How many years of civilization does China have?

The traditional 5000-year history began with Dayu's flood control, and the current textual research is about 2200 BC. 4200 years ago.

Recently, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties dating project has achieved breakthrough results. Experts have published the chronology of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and determined that the beginning year of Xia Dynasty was about 2070 BC. The Yellow Emperor lived for about 1000 years in summer. In this way, it started from the Yellow Belt and has a history of five thousand years.

Generally speaking, the history of civilization is marked by cities, bronzes and characters. Archaeologists discovered an ancient city site belonging to the era of the Yellow Emperor in Huaiyang, Henan Province-Pingliangtai ancient city site, where bronzes and characters symbolizing civilization were found. As far as writing is concerned, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is generally regarded as the oldest writing, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions estimated that it was about 3,000 years ago.

1986, archaeologists discovered bone carving characters of the Yellow Emperor era in Shaanxi, which experts believe is the oldest writing in China. Scientists also found that the middle and late Dabokou culture in Shandong Province? Quot "Wen Tao" is in the same strain as Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. It is estimated that "Wen Tao" was about 5,000 years ago. 1993 in may, archaeologists discovered another kind of "Wen Tao" in the ruins of an ancient city, which was quite different from Oracle Bone Inscriptions. "Wen Tao" is carved on a piece of pottery, and 1 1 buildings are arranged in five rows.

The first line is 3 Yu, and all the other lines are 2 characters, with uniform text size and slender strokes. Wen Tao is also close to 5,000 years ago. Experts also found the river map and Luo Shu. The river map is engraved with a natural number arrangement diagram of one to ten, and Luoshu is engraved with a natural number arrangement diagram of one to nine. These figures were carved on tortoise shells about five or six thousand years ago, which is called "Heluo culture". Some people call it the source of China culture.

Our great motherland has a long history. According to the ancient tradition, from the legendary Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), it has a history of about 4,000 years, which is usually called "five thousand years up and down".

In the 5,000-year history, there are many touching and meaningful stories. Many of them are recorded in writing. As for the ancient situation five thousand years ago, there is no written record, but some myths and legends are circulating.

Where did our ancestors come from? In ancient times, there was a myth that Pangu opened heaven and earth. It says that before the heavens and the earth opened, the universe was just a mass of chaotic gas, and there was no light or sound in it. At this time, a Pangu appeared and split the chaos with a big axe. Light gas rises to the surface and becomes the sky; Heavy gas sinks and becomes the ground.

From then on, the sky was ten feet high, the ground was ten feet thick, and Pangu himself was ten feet high. In this way, after 18,000 years, the sky will be high and the ground will be thick, and Pangu has certainly become a giant with indomitable spirit. Later, when Pangu died, all parts of his body became the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, vegetation and so on.