The origin of China's name

The first dynasty in the history of China was the Xia Dynasty. The ancestors of the ancient Yellow River valley called themselves "Huaxia" for short, "Hua" and "Xia".

The word "Huaxia" first appeared in the twenty-sixth year of "Xianggong" in Zuo Zhuan (547 BC): "Chu lost Huaxia". In terms of meaning, the word "Hua" has a beautiful meaning, and the word "Xia" has a grand meaning. Together, it is really a beautiful word. "Huaxia" refers to the vassal of the Central Plains and the predecessor of the Han nationality, so "Huaxia" is another name for China. ?

Huaxia people call their four ethnic groups barbarians, barbarians, Rong and Di, and call themselves "China". The word "China" first appeared in the documents of the Zhou Dynasty, and later it has different meanings with different objects.

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As the leader of the tribe, the Yellow Emperor was honored as the ancestor of China. Yao, Shun, Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties all came from the Yellow Emperor. The concept of "Huaxia" appeared after three generations, and "Huaxia civilization" generally refers to the cultural type and its inheritance centered on the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

The formation of "Huaxia" civilization has not only contributed to the construction of tribes and dynasties in the Central Plains, but also contributed by frontier tribes. For example, Chiyou, for example, Yin Shang in Dongyi.

Huaxia civilization mainly refers to Yangshao culture and Longshan culture distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Yangshao culture centered on the middle reaches of the Yellow River has entered the stage of primitive farming civilization, and there are also hunting and raising poultry and livestock, represented by painted pottery culture. Longshan culture in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is dominated by farming and hunting, represented by black pottery culture.

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