Four ancient civilizations
The four ancient civilizations are the birthplaces of the world's four major civilizations, namely ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient India, and ancient China. And these four civilizations are developed next to the river, namely the two river basins, the Nile river basin, the Ganges river basin, the Yellow River basin, because the soil next to the river is very fertile, conducive to farming, the four major civilizations began at different times, and we in China often say that the Chinese civilization has been five thousand years, but the meaning of the four major civilizations is in no particular order, because the reason why they are called the four major civilizations is because these four civilizations have influenced all subsequent civilizations and are the birthplace of all civilization points. Other civilizations developed on the basis of these four civilizations.
Our earliest dynasty is known as the Xia Dynasty, and the Xia Dynasty began around 2070 BC, which is only four thousand years, so why do we always say that Chinese civilization is five thousand years old.
The Origin of Chinese Civilization
The location and time of the emergence of Chinese civilization, according to archaeological excavations, there are several different views from the late Yangshao culture to the early Longshan culture. China is one of the important birthplaces of human beings, we all know that human beings were transformed by apes, and at the beginning it was a primitive society, and it was divided into matrilineal clans and patrilineal clans.
And Chinese primitive people according to archaeology have Yuanmou people, Lantian people, Beijing people and mountaintop cave people, these are archaeologists found are generally found in the local name, and then with the development of society, with the gap between rich and poor, began the slave society, formed some tribes, and then there was the Xia Dynasty, before it was the Zen concession system, the birth of the Xia Dynasty is Yu passed the throne to his son Qi, Qi established the Xia Dynasty, began the slave society, China's first dynasty was born. Later, there was a feudal society, all of which were collectively called Chinese civilization, and Chinese civilization also gave birth to many works of literature, science and technology, such as the four major civilizations and so on.
A thousand years of history of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors
The Three Emperors and Five Emperors are Chinese mythological figures, not emperors or the like, but the tribal leaders at that time, the kind of good leaders who made contributions, because they did a lot of meaningful things, so posterity mythologized them, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors era spanned the Liangzhu, Dadiwan, Yangshao, Longshan and other cultural periods, is the transition period of ancient China from the era of the city-state to the era of centralized slavery.
The Three Emperors are the Emperor Clan, the Di Huang Clan, and the Ren Huang Clan, and there are more theories about the Three Emperors, but the most commonly said three emperors are the Fu Ren, Fu Xi, and Shennong. The Flintstones invented drilling wood for fire, and spread this method, creating a Chinese fire civilization, which was regarded as the ancestor of fire by later generations, and with fire, it could be heated and could also bake things to eat. Fuxi is the ancestor of the ancient legend of human civilization, and it is said that Fuxi created the divination culture, created the writing, invented the Ser, and created the song. Shennong, also known as the Yan Emperor, is said to have tasted hundreds of herbs, cured diseases with herbs, and invented slash-and-burn cultivation to make pottery cookware.
The Five Emperors were the five most influential tribal chiefs of the Ancient Age, and there are many versions, but the most recognized are the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Huan, Emperor Zhao, Yao, and Shun. During the reign of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and the Yellow Emperor, he sowed hundreds of grains of grass and trees, vigorously developed production, and began to make clothes and crowns, build boats and cars, make music rhythms, and compose the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic". Emperor Xuan is the god of the north in Chinese mythology and legend. Emperor Zhao, Gao Xin clan, with Mude as emperor and Bo as the capital. Emperor Zhao is able to conform to the will of the people, think of the people, be benevolent and powerful, and improve himself, so he is a benevolent prince and is very loved by the people. Yao, during his reign, pacified siyi, unified the Central Plains faction of Cangzhishui, formulated a calendar, and straightened out hundreds of officials. During Shun's reign, he always listened carefully to the ideas of others, and appointed sages and able people, and the famous Dayu Zhishui took place during this period, and the hundred industries flourished, because he himself was also very good at making pottery. A situation of political harmony has been created. And there is a great emphasis on virtue. It is the ancestor of Chinese moral culture.
After that, there was the Xia Dynasty that qi created, which began to slave society, and then experienced the Shang and Zhou, the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, and later Qin Shi Huang opened the Qin Dynasty and had China's first feudal dynasty, until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the birth of the Republic of China, and the birth of the People's Republic of China, until now, in fact, it is part of Chinese civilization, and in the future, our current era will also be a civilization to be learned and continued by future generations.
In any case, the Chinese nation, as one of the four major civilizations, is also something we should be proud of, and the Chinese civilization is also the only civilization of the four major civilizations that has not been interrupted and has been continuous. Now also advocate the community of human destiny, civilization is also spread, mutual reference has a better development, because the four major civilizations around the world have also created their own civilization, civilization has also promoted the development of mankind, but also contributed to the political, economic, cultural development of various eras, but also created a lot of artistic treasures. It is also a part that we should not forget.