Zhongyuan
centered in Henan province, geographic region in China, usually covering the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhongyuan (Chinese: 中原) or the Central Plains are plains in the middle of China. It is southwest of Beijing. The Yellow River goes through it. It is where Chinese civilization originated from.
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Zhongyuan
中原 Central Plain | |
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Country | China |
Province | Henan |
Major Cities | Zhengzhou Luoyang Kaifeng Xinxiang |
Population | |
• Metro | ~24,170,000 |
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It is part of the North China Plain.
Since the beginning of recorded history, the Central Plain had central importance to the Middle Kingdom (China 中国).
It was considered the “Center of the World”. It was the capital of the Xia dynasty. The earliest Chinese writing, the Jiahu symbols and Jiagu writing came from here.
Zhongyuan is sometimes used to refer to all of Chinese civilization.