What was the name of Henan Province before?
Henan Province, referred to as "Yu" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC). Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, is located in the middle of China. With Henan as the boundary, it is 3123'-36 22' north latitude and110 21'-16 39' east.
The topography of Henan province is north-south, connecting east and west, with high topography in the west and low topography in the east, which is composed of plains and basins, mountains, hills and water surfaces. There are four major water systems: Duhai River, Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River.
Most of Henan Province is located in the warm temperate zone, and the south is subtropical, which belongs to the continental monsoon climate of transition from the north subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone. Henan is located at the junction of coastal open areas and central and western regions, which is the middle zone of China's economic development from east to west.
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The Central Plains, also known as Middle Earth, Zhongzhou and Huaxia, refers to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River with Luoyang to Kaifeng as the center. In a narrow sense, it refers to today's Henan Province. Corresponding to foreign countries, the Central Plains also refers to China.
Zhongzhou, an ancient name of Henan, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the mother river of Wan Li, in the central and eastern part of China, with Taihang Mountain, Funiu Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain stretching for thousands of miles to the east. The magnificent mountains and rivers have a long history and are the main birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation.
Middle-earth refers to the Central Han Dynasty or the Central Plains Dynasty, also known as the Central Plains, China, Midsummer, China and Zhu Hua. Ancient refers to the Central Plains, the birthplace of Chinese nation and civilization, and the regional concept centered on the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, which means in the whole country and in the world.
According to the concepts of astronomy, geography and feng shui, the ancestors of the Chinese nation believed that Dengfeng, Henan, located at the foot of Songshan Mountain in Zhongyue, was in the center of the world.
Yuzhou, the ancient geographical name of China, refers to one of Kyushu described in Gong Yu. Because it is located in Kyushu, it is also called Zhongzhou. Today, most of Henan Province belongs to Yuzhou, so it is called "Yu" for short.
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