Is Henan a barbarian? Why,

Definitely not. In feudal times, Henan was the economic and agricultural center of China and the birthplace of China. The Yellow River is the mother river of China, and a long river basin is in Henan. Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Anyang and Xuchang. Are you familiar with these places? How can you say that Henan is a barbarian? Mountain Classic, the earliest existing geographical work in China, shows that the one-point square structure was founded more than two thousand years ago. In this book, "The World" is divided into five parts centering on the Central Plains.

In Historical Records of Xia Benji, several equidistant grades are carefully depicted, which are centered on the "country of the son of heaven" in the Central Plains, and then extend to the southeast, 300 miles and 200 miles respectively.

Starting from this concept, all previous regimes were based on the Han culture in the Central Plains and called the surrounding areas "barbarians".

Geographical Identity of China Ancient Dynasty orthodoxy