What is "China"? China, an ancient civilization, has other beautiful names.

China ",now the abbreviation of" People's Republic of China (PRC) ",is a proper noun. In ancient times, there were two meanings: one was the capital city, and the other was the Central Plains where Huaxia and Han people lived. Chinese people and Han people mostly live in the north and south of the Yellow River. They call their land "Huaxia", which has the same meaning as "Middle Earth", "Central Plains", "Zhongzhou" and "Huaxia". Later, the areas under the jurisdiction of the Huaxia and Han nationalities, including those not belonging to the Yellow River Basin, were called "China". It wasn't until the middle of19th century that the word "China" began to refer exclusively to the whole territory of our country and was no longer used for other purposes.

China, with its ancient civilization, has many other beautiful names.

Huaxia: the earliest pronoun in China. "coronation of Chinese clothes, the summer of a big country." It shows that China is famous for its vast territory, prosperous culture and civilization in history.

English: This is the most common and commonly used name for "China". The formation of this word is closely related to such words as "China" and "Huaxia". After Qin Shihuang unified China, a unified multi-ethnic country was formed, with China as the main body. By the Han Dynasty, Huaxia was gradually called the Han nationality, and later all ethnic groups (including the Han nationality and ethnic minorities) in our multi-ethnic country were called the Chinese nation.

In addition to the above appellations, China also includes Kyushu, Qin, Chixian Shenzhou, Yucheng, Tangshan, Wu, Aurora and Sereser (this is the appellation for China in ancient Greece and Rome, which means the country of silk, because China was very early.