Chinese civilization has lasted for five thousand years, which is just a traditional saying. In fact, Chinese civilization is more than five thousand years old. Generally speaking, these five thousand years are counted from the time when Dayu was in charge of water conservancy.

It is more than 4200 years ago, but the theory of 5000 years of civilization has long existed. With the academic level at that time, it is impossible to make a clear textual research, but we can only roughly explain why China has a history of 5,000 years.

Generally speaking, the history of civilization is marked by cities, bronzes and characters. As far as writing is concerned, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is generally regarded as the oldest writing, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions estimated that it was about 3,000 years ago. 1986, archaeologists discovered bone carving characters of the Yellow Emperor era in Shaanxi, which experts believe is the oldest writing in China.

1979, archaeologists discovered an ancient city and an altar more than 6000 years ago in Chengtoushan site, Hunan province. The civilization degree of Hemudu site about 7000 years ago also strongly proves that the civilization history of China is more than 5000 years.

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The history of China refers to the history of China from the emergence of Chinese civilization to the present. China has a long history, which is about 5,000 years from the period of Xuanyuan (also known as Gongsun Xuanyuan), the tribe of the Yellow Emperor. It is about 4600 years since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. About 4 100 years since Xia dynasty; It is about 2240 years since the first unified centralized Qin Dynasty in China.

China has experienced many regime changes and dynasty changes. It was once the most powerful country in the world and attracted worldwide attention in economy, culture, science and technology.

In prehistoric times, Emperor Yanhuang of China was honored as the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation.