China has a feudal history of more than two thousand years, there have been many dynasties, but also the emergence of many emperors, among so many emperors, I am afraid that only Qin Shi Huang is a real emperor of the ages. He not only established the first great unified dynasty in history, but also the first person in China to dare to claim the title of emperor.
During the reign of Qin Shi Huang, he unified China and accepted civil unrest; unified writing laid the foundation of Chinese culture, no matter what language you are, you can communicate; unified currency and weights and measures laid the standard for transactions, which is conducive to the development of commerce; unified roads, conducive to exchanges; li counties, which became the model of later management, have been used to this day, and so on.
In addition, Qin Shi Huang also put a certain effort into Chinese names, before the Shang Zhou Dynasty, China was called "Huaxia", "Hua" refers to gorgeous and prosperous, in ancient times everyone wore very gorgeous, "Xia" refers to the etiquette of the Zhou Kingdom. The word "Huaxia" together symbolizes the state of civilized etiquette that is richly dressed, highlighting the etiquette and prosperity of China at that time.
However, Qin Shi Huang was not satisfied with this name, and wanted to change "Huaxia" to mainland China, which came from the words "China" and "Huaxia", which means that it is both a civilized and ceremonial state and a country that stands at the center of the world. As soon as the name "Zhonghua" came out, all ethnic groups agreed unanimously, because they all felt that this was the most suitable name for their country, whether it was national traditions or cultural customs, they were unanimously recognized.
But "Zhonghua" was not originally created by Qin Shi Huang, he only gave the two words Zhonghua an exclusive meaning and connotation, making it a new synonym for China, and has been passed down ever since. Until 1902, Mr. Liang Qichao first proposed the concept of "Chinese nation", implying that China's 56 ethnic groups will eventually usher in great unity and the people of all ethnic groups will love each other. Later, in 19012, the word "Zhonghua" was finally confirmed, although it did not become the name of a country, but it had its own significance and glory of the times. After the founding of New China in 1949, "China" once again resounded all over the world, entered the world stage, and was the "soul" of our Chinese sons and daughters.
According to the "Modern Chinese Dictionary", in ancient times, people also called the Yellow River Basin "Zhonghua", and the Yellow River Basin is also known as the birthplace of the Han nationality, which shows that the word "Zhonghua" is very tacit with the times and stands out in the name of the long river of history. We are all sons and daughters of China, all Chinese, with a Chinese soul, and we love the People's Republic of China!