on the lower edge of his mouth. The whole statue takes the thunder pattern as the keynote, the high relief is the gluttonous pattern of the roll angle, and the circle foot is also decorated with the gluttonous pattern. The craft is exquisite and the shape is magnificent. The inscription of 122 was found at the bottom of the inner container of the bronze statue, in which "China, the stockade" means: I want to govern the world in the center of the country. This is the earliest written record of the word "China". The decorative pattern of this device is unique, solemn, generous and subjective. Round cube, decorated with four sides.

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