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How long is the history of China?
The history from birth to now is about 5000 years. China has a long history, about 5,000 years from Ji Xuanyuan (also known as Gongsun Xuanyuan) of the Yellow Emperor Dynasty. 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.

It is generally believed that Chinese civilization has two direct sources, namely, the Yellow River civilization and the Yangtze River civilization. Chinese civilization is mainly the result of the exchange and sublimation of these two regional civilizations.

Some historians believe that in the history of human civilization, the definition of "historical era" is calculated from the time when words were produced, and the previous period is called "prehistoric era". Prehistoric times: there were Chao, Sui, Fu, Shennong (Emperor Yan) and Huangdi (Xuanyuan)? Be honored as the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation.