The Central Plains region is the most important birthplace of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. Since ancient times, the Central Plains have been a place of contention for generations of warriors. In ancient Times, the land of the Central Plains was divided into nine states, and Yuzhou was at both ends, which was called "the middle of the world" by the Zhou Gong, so the ancient Henan region was also called "Zhongzhou". Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor once built the capital of the ancient city of Xinzheng near the left of Zhengzhou, and where he erected a stone pillar, the words "Tianxin Stone" were engraved on the top of the pillar, representing that this is the center of heaven and earth. Since then, Chinese civilizations from the Five Emperors to the Xia Shang Zhou have most developed in the Yellow River Basin. Most importantly, in ancient times, the population and economy of the Central Plains were more concentrated, and once they occupied the Central Plains, they had more resources and advantages. It is roughly divided into the following points:
1. Geographically, the Central Plains region is located in the middle of the world, based on the fertile wilderness, backed by the Qinling Mountains, Taihang, adjacent to the Yellow River, accessible in all directions, the east, west, south and north civilizations meet here, the Tiannanhai North merchants communicate here, and it is precisely because of its prominent status that whenever there is war, it must be a place where soldiers and families must fight.
2. Economically, because ancient Chinese society was dominated by agriculture, the central plains were fertile and in the main road of transportation. There is also the population of the Central Plains is also the largest in the country, in the era of cold weapons, more people means advantage. Therefore, the Central Plains region has a developed economy and a developed population, showing a prosperous scene. In ancient times, the coastal areas belonged to the barren land, which was difficult to cultivate, inconvenient transportation, and small population.
3. Politically, the capital was built here from the Xia Dynasty, followed by the Shang Dynasty, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Xuan Han, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Bai Western Jin, Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Wu Zhou, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, Northern Song, Southern Song, Jin Dynasty, etc. With more than 5,000 years of civilization history, 4,000 years of city building history and more than 1,500 years of capital construction history, the Central Plains region is the earliest city in China and the city with the longest number of years of capital construction. There have been 105 emperors who have set up capital here. This also shows the political importance of the Central Plains.
To sum up, the advantages that the ancient Central Plains had were impossible to compare with other places, so there was the saying that those who won the Central Plains won the world.