China was called Huaxia, Shenzhou and Kyushu in ancient times, so what were we called in China at that time?

China was called Huaxia, Shenzhou and Kyushu in ancient times, and we in China were also called descendants of Huaxia, Han, Tang and Yanlong.

1, the word Huaxia was coined by the Zhou Dynasty. Originally refers to the Zhou Dynasty. Now it is the ancient name of China and Han nationality.

At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou people joined hands with Xia people in exile, Jiang family in the system (thought as representative) and Chu people who moved south. Then overthrew the rule of Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou people call themselves "Rangers" (see Shangshu), also known as descendants of the Yellow Emperor, so they call themselves "Hua" and "Xia".

Later, the vassal states enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty were called "Zhu Xia" or "Zhu Hua". The former Shang dynasty ruling center was called Eastern Xia (not Zhu Xia). After the integration of Xia, Shang and Zhou nationalities, the Chinese nation was formally formed. China people are mostly descendants of the above, so they call themselves sons and daughters of China.

The descendants of the Chinese people are self-proclaimed by China people.

"Yan" refers to Emperor Yan, the same as Jiang Shuicheng (now Baoji City). "Yellow" refers to the Yellow Emperor, which is made of Jishui (now Wugong Qishui River in Shaanxi Province). Emperor Yanhuang is the ancestor of China. Legend has it that they came from the same tribe and later became the leaders of two rival tribes.

The two tribes started the battle of Hanquan, the Yellow Emperor defeated Yan Di, and the two tribes gradually merged into Huaxia. Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor are also the ancestors of China culture and technology. It is said that they and their courtiers and descendants created almost all the important inventions in ancient times.

3. The descendants of the dragon are claimed by China people. The formation of dragons recorded the aggregation process of ancient national development and played a role in maintaining and centripetal. Dragon culture has become an important part of oriental culture and has made great contributions to human civilization, and China people are often proud of it.

The formation of the dragon recorded the aggregation process of ancient national development, and it was firmly engraved in the hearts of China people. We are often proud of the descendants of the dragon. There are no dragons in the world. In the ancient totem era, the earliest legend is that Nu Wa and Fu are the ancestors of human beings, and they are both heads and snakes.

With the development of history and the merger of tribes, especially after the merger of Yandi and Huangdi in northern Baoding, various tribes joined this big family one after another. Horse totem tribe joined in, adding a horse's head to the snake head, and the deer totem tribe merged and added antlers to the horse's head. When the fish tribe came in, they scaled the snake's body.

As a result, dragons comprehensively embody the characteristics of many animals: for example, the feet of animals, the tails of birds and goatees. The formation of dragons embodies national equality and democracy, and tribes, big or small, are like a family when they merge. This is a pioneering work of excellent national culture, and today, the great unity of people of all ethnic groups still embodies this glorious tradition.

4. The Han nationality is the main ethnic group in China, a descendant of the ancient Huangdi and Yan Di tribes, and a descendant of the Chinese nation. ? "Han" originally refers to Tianhe and cosmic galaxies. The Book of Songs says: "There is a Han in the Uygur sky, and there is light in the prison (definition: looking up at the bright Milky Way in the sky, shining like a mirror)". Han people are used to saying that Han people are named after the Han Dynasty in China.

People in the Tang Dynasty refer to people in the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, China was unprecedentedly powerful and exerted great influence overseas. After the Tang Dynasty, Japanese, European, American, Southeast Asian and other overseas countries called China a Tang Dynasty person.

Due to the great influence of the Tang dynasty on overseas, by the song dynasty, "Tang" had already become a synonym for China in southeast overseas countries? [ 1]。 During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, foreign countries called China or something related to China "Tang". Not only the Tang Dynasty was regarded as the land of China, but also China people were called Tang people.

Because there are a large number of overseas immigrants in Cantonese, this title of Tang people is especially commonly used in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and their immigrants who use Cantonese. Cantonese is nicknamed Tang dialect overseas; Chinatown, a Cantonese-speaking neighborhood in the Tang Dynasty, is now widely used by overseas Chinese. Some countries, such as Japan, still called China Tang Dynasty until modern times.

It is precisely because the Tang Dynasty is a powerful and representative dynasty in the history of China that it is actually related to the cultural opening and frequent foreign exchanges in the Tang Dynasty. This Tang appellation became popular after the middle of19th century.

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