The Central Plains, also known as Middle Earth, Zhongzhou and Huaxia, refers to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River with Luoyang to Kaifeng as the center. In a narrow sense, it refers to today's Henan Province. Corresponding to foreign countries, the Central Plains also refers to China.
The Central Plains originally meant "Yuan Ye in the world", which is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and Huaxia civilization, the cradle of the Chinese nation and regarded as the center of the world.
With the great integration of the Chinese nation and the expansion of the Central Plains civilization, the Central Plains region gradually spread outward, expanding the communication between the Han nationality and all ethnic groups with the Central Plains culture as the core. The reason why the Chinese nation with relatively advanced culture is called China is because it is different from overflowing.
Scope: The north, west and south of the Central Plains are surrounded by Taihang Mountain, Funiu Mountain, Xiong 'er Mountain, Waifangshan Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain. Central and eastern China is the endless North China Plain, and the Yellow River, known as the cradle of the Chinese nation, passes through it from west to east. The mainstream of Huaihe River system and Haihe River system and Danjiang River, a tributary of Yangtze River system, also flow here. The Central Plains has been a throat area since ancient times and is regarded as "the hub of China and the world".
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The birthplace of the five major civilizations:
1, ancient Babylon
Babylonia-birthplace: two river basins in West Asia, which gave birth to the whole Arab civilization.
2. Ancient India
Ancient India-birthplace: Indus Valley in South Asia, which gave birth to the whole South Asian civilization.
3. Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece-influenced by the two river basins and ancient Egyptian civilization, originated in the Aegean Islands in southern Europe and gave birth to the whole European civilization.
4. China
China-birthplace: the Yellow River Basin in East Asia, which gave birth to the whole East Asian civilization.
5. Ancient India
Ancient India-birthplace: Indus Valley in South Asia, which gave birth to the whole South Asian civilization.