What are the ancient capitals of China and where are they?

The six ancient capitals of China: Xi 'an, Nanjing, Beijing, Luoyang, Kaifeng and Hangzhou.

1. Xi' an, known as Chang' an and Haojing in ancient times, is the capital of Shaanxi, a sub-provincial city, the core city of Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, the starting point city of the Silk Road, the core area of the Belt and Road Initiative, an important central city in western China, and an important national scientific research, education and industrial base. Xi 'an is one of the four ancient capitals in China, a "world historic city" determined by UNESCO in 1981, and one of the top ten ancient capitals in the world selected by American media.

2. Nanjing, referred to as "Ning" for short and called Jinling and Jiankang in ancient times, is the capital of Jiangsu, a sub-provincial city and the core city of Nanjing metropolitan area. It is an important central city in the eastern part of China, an important scientific research and education base and a comprehensive transportation hub approved by the State Council.

3. Beijing is located in the north of North China Plain, backed by Yanshan Mountain, and adjacent to Tianjin and Hebei Province. The climate in Beijing is a typical semi-humid continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone.

Beijing is one of the first national historical and cultural cities and the city with the largest number of world cultural heritages in the world. The history of more than 3, years has given birth to the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Badaling Great Wall, the Summer Palace and many other places of interest. As early as 7, years ago, the primitive tribe "Beijingers" appeared in Zhoukoudian, Beijing.

4. Luoyang, known in ancient times as Zhenti, Xibo, Luoyi, Luoyang, Luojing, Jingluo, Shendu and Luocheng, is located in the west of Henan Province and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is named after being located in the Yang of the Luohe River. It is one of the first national historical and cultural cities in the State Council, one of the four ancient capitals in China and a world cultural city.

5. Kaifeng, formerly known as Laoqiu, Daliang, Chenliu, Bianzhou, Tokyo, Bianjing and Bianliang, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, located in the central and eastern part of Henan Province, adjacent to Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, in the west, Shangqiu in the east, Xuchang and Zhoukou in the south and the Yellow River in the north.

Kaifeng is the first batch of national historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council, and one of the five ancient capitals of China. By the end of 217, Kaifeng had a total area of 6,266 square kilometers, governed by five municipal districts and four counties, and had a resident population of 4,549,3.

6. Hangzhou has a history of more than 2,2 years since the establishment of the county government in the Qin Dynasty. It was once the capital of Wu Yueguo and the Southern Song Dynasty. Because of its beautiful scenery, it is known as "paradise on earth". Thanks to the convenience of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and trading ports, as well as its own developed silk and grain industries, Hangzhou was once an important commercial distribution center in history.

later, relying on the opening of Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and other railway lines and the promotion of Shanghai's import and export trade, light industry developed rapidly. Since the new century, driven by high-tech enterprises such as Alibaba, Internet economy has become a new economic growth point in Hangzhou. Extended information

In the early Zhou Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, it was called two capitals, and later it was deeply rooted in people's hearts through the spread of "Two Capitals Fu" and "Two Capitals Fu", that is, Luoyang in the east and Chang 'an in Xijing. The two northern and southern Beijing in Ming Dynasty were Yingtianfu in Nanjing and Shuntianfu in Beijing.

according to the length of the capital, traditional historiography has only four ancient capitals in China: Xi' an, Nanjing, Luoyang and Beijing. In the 192s, the academic circles called it "the five ancient capitals of China", which are Xi' an, Nanjing, Luoyang, Beijing and Kaifeng.

in 193s, Hangzhou was added as one of the "six ancient capitals", but it was not accepted by the public. In 1983, Chen Qiaoyi listed Hangzhou as an ancient capital in his book Six Ancient Capitals in China. Since then, the six ancient capitals have been accepted by the public: Xi 'an, Nanjing, Beijing, Luoyang, Kaifeng and Hangzhou.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ancient Capital