How big is the Chu State and how big is the territory of the Chu State?

The area of the state of Chu should be divided into two things, one is the period when it was just established. One was the heyday.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Chu territory of 50 li, in the heyday of the current Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Zhejiang parts. Almost the entire southern region.

Let's take a look at the origin of the Chu State: the ancestor of the Chu people, Xiong Xiong, assisted King Wen of Zhou to destroy the Shang Dynasty, King Cheng of Zhou remembered his merits, and named Xiong Xiong, the great-grandson of Xiong, as a viscount, founded the country in Danyang, with a territory of 50 miles.

Later, the state of Chu moved its capital many times. Danyang, Ying, Yan, Yan, Chen, Juyang, and Shouchun were once their capitals.

We can estimate that most of the southern region (except for Guangdong and Guangxi) is almost the size of the state of Chu.

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The state of Chu first arose in the Xichuan area of the Hanjiang River Valley, and its largest jurisdiction in its heyday was roughly Hubei, all of Hunan, Chongqing, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guizhou, and some parts of Guangdong.

Chu. It first arose in the Hanjiang River Basin, roughly in Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guizhou, and Guangdong. Ying, the capital of the state of Chu, was in today's Jingzhou, and was later forced by Qin to move Chen and Shouchun.

The state of Chu (1115 BC - 223 BC) was a vassal state located in the Yangtze River valley during the pre-Qin period. During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou, Xiong Yi, the leader of the Chu people, was made a viscount and established the state of Chu.

During the heyday of the Chu State, the territory was very large, including the Han River, the Xiangjiang River, the Hanrangwu River Basin, the Huainan Jiangbei region, and the Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang leased land, covering an area of 1 million square kilometers.

1. The Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Jurisdiction: The territory starts from Daba Mountain, Wushan Mountain and Wuling Mountain in the west, reaches the sea in the east, starts from Nanling in the south, and reaches in the northIt is now central Henan, northern Anhui and Jiangsu, southeastern Shaanxi, and southwestern Shanxi, a vast territory.

The State of Chu, also known as Jing and Jing Chu, was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in Chinese history.

of a vassal state. The ancestors of the Chu State counted the family surnames Mi and Xiong.

The Chu tribe, which first arose in the land of ancient Jingzhou, was destroyed in the Qin State.

The Chu people are diverse, and in the long-term exchanges, battles and integration of the ancient ancestors in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins, the Chu people with a common language, common economic life, common culture and common psychological quality were finally formed in the Bi area of Jingchu and Chu. The Chu people are named after the land of Chu.

2. The state of Chu of the Five Dynasties was located in all of present-day Hunan, most of Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Chongqing and Guangdong.

The question of the empty area of the territory of the Chu State depends on the specific time, and the initial establishment of only more than 20 square kilometers is regarded by the countries of the Central Plains"Nanban"Lu Qiao. When the Chu State was the largest, it occupied almost half of the territory of the world at that time.

The territory of the ancient Chu State was dynamic, with a process from small to large and then from large to small. The territory of Chu during the Warring States period mainly included the following places:

1.Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangsu;

This is the basic base of the Chu State. Hubei is the political center of Chu, Hunan is the rear and military strength of Chu, and Anhui and Jiangsu were annexed by small countries (such as Xu) during the Warring States period.

2.Sichuan, western Chongqing;

These two places were captured by the Chu State after destroying the Ba people.

3.Southeastern Shaanxi:

It mainly refers to the Hanzhong region, and the main war and regret field of the Qin State.

4.southern part of Henan;

The territory of the former Song Kingdom.

5.Southeastern and Western Mountains:

It was captured in the late Warring States period and the Lu War.

6.northeastern Guizhou;

During the Warring States period, the power of the Chu State extended to that area.

7.northern Guangdong;

It was captured after destroying the forces of the Baiyue tribe.

8.most of Jiangxi; Northwest of Zhejiang.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Yue competed for hegemony, and during the Warring States Period, the fishermen of the Chu State profited and eliminated two weakened countries.

During the Warring States Period, the state of Chu was roughly part of the current Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Guangdong.

During the Warring States Period, the state of Chu was the largest vassal state in the territory. According to today's provinces, almost Jiangnan and South China are the territory of the Chu State. However, the large territory of Chu does not mean that there is more territory to be mastered.

Many areas in the southern part of the Chu State were controlled by ethnic minorities, and the Chu State only controlled them nominally. For these ethnic minorities, the state of Chu did not have an effective means of appeasement. Not only was the state of Chu unable to take advantage of these ethnic minorities, but it also needed to leave part of its troops behind for defense.

In fact, from this point of view, the state of Chu is very similar to Tsarist Russia in the 19th century, both have a vast territory, but in the eyes of other countries it is an outlier.

The cultural achievements of the state of Chu.

1、**。During the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu was already very developed. The state of Chu has set up a music official to be in charge of ** affairs.

For example, Zhong Yi, the Duke of Chu Yun, has been hereditary for generations, and Zhong Jian was appointed by King Chu Zhao as Le Yin. There are a complete range of musical instruments in the Chu State, including bells, chimes, drums, se, flutes, pens, pan flutes, etc. These musical instruments have been confirmed in the physical objects unearthed from the tombs of the Warring States Chu in Hubei, Hunan, and Henan.

2. Dance. The court music and dance of the Chu State is different from the folk music and dance, and the performance scene is much larger. In addition, due to the close cultural exchanges between various countries and regions, the music and dance of the Chu court also widely absorbed or introduced the music and dance of various countries and regions, which became a major feature of the music and dance of the Chu State.

3. Painting. The painting of the Chu State has developed greatly and has made outstanding achievements, mainly silk paintings, murals and lacquer paintings. For example, the tomb of Chenjia Dashan Chu in Changsha unearthed the "figure dragon and phoenix silk painting", the Changsha bullet Kuchu tomb unearthed the "character dragon silk painting" Changsha Loess Ridge unearthed the painted chariot and horse figure pattern lacquer Xi, in 1952 Changsha Yanjialing unearthed the lacquer with the pattern, in 1957 Xinyang Changtaiguan unearthed the painted hunting scene of the lacquer and so on.

4. Engraving. The representative works of Chu carving art, such as the magical Tiger Basin Flying Phoenix, the strange "Town Tomb Beast" carving, the light and graceful shape of the Tiger Seat Phoenix Drum, various forms of carved seat screens, realistic wood carving deer, abstract wood carving to ward off evil spirits and snake bottles, lacquer boxes of various state images, etc., represent the achievements of Chu carving art, as well as some aesthetic consciousness shown by Chu people when using the art form of carving. <>