According to historical records, Yu was originally passed on to Yi, but Yi gave way to Yu's son Qi. This period of history is regarded as the beginning of "home on earth" in the history of China. Since the establishment of the Xia Dynasty. Eleven tribes in Xia Dynasty and the central royal family in Xia Houshi were linked by blood, political enfeoffment and economic tribute, which roughly constituted the core territory of Xia Dynasty.

Summer begins in the west of Henan Province and the south of Shanxi Province, east to the junction of Henan Province, Shandong Province and Hebei Province, south to the north of Hubei Province and north to the south of Hebei Province. The geographical centers of this area are Yanshi, Dengfeng, Xinmi and Yuzhou in Henan Province.

Through the study of the dynastic history of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and the tracing project of Chinese civilization, the social picture of Zhixia Shang period from 2500 BC to 1500 BC is preliminarily outlined. Six large-scale and high-grade central capitals of Xia Dynasty, including Yangcheng, Du Yu (now Wang Chenggang site in Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan Province), have been included in the research focus.