After Qin Shi Huang completed the unification, he gave the empire a resounding name, which has been used until now!
As we all know, the Qin Dynasty was the first great unified dynasty in Chinese history, and the founder of this foundation was the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang. The establishment of the Qin Dynasty ended the five-hundred-year division in the land of China since the Spring and Autumn Warring States, and made China at that time truly unified. The establishment of the Qin Dynasty became the first multi-ethnic centralized state in Chinese history, which had a profound impact on the history of our country. It was also the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin king Yingzheng believed that his merits were better than the previous three emperors and five emperors, so he called himself the "First Emperor", and he was also the first monarch in China to call himself emperor.
After several generations of hard work and struggle, by the time of Qin Shi Huang, the national strength of the Qin State was already very strong, and Qin Shi Huang reused the general Wang Qi, and finally completed the wish of the Qin State for hundreds of years. Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, ended more than three hundred years of war and strife, and established the first unified feudal dynasty in china, Qin Shi Huang also felt that he had made great achievements, so he called himself emperor, starting with himself, and the descendants were commensurate with the second and third generations, until the thousands of generations.
Due to the livability of the environment and climate, the Central Plains have been a place of contention since ancient times, and the rise of the masses is also with the purpose of winning the Central Plains. In ancient times, people were limited by information and knowledge, their vision and thought were very closed, in people's general concepts, Huaxia generally refers to the position in the middle of the world, and all around are the southern barbarians and northern Yi, surrounded by eastern Rong and Western Di. This is the world's understanding of the world, and at that time there was no concept of the existence of Western countries. The surrounding area has long been occupied by ethnic minorities, and most of them are in a primitive state, mostly relying on nomadic fishing and hunting to survive. Only the climate environment in the Central Plains is suitable for habitation, and the environment outside of it is harsh.
The word "Zhonghua" was not widely spread during the Qin Dynasty, until the end of the Qin Dynasty, the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the deposing of hundreds of families, the exclusive respect for Confucianism, the rapid development of Han culture, like "Han People", "Han Nationality", etc., during the Han Wudi period, defeated the Xiongnu, making the Xiongnu go north, known as the "Whip of God" by Europeans. It also opened up the Silk Road and established the connection between the Han Dynasty and all countries in the world; during the reign of Liu Xiu, the Emperor of Han Guangwu, Confucianism was vigorously promoted, and the festival was promoted, creating the era of "Guangwu Zhongxing", which was the most weathered and the most prosperous in history.