Xinzheng County of Zhengzhou City is the capital of the Yellow Emperor. Dayu is divided into Kyushu, and now most of Henan Province is Yuzhou. Today's excavation of Erlitougong site in Yanshi County and Yinxu site in Anyang proves that Henan was the heart of the dynasty in the distant Xia and Shang Dynasties.
Kyushu and Yuzhou in Gong Yu are in the so-called world. The Zhou Dynasty was established, and Zhou built Luoyang to monitor the Central Plains. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang. Luoyang was the capital of Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin Dynasties, Western Jin Dynasty and Northern Wei Dynasty. Luoyang is the capital of Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was extended to the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty and moved to Kaifeng. With a complete second staircase, Sanmenxia, Luoyang and Kaifeng were the prominent parts to control the eastern countries, and a province was set up in northern Henan. The outline of modern Henan began to appear, and the geographical scope of Henan Province in Ming and Qing Dynasties basically coincided with modern times.
Throughout the 5,000-year history, Henan's prosperity benefits from its central geographical location. Fan Ju once said to the King of Qin: "Today, husband, Han, Wei and China are the axes of the world. If the king wants to dominate, he must first kiss China, thinking that the world is the pivot, so as to make Chu and Zhao strong. " If Qin wins Korea and Wei, it will be difficult to reverse the defeat of the eastern countries. If the three centers of gravity in the history of China, Guanzhong, Youyan and Jiangnan, are connected into a triangle, then the geographical position of Henan, especially Luoyang and Kaifeng, is roughly in the center of the triangle.
Zhang Heng also pointed out in "Tokyo Fu" that "he lives in a small house, but it is not as big as a house", which vividly shows the advantage of flat terrain in Luoyang, Tokyo in the world. From Henan in the east, Yanjin in the north, Qinlong in the west, Jingchu in the south, Qilu in the east and Jianghuai in the southeast, the distance is close and the traffic conditions are superior.
Yang Di dug the Grand Canal, taking Luoyang and Guanzhong behind it as the apex of the Grand Canal Triangle, connecting Zhuo Jun in the north and wuyue in the south, connecting the core area of Guanlong nobles with the former residences of Beiqi and Chen Nan, ending the 300-year-long history of the North-South partition from the Three Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and effectively strengthening the rule. Later extended to the Tang and Song Dynasties. Henan made full use of the advantages of grain transportation and was the core of the empire for 600 years. The Grand Canal in Sui and Tang Dynasties and Chang 'an, Luoyang and Kaifeng.
The decline of Henan is partly due to its geographical position in the world. Northern Henan, eastern Henan and southern Henan are safe and defensible, and they are the great plains of Ma Pingchuan. The western regions are facing the Qin-Sai region, which has the advantage of terrain. It has always been the Guanzhong military group that sent troops to Henan. Therefore, in the past dynasties, once the world changed, Henan was bound to become a battleground.
Finally, I want to talk about regional blackness and map cannon. It is true that Henan has a large population and is also a major labor export province in China. Migrant workers are mostly engaged in lower-level jobs in various industries and suffer more discrimination and misunderstanding. Of course, there are many criminals, but is it possible to label Henan people because of individual cases and malicious marketing of individual websites? No matter they are from Henan, Northeast, Shanghai and Guangdong, most of them are good in nature, and a few bad people can't discredit the image of this group.