What are the six ancient capitals?
Beijing 1
Beijing is the capital of our great motherland and a world-famous historical city. As a city, its long cultural history and rich ancient cultural heritage are unmatched by any other city in the world. Beijing has always been called an ideal capital surrounded by mountains and rivers by feng shui experts.
2. Luoyang
Luoyang has a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, 4,000 years of urban history and 1500 years of capital construction. As far back as 500,000 to 600,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age, our ancestors had already thrived in Luoyang, one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the eastern starting point of the Silk Road and the center of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal.
3. Xi 'an
Xi is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. Chang 'an has built its capital for many times, with the capital of Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Western Han Dynasty, Xin Mang, Eastern Han Dynasty, Western Jin Dynasty, Former Zhao Dynasty, Former Qin Dynasty, Later Qin Dynasty, Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty 13 dynasties. Fenghao Capital, Qin Epang Palace, Terracotta Warriors, Han Weiyang Palace, Changle Palace, Sui Daxing City, Tang Daming Palace, Xingqing Palace, etc. Outline the Chang 'an complex.
4. Nanjing
There were ancient human activities in Nanjing as early as100-1200,000 years ago, and there was Nanjing ape-man life in Tangshan 350,000-600,000 years ago. With a history of more than 7,000 years of civilization, nearly 2,600 years of city construction and nearly 500 years of capital construction, it is known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the metropolis of the Ten Dynasties.
5. Kaifeng
Kaifeng, formerly known as Laoqiu, Daliang, Chenliu, Bianzhou, Tokyo, Bianjing and Bianliang, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province. Located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, on the bank of the Yellow River, it is adjacent to Zhengzhou, the provincial capital in the west, Shangqiu in the east, Xuchang and Zhoukou in the south, and Xinxiang across the Yellow River in the north.
6. Hangzhou
Hangzhou, called Qiantang in ancient times, is the capital of Zhejiang Province. Qiantang County was abandoned in the ninth year of Sui Dynasty, and the names of Hangzhou and Hangzhou appeared for the first time in history. In the third year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong crossed the river to Hangzhou, and Hangzhou was promoted to Lin 'an Prefecture. In the eighth year of Shaoxing, Lin 'an was officially established as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, which lasted 140 years. In the first year of the Republic of China, Qiantang County, Renhe County and Hangzhou County were juxtaposed.
Refer to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Luoyang, Baidu Encyclopedia-Kaifeng