Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional culture - One China, two cultural birthplaces, three national quintessence, four inventions, five projects, six ancient capitals and seven famous ones. ...

One China, two cultural birthplaces, three national quintessence, four inventions, five projects, six ancient capitals and seven famous ones. ...

A China: tragic, great and long.

Two cultural cradles: the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin.

Three national quintessences: Chinese medicine, Beijing opera and Chinese painting.

Four great inventions: papermaking, compass, gunpowder and printing.

Five major projects: Wan Li Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors, Dujiangyan, Lingqu and Grand Canal.

The six ancient capitals include: Beijing (Beiping), Nanjing (Jinling), Xi 'an (Chang 'an), Luoyang (Luoyi), Kaifeng (Bianliang) and Hangzhou (Lin 'an).

Seven famous dynasties: Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing.

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China, with Chinese civilization as its source and Chinese culture as its foundation, is one of the countries with the longest history in the world. People of all ethnic groups in China have created splendid cultures and glorious revolutionary traditions. China is a multi-ethnic country with the Han nationality as the main body. Commonly used Chinese and Chinese characters. Han nationality and ethnic minorities are collectively referred to as "Chinese nation", and they also call themselves "descendants of the Chinese people" and "descendants of dragons".

China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world. About 5800 years ago, there were signs of the origin of civilization in the Yellow River, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the West Liaohe River. Around 5300, various regions of China entered the stage of civilization one after another; Around 3800, the Central Plains region formed a relatively mature form of civilization, and radiated cultural influence in all directions.

After many times of ethnic blending and dynasty alternation, the unified situation of multi-ethnic countries was finally formed. After the Revolution of 1911 in the early 20th century, the feudal monarchy was abolished and bourgeois democracy was established. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Chinese mainland established a socialist system of people's democratic dictatorship.