This sentence comes from Confucius' Spring and Autumn Zuozhuan Justice: "China has a big gift, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of service seal, which is called China. " It is an expression of the word "Huaxia".
China and Xia used to be common, and these two words are synonyms. It is summer in China. China is also called midsummer. For example, ten years after Zuo Zhuan was written, Confucius said, "Don't seek summer, don't mess with China." The "Hua" here is also "Xia". Confucius regarded "Xia" and "Hua" as synonyms. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "Hua" occupies a high position. About the Spring and Autumn Period, China ancient books began to use "Hua" and "Xia" together, collectively referred to as "Huaxia".
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Huaxia civilization, also known as Han civilization, is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and one of the longest-lasting civilizations in the world. It is generally believed that the direct source of Chinese civilization is the Yellow River civilization and the Yangtze River civilization, and Chinese civilization is the fruit of the exchange, integration and sublimation of these two regional civilizations.
The representatives of Yellow River civilization are Dadiwan culture, Peiligang culture, Yangshao culture, Longshan culture and Hongshan Culture in the southeast. Zhou inherited the civilization of Yin and Shang dynasties from Yin rites.
Traditionally, it is believed that the agricultural civilization produced in the Yellow River Basin has been influenced by natural and geographical factors in the historical period, and has been constantly transitioning and developing to the agricultural civilization in the Yangtze River Basin. The agricultural civilization in the Yangtze River basin is the inheritance and development of the agricultural civilization in the Yellow River basin. Early agriculture in the Yellow River basin was mainly to grow millet, while agriculture in the Yangtze River basin was mainly to grow rice.
There is a transition zone between the agricultural civilization area in the Yellow River valley and the nomadic civilization area in the northern grassland, which is also the later nomadic and agricultural nation. In the main competitive areas, agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization have been in direct communication and integration.
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