How did the name China come about?

According to historical records and existing archaeological relics, the name "China" existed about 3,000 years ago. According to the cultural relics of the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in 1983, it is recorded that "Yu Qi Mansion is in the middle or". According to experts, "Zhongor" is China.

The so-called "in" means "to live in the world"; The so-called "country" means "city" in ancient times. The name "China" had different meanings in ancient times. Some refer to Jingshi as China; Some refer to the capital of the emperor as China; Some refer to the region where the Chinese and Han ethnic groups are located as China; Some also refer to the country founded by the Chinese people in China in the Yellow River Basin, thinking that the Yellow River Basin is in the world, so it is called "China".

In ancient times, "China" and the words "Huaxia", "Zhongtu", "Central Plains", "Zhongxia", "Kyushu", "Shenzhou" and "Zhonghua" recorded in historical books have the same meaning, and they are all common names of the people of Chinese for their great motherland. Since the Qin Dynasty, the meaning of the name "China" has referred to the entire territory of the territory shared by the people of all ethnic groups in China. "Historical Records: The Book of Heavenly Officials" says:

Later, Qin then annihilated the Six Kingdoms with his troops and annexed China". "Hanshu Lu Jia Biography" said: "The emperor (referring to Liu Bang) is abundant, fights against Qin, punishes Xinjiang and Chu, promotes the benefit of the world and eliminates harm, follows the cause of the five emperors and three kings, dominates the world, and governs China."

There are hundreds of millions of people in China, thousands of miles of places, the cream of the world, the people and cars, all things are rich, the government is one family, and there is no one since the analysis of heaven and earth." Since the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949, the name "China" has referred to the big family of 56 ethnic groups and the entire territory of 9.6 million square kilometers.

The first meaning of China is, the country of the Central Plains, the country of **, and the English of China is the middle kingdom. . . The meaning of the country in the middle.

We are now the People's Republic of China, or China for short. The meaning is different now than it was in ancient times.

The People's Republic of China" is referred to as China.

YesKang YouweiName China China. According to the available data, Kang Youwei was the first to propose "New China". Strictly speaking, "China" in ancient times was an adjective, not a proper noun.

Of course, "China" in history is not equal to the scope of "China" today. None of the ancient dynasties of China took "China" as the official name of the country. The country name of the Han Dynasty was "Han", and the country name of the Tang Dynasty was Tang.

Explanation of Chinese origins

Chinese civilization. That is, Chinese history, originated in the ancient era of China, that is, the legendary era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, with a history of more than 5,000 to 10,000 years, of which the history of 9,000 years ago can also be attributed to the ancient times.

From the original meaning of Chinese characters and the original character of the country, it can be inferred that the meaning and composition of the primitive state are not complicated, and the primitive state refers to the regional community of human destiny composed of the population defended by the armed army.

Other factors that constitute a state, such as the political center and political core and the characteristics of the national name, the location of the national capital, the size of the population and the composition of tribes and nationalities, the size of national borders and even territories, the amount of wealth, and the level of social development.

The name "China" was not given by a single person, but was derived from the self-proclaimed name of the Chinese people

The ancient Chinese people believed that the Chinese people were located in the middle of the world, plus the four ethnic minorities such as Dongyi, Xidi, Nanman, and Beirong. It constitutes the world in the consciousness of the ancient Chinese. This worldview has long existed in Chinese culture and Chinese thought.

Therefore, the ancients formed such a world view - the sky is round and the earth is round. China is in the middle, and other tribal peoples such as Dongyi, Nanman, Xidi, and Beirong live in the four directions.

The term "Chinese" was first found in the bronze inscription "He Zun" in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, referring to Luoyang, the center of the world at that time, and at the same time appearing as "Huaxia", "Zhonghua", "Zhongxia", "Central Plains", "Zhuxia", "Zhuhua", "Shenzhou", "Kyushu", "Hainai" and so on.

The Chinese Nation and Chinese Civilization:

China, with Chinese civilization as its source and Chinese culture as its foundation, is one of the countries with the longest history in the world. The Chinese people of all nationalities have jointly created a splendid culture and have a glorious revolutionary tradition. China is a multi-ethnic country with the Han nationality as the main ethnic group, with the common Chinese language and Chinese characters, and the Han nationality and ethnic minorities are collectively referred to as the "Chinese nation", and they also call themselves "the descendants of Yan and Huang" and "the descendants of the dragon".

China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world. Around 5,800 years ago, the Yellow River, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the West Liao River showed signs of civilization origin. Around 5,300 years ago, various regions of China entered the stage of civilization one after another.

Around 3,800 years ago, a more mature civilization was formed in the Central Plains, and cultural influence was radiated to the four directions. Later, it went through many ethnic blends and dynastic changes, until the formation of a multi-ethnic state of great unification.

The word "China" was first seen in the inscription of the bronze "He Zun" in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, "Yu Qi Zhai Zi China, since the people" refers to Luoyang, the center of the world at that time, and at the same time appeared as "Huaxia", "Zhonghua", "Zhongxia", "Central Plains", "Zhuxia", "Zhuhua", "Shenzhou", "Kyushu", "Hainei" and so on.

China originally meant "the country of **". Zhou Dynasty.

At that time, people would refer to the capital as "Guo" and other places as "Ye", so the earliest time China referred to the Zhou Dynasty.

The capital area of the vassal states can also be called "China", so there are ancient sayings handed down, such as Mencius.

It is recorded that the words of the King of Qi are "I want China and grant Mencius the room", and Zhuangzi also records that "the gentleman of China knows the etiquette and knows the hearts of the people".

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the scope of "China" changed, but it referred to the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is what we call "Central Plains" and "Huaxia". At that time, the words "China" became synonymous with "Kyushu", "Huaxia", and "Zhuxia".

Since then, Chinese culture has been spreading continuously until the Warring States Period.

Chu, Yan, Qi and other countries were integrated into the Chinese group, and then continued to expand, and the surrounding ethnic groups were constantly annexed, until after the unification of the Qin and Han dynasties, the scope of "China" became the Yangtze River and Yellow River basin except for the land of Baiyue and the southwest Yi.

After the Han Dynasty, "China" became synonymous with orthodox dynasties, such as in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The Southern Dynasties all claimed to be China, but there were still many people who compared "China" with "Central Plains".

It was not until the unification of the Sui and Tang dynasties that the meaning of the word "China" was changed from "Central Plains" to the interior of the entire ** dynasty, that is, the area of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Pearl River basin. However, although the Tang Dynasty was also called "China", in terms of diplomacy, the Tang Dynasty still called itself the Tang Dynasty and did not use "China" as the country name.

It was not until the Qing Dynasty that "China" first appeared in the diplomatic arena, when in 1689, when the Qing Dynasty and Russia negotiated the Treaty of Nebuchu

At that time, the name of the country was "China". The subsequent treaties were all named "China", which means that by this time China had become the collective name of the entire East Asian continent.

Later, when we founded New China, it was also the beginning of the first country to take "China" as its official name.