The reason for using this title is not to provoke mutual attacks on netizens from the two places, but to analyze the status of the two ancient capitals in different periods from history.
We all know that the eight ancient capitals have been evaluated, and the only ones with the highest gold content are Xi'an, Luoyang and Beijing. If you have to make up enough of the four ancient capitals, you must also exclude Nanjing and let Kaifeng go up. The reason is that nanjing did not have a unified dynasty except for the 35 years in the early Ming Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty of 168 in Kaifeng, although there were Western Xia, Liao and Jin, as well as Dali and Tubo coexisting, at least the unification of the Central Plains was realized.
Today, we want to discuss Xi'an and Luoyang, and the rest will be shelved for the time being.
We have all learned in elementary school, and the Dynasties of China are Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn Warring States, Qin, Han, Jin, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China. Of course, there are many times in the middle of this era of partition, and there are also many so-called capital cities such as the division of one side or the short-lived, which do not have much gold content, and this article also ignores them.
First of all, Xia, in fact, since the yao shunyu period, there is no concept of the state, at best it is a tribe. But when it comes to the succession of the qi and the official name of the xia country, it can be regarded as the beginning of the real country.
Xia's territory is not large, basically in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, that is, the traditional Central Plains and the North China Plain.
Although the Shang Dynasty has expanded, it is still a long way from our current land area.
Luoyang's first capital was obviously earlier than Xi'an. Most experts believe that this is the capital of the Xia Dynasty, so from this point of view, the history of Luoyang's capital construction is much earlier than Xi'an.
However, it is really difficult to say how long it existed in Erlitou, because more than forty miles northeast of Kaifeng, another capital of the Xia Dynasty was found- Laoqiu. It is said that this capital city has existed for more than two hundred years, and the specific needs experts to argue, which is not within the scope of today's discussion.
But I think it is very strange that Shangming first originated in Bo, which is now Shangqiu City, and later moved to anyang has always been called Yin Shang, perhaps there were a few days in Zhengzhou in the middle of a stop, with this Zhengzhou included in the eight ancient capitals, it is difficult to convince the public.
The Western Zhou Dynasty began to set the capital of Hojing and continued for more than two hundred years, and it can also be seen that the territory of the Zhou Dynasty was much larger than that of Xia and Shang.
From the dense fiefdoms in the picture above, it can be seen that Zhou Tianzi divided more than a hundred princely states, except for a few large points, almost all of them were palm-like places, which can be used by many cities to show off what they are the ancient capitals of several dynasties, and they are really not afraid of others laughing off their front teeth.
In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang began the capital of the Zhou Dynasty for five hundred years. However, it was also a chaotic era of the Spring and Autumn Warring States that began in Luoyang for hundreds of years. Therefore, at this time, Luoyang was the capital of Zhou, and in fact, giving orders had been regarded as a sidewind by most of the princes, basically the left ear into the right ear out.
Qin Shi Huang unified the rivers and lakes, opening the official era of the emperor's family. The First Emperor, who dreamed of a thousand years of succession, could not imagine that only two generations and ten years would be played. However, Qin's territory has reached the desert in the north and the sea in the east and south, and this area has become a symbol of the Central Plains Dynasty in the future.
It is just that the capital of Qin is in Xianyang, although it is only a few tens of kilometers away from the current Xi'an, but if Xianyang is obliterated and the capital of Qin is merged into Xi'an, it seems inappropriate.
The Western Han Dynasty was the strongest empire in history, and its territory was directly expanded to Central Asia, and it also crushed the northern nomads who had plagued the Central Plains regime for many lifetimes, making the Great Han Dynasty shake the world, and at the same time opening up the Silk Road that is still proud today, which can be said to be the beginning of the highlight moment in Xi'an.
The Eastern Han Dynasty built the capital Luoyang, creating the Guangwu Zhongxing, the Rule of Ming Zhang, and the Yongyuan Zhilong, making Luoyang unique for a while.
However, from the time Dong Zhuo took Emperor Xian of Han hostage to Chang'an in 190 AD, to Cao Pi usurping Han in 220, for thirty years Luoyang was still the nominal capital, but few people listened to the orders.
In 266 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty ended the division of the Three Kingdoms and once again completed the great cause of unification by 280. Unfortunately, the national fortunes of the Western Jin Dynasty were relatively short, and after reunification, it existed in Luoyang for only 33 years, and in 313, the capital was moved to Chang'an, and in these 33 years, it experienced the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the Five Hu Chaos, and the whole process was in turmoil.
Old Li, who started in Taiyuan, attacked the city with several sons and finally brought the country into the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. During this period, Luoyang's status was second only to Xi'an, and it was the two dazzling twin stars of datang, similar to the current Beijing and Shanghai. But it is undeniable that although Wu Zetian prefers Luoyang, the nominal capital of the Tang Dynasty is still Chang'an.
After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Chang'an must have stood on the sidelines, and since the Sui Emperor dug the canal, Bian Prefecture began to rise, and by the late Tang Dynasty, its economic status overshadowed Chang'an and Luoyang, which is why kaifeng, the capital of the four hundred counties and prefectures surnamed Zhao, was laid down by relying on a Qi Mei stick.
Looking at the dynasties that built the capital in Xi'an and Luoyang, it can be seen that the dynasties that had influence in the two places as capitals were the Western Zhou, Qin (which cannot be counted), the Western Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty in Xi'an.
Luoyang had Xia (it is difficult to say how many years), Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, and Western Jin.
Therefore, it is concluded that in terms of the influence of the capital, Chang'an is greater. As for the early establishment of the capital, it is Luoyang.
In fact, netizens in the two places do not have to bother with these past chen sesame rotten grains, because we stand in the contemporary era, the wars of aggression in the past have become a process of national integration. Otherwise, those who used to call southern barbarians and northern Yidong Di Xirong with obviously slanderous titles, how can they be as close as a family now?
(Some of the pictures come from the Internet, thanks to the original author, if there is infringement, notice will be deleted)