"Song of the Dynasty" wrote: From the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties, to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Qin and Han dynasties dominated the world. Then there were the three kingdoms of Wei, Chu and Wu, the Jin Dynasty changed before and after, the Northern and Southern Dynasties were parallel, and the Sui and Tang dynasties were passed down from generation to generation.
After the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the history of the dynasty came to an end, up and down for 5,000 years, and dozens of dynasty changes. The founding of each dynasty is like the birth of life, and it is crucial to choose a good and loud name for your child.
Why did the ancient kings take it"Summer, Shang, Zhou"What about the title of the country? Today, we will explore the historical background of the origin of the nation.
In the long river of Chinese history, the Xia Dynasty is a dynasty with an important position, and it is the first hereditary dynasty in China"Home to the world"of the beginning. The emergence of the Xia Dynasty is closely related to the transfer of rights between Dayu and Xia Qi's father and son, too"Summer"The beginning of this title being known to the world.
The title of the Xia Dynasty originally originated from the tribe where Dayu's father and son were located"Xia Hou's", they are one of the eight surnames of antiquity. "Ho"Word by"Female"with"West"composition, implying that this tribe originated in a matrilineal clan society.
As time passed, a part of the Xiahou clan migrated to what they considered to be the most beautiful place"There is a land of summer"(near present-day Taihang Mountain), this tribe is therefore called"Xia Hou's"。
Dayu has made outstanding achievements in controlling the water, after a trip to Kyushu, the Xia Hou clan is famous all over the world. After Xia Qi established a dynasty,"Summer"This country name began to be widely used, becoming the first dynasty in the history of our country to be named after the country name.
The sky descends from the sky and gives birth to business", this mythical story about Qi's life history, tells us about the origin of the Shang Dynasty. Deed because of its assistance to Yu to control the water, was named the king of Shang, and its tribe was mainly active in the vicinity of today's Shangqiu, Henan.
It is said that his mother, Jane, gave birth to him because she ate a bird's egg, hence the has"The sky descends from the sky and gives birth to business"said. There is also a theory that the ancestors of the Shang people were particularly good at commercial activities, so their tribe was called"quotient"。
Later, Cheng Tang, the later monarch of the Shang State, replaced Xia Wei and established a new dynasty, the original Shang Dynasty"quotient"It has become the national name of the entire China. In the middle of the Shang Dynasty, because the aristocracy was too powerful, the Shang king's rule over the world became increasingly weak, so he moved the capital several times.
By the Pangeng period, the Shang tribe migrated to"Yin"The country has gradually stabilized, which is what history is famous for"Pan Geng moved to Yin"story. Hence, the Shang Dynasty came to be called"Yin Shang"，"weeks"The word was originally written from"Tian"It can be seen that this tribe was originally closely related to farming.
The ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, Houji, also known as the god of grains, was famous for his agricultural production talents during the reign of Emperor Shun of Dayu. At that time, the Chinese people were suffering from food shortages, and Hou Ji passed on his agricultural knowledge to other tribes, so he was widely loved"weeks"Tribes also began to be known.
Subsequently, Emperor Shun divided Houji into Tai (near present-day Wugong County, Shaanxi). The successors of this tribe inherited the kindness of Houji, and continued to expand arable land and develop agriculture, so that the roads of the Zhou Dynasty prospered from then on.
In the end, King Wu conquered the world and won the world, and the title of Zhou has been continued to this day.
In the process of the formation of the Chinese nation, the Zhou Dynasty, with agriculture as the cornerstone, played a decisive role. Their efficient agricultural production techniques not only brought abundant material wealth to the dynasty, but also promoted territorial expansion.
In the ancient literary masterpiece "Book of Songs", there are such verses"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister", showing the vastness of the territory of the Zhou Dynasty.