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Henan ancient capital of ten dynasties
The capital of eighteen dynasties was Henan. Henan is the ancient capital of Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Hou Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Wei, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, Northern Song and Jin (later period). There are mainly the following types:

1, Luoyang: Since the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in China, thirteen dynasties, namely Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Later Tang and Later Jin, have established their capitals here. It is the capital with the earliest capital, the most dynasties and the longest history in China.

2. Kaifeng: During the Warring States Period, the capitals of Wei, Hou Jin, Hou Han, Hou Zhou, Northern Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty were all located here.

3. Anyang: the capital of the late Yin and Shang Dynasties.

4. Zhengzhou: the capital of the middle Yin and Shang Dynasties.

Historical and cultural characteristics of Henan;

1 has a long history and is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization.

Henan has a long history. 500,000-600,000 years ago in the early Paleolithic period, Nanzhao ape-man began to live in Henan. After entering the Neolithic Age, a large number of cultural sites such as Peiligang, Yangshao and Longshan were discovered in Henan, which proved that in the matriarchal and paternal social stages of primitive society, Henan people were already in the leading position in the creation of stone tools and pottery.

2. A profound and colorful culture.

The long history has brought rich and colorful cultural resources to Henan. There are many famous cultural cities among them. In history, more than 20 dynasties built or moved the capital to Henan, making Henan a province with famous historical and cultural cities. Cultural relics are everywhere. The current statistical results show that Henan's above-ground cultural relics rank second in the country after Shaanxi, while its underground cultural relics rank first in the country.

3. There are ups and downs, and there are obvious differences before and after.

With the development of Henan's history and culture, we can find that there are obvious differences before and after it. That is to say, before the Northern Song Dynasty, Henan's history and culture developed and prospered around the beginning of 12 century. /kloc-After the 20th century, with the decline of Henan's political status, it entered a period of decline in its historical and cultural development.

12 century ago, China experienced three stages of development: primitive society, slave society and feudal society. Since the establishment of the slave country in the Xia Dynasty, it has experienced several dynasties 10, such as Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and Northern Zhu.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Henan