The word "China" was first found in the "he Zun" unearthed 3000 years ago in Jijia village, Shaanxi Province. The inscription reads: "only the king of Wu conquered Dayi merchants, so he moved to the world and said that he would stay in China and resign from the people...". I sorted out why our motherland is called China. Welcome to learn from it.
Why is our motherland called China
In Chinese history, China and Huaxia are just general terms of regional civilization. Because each dynasty has its own country name, the word China has not been used to represent the name of the country or government. Until the success of the modern revolution of 1911 and the establishment of the name of the Republic of China, it was widely referred to as China.
"Is it the king's land under the whole world? The sky is round and the place in Zhongzhou is the most.". Why did our ancestors establish their country here? Is there any evidence that this is the center of the earth?
1 explain it in day time
As we all know, spring, summer, autumn and winter are also known as the four seasons. Warm spring, hot summer, cool autumn and cold winter are natural. This cold, hot, warm and cool is just in line with the biological characteristics of all things, such as spring, summer, autumn harvest and winter storage. In the view of ancestors, yin and yang are both yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang represent heaven and earth. The four elephants are Shaoyin, Shaoyang, Taiyin and sun. In terms of seasons, Shaoyin dominates autumn, Taiyin dominates winter, Shaoyang dominates spring and the sun dominates summer. The four seasons also include the six Qi of wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire, which are closely related to the seasonal changes and the five elements.
Without the four seasons, how can we make the earth beautiful? Without the change of six Qi, how to breed all things? Therefore, when it is warm, when it is hot, when it is cold, when it is cold, when it is cold, those who can get the four seasons and six Qi cover are the days. When you get heaven, you will be a treasure. Therefore, ancestors believe that the most obvious place in the four seasons of the year is the center of the earth. Xingbang here is China.
2 explain with land benefit
To specify the orientation, the coordinates are preferred. The choice of coordinates must be convincing. If I say that China is located in the center of the earth, other countries will also compete for it. Old friends don't count. We need nature to speak.
Lu Xun said: "the root of Chinese culture lies in Taoism". Taoism is the source of oriental scientific wisdom, and the core thought of Taoism; It is inseparable from Yin Yang and five elements. Yin and yang are the key and the five elements are the goal. All things occur, develop, change and die in the unity of opposites of yin and Yang, the transformation of growth and decline, and the birth of the five elements. Gold, wood, water, fire and earth in the five elements correspond to the East, West, north, South and middle; The corresponding human body is the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, and the corresponding climate is the damp, dry and cold of the wind Department.
As mentioned above, whoever says that his country is in the center of the earth does not count. It should be proved by the nature of heaven and earth. China is in the middle of the earth.
What is the evidence? The "wind" in nature, please look, what wind blows in spring? East wind, yes, east wind sends warmth and WanMu recovers. The east wind blows in spring, so where does the wind come from the east? The west, yes, it's the West. Assuming that the Heluo area in central Henan is the center of the earth, let's continue to see whether the east wind blowing from the East China Sea is blowing towards Henan? The answer is yes.
What about summer? What wind do you like to blow in summer? South wind, yes, summer is a hot day, and it is also the time when everything grows most luxuriantly. The summer wind blows from Guangdong to the north. Does it also blow towards Henan? Next, let's look at autumn. As we all know, the autumn wind blows and thousands of trees wither. The autumn wind blows from the west to the East. Does it also blow to the Central Plains?
Finally, it's winter. What's the wind in winter? North wind, yes, it's cold in winter, frozen in the ground and cold in the sky. Everything goes into dormancy. In winter, the wind blows from the north, from Mongolia to the south, still towards Henan. The wind of the four seasons blows from the East, West, north, South and all directions, all towards the Central Plains. I don't know if there are other countries like this, but at least it can be proved that our ancestors were bred in such a geomantic treasure land. They have lived and multiplied on this land for generations. This place is China.