China's top ten ancient capitals, is there your hometown?
1, Luoyang - the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties
"Luoyang mountains and rivers arched, the situation A in the world." The unique geographical environment determined that Luoyang was one of the preferred choices for the capital of large dynasties in ancient times. From the Xia Dynasty to the Later Jin Dynasty, thirteen dynasties chose Luoyang as the capital of the country.
Since the jingkang change of the Song Dynasty and the invasion of the jin army to the south, Luoyang has been devastated by war and destruction, and can no longer regain its former glory, and its status has been declining.
2, Xi'an - the ancient capital of the Eleventh Dynasty
Xi'an is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation, the starting point of the Silk Road, and more than ten dynasties have built their capital here in history.
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the Terracotta Warriors, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Little Wild Goose Pagoda, the ruins of daming palace in Tang Chang'an City, the ruins of Weiyang Palace in Han Chang'an City, and the Xingjiao Temple Pagoda were included in the World Heritage List.
3, Nanjing - the ancient capital of the Ten Dynasties
There are many elegant names and reputations in Nanjing. For example: Jinling, Yingtian, Tianjing and so on.
Nanjing is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the capital of the Ten Dynasties.
Nanjing was built as the capital of six consecutive dynasties from the Three Kingdoms, followed by the Southern Tang, Ming, Taiping Heavenly Kingdoms, and the Kuomintang government, so it was historically called the "Capital of the Ten Dynasties".
4, Kaifeng - the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties
Kaifeng has more than 4100 years of history of city building and capital history, successively including the Xia Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period Wei State, the Five Dynasties Later Liang, the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, the Later Zhou Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, etc. have successively been in Kaifeng Dingdu, known as the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, is the only capital city in the world where the central axis of the city has never changed!
5, Anyang - the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties
Anyang City, historically, has successively had the Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Weiguo, Cao Wei, Later Zhao, Ran Wei, Former Yan, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Ding all here, Anyang is known as the "Ancient Capital of the Seven Dynasties".
Anyang is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 3,000 years, the main birthplace of Chinese civilization, and one of the eight ancient capitals of China. Because the oldest surviving chinese script oracle bone was found in Anyang Yin Ruins, Anyang is more known as "the first ancient capital of China".
6, Shangqiu - the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties
Shangqiu is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the origin and gathering place of the Shang tribe, the earliest capital of the Shang Dynasty, the birthplace of merchants, commodities and commerce, and the birthplace of Shang civilization, with the reputation of "the source of Chinese merchants". In 1986, it was named "China's Famous Historical and Cultural City" by the State Council.
7, Zhengzhou - the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties
Zhengzhou was the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties, which experienced the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, the Guan Guo, the Zheng Guo, and the Republic of Korea.
As a traditional ancient capital, Zhengzhou not only gave birth to many civilizations, but also the most important birthplace of Chinese civilization. Among all the cities in the country, Zhengzhou is one of the oldest cultural cities in the ranking.
8, Beijing - the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties
The city of Beijing, the capital of the last 5 generations of feudal dynasties in Chinese history, the capital of the Liao Dynasty and the capital of the Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China (Beiyang government), its design and planning reflects the highest achievements of ancient Chinese urban planning, known as "the greatest individual project of mankind on the surface of the earth".
9, Datong - the ancient capital of the Three Dynasties
Because of its superior geographical location, Datong was the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the capital of Liao and Jinbei was an ancient capital of the Three Dynasties. Datong coal resources are abundant, it is understood that the coal-containing area in Datong City is as high as 632 square kilometers, with a cumulative proven reserve of 37.6 billion tons, which can be called "China's coal capital".
10, Hangzhou - the ancient capital of the two dynasties
Hangzhou was once the capital of the Five Dynasties Wuyue Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, and is one of the seven ancient capitals of the mainland. Archaeological discoveries show that 50,000 years ago, there were Homo sapiens "Jiande people" who were active in the area of jiande Li's hometown in the area of present-day Hangzhou.
