Is there a Xia Dynasty in China?

According to historical documents, the Xia Dynasty definitely existed in Chinese history, but there are no actual relics, writings, etc. unearthed, which is why the Xia Dynasty has been unrecognized by many people and greatly debated.

The Xia Dynasty was the first hereditary dynasty recorded in Chinese history books. It is generally believed that the Xia Dynasty **** passed fourteen generations, seventeen after (Xia Dynasty rulers in the reign of the "after", after the death of the "emperor"), continued for about 471 years, for the Shang Dynasty was destroyed. Later generations often referred to themselves as "Huaxia", making it synonymous with China.

According to historical records, the Xia Dynasty began with Dayu, and lasted 471 years. According to the Zhouli, Shangshu, Mengzi and other documents, the main events in the history of the Xia Dynasty include a very few major events such as Dayu's water control, the hereditary Ziqi, Taikang's loss of statehood, Shaokang's rise to power, and Tyrannical Jie's demise.

The artifacts of the Xia period include a certain number of bronze and jade ritual objects, dating from around the late Neolithic and early Bronze Ages. There are more records of the Xia Dynasty in traditional Chinese literature. Many Chinese and foreign historians believe that the whole period or the first and second phases of the Pouring Place (the site of the summer capital Erlitou in Yanshi, Luoyang, Henan Province) are the remains of the capital city of the Xia Dynasty.

Expanded Information

According to historical records, Yu passed on his throne to his son Qi, changing the primitive tribal system of cedation, and creating a precedent of hereditary succession in China for nearly 4,000 years. Therefore, the "family world" in Chinese history began with the establishment of the Xia Dynasty. The eleven Si tribes of the Xia tribe had a patriarchal relationship with the central royal family of the Xia Hou clan in terms of bloodline, political feudalism, and economic tribute, which roughly constituted the core territorial scope of the Xia dynasty.

Xia began in the west in the western part of Henan Province and the southern part of Shanxi Province, and extended in the east to the junction of Henan Province, Shandong Province and Hebei Province, and in the south to the northern part of Hubei Province and in the north to the southern part of Hebei Province. The geographic center of this region was the area around Yanshi, Dengfeng, Xinmi, and Yuzhou in present-day Henan Province.

Zhang Shoujie of the Tang Dynasty believed that "Xia" was named after Dayu, who was appointed as "Xia Bo" in Yangzhai. "Xia" is the name of a tribe that evolved from the name of a place, "Daxia", and then became the name of a country, which is considered by many historians to be the beginning of the hereditary dynasties in China.

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