According to the Paleolithic Age, the Xihoudu human site is about 6.5438+0.8 million years ago, and the discovery of Dingcun people advanced the human activities in northern China by 50,000 years to 6.5438+0.8 million years. Taosi site is the capital of Emperor Yao, and it is also the place where the word China first appeared.
From ancient times to the present, the first thing human beings need to look for is water. Shanxi has a strong Yellow River culture, and the Yellow River is our mother river. Many historic buildings gather in Shanxi. With the progress of society and the development of the times, Shanxi has formed the characteristics of both ancient and modern. Shanxi's well-preserved buildings before the Song and Jin Dynasties account for more than 70%, and 165438+ is a national key protected cultural relic. China monarchs attached great importance to Shanxi and built a large number of military strongholds, including Pingxing Pass, Yanmenguan Pass, Niangziguan Pass and Pianguan Pass. Even the only Great Wall of the Song Dynasty in China is located in Shanxi.
The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the most active period in Shanxi. During the five hundred years of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi merchants really made China's ancient finance famous at home and abroad. As a gathering place of Shanxi merchants, there is a street in Taigu County, Shanxi Province, which was called "China Wall Street" at that time, showing the glory of Shanxi merchants in that year.
Shanxi witnessed the development of China for 5,000 years, and also played an important role in this historical stage. Although Shanxi is not very rich today, its ancient China cultural relics and buildings are telling the long history of China thousands of years later.