2009/02/01

Great Ancient Capitals of China - 1

Great Ancient Capitals of China -


中華民族八大文明古都


China - Chinese

(/ˈtʃaɪnə/ ( listen)) is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
With nearly 4,000 years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest civilizations.[1][2][3] Prior to the 19th century, it possessed one of the most advanced societies and economies in the world; but through successive dynasties it then missed the industrial revolution and began to decline.[4][5] In the 19th and 20th century, imperialism, internal weakness and civil wars damaged the country and its economy, and led to the overthrow of imperial rule.

In 1949, after major combat ended in the Chinese Civil War, two states calling themselves "China" emerged:


The People's Republic of China (PRC), established in 1949, commonly known as China, has control over mainland China and the largely self-governing territories of Hong Kong (since 1997) and Macau (since 1999).




The Republic of China (ROC) established in 1912 in mainland China,

now commonly known as Taiwan, has control over the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, the Pratas island group, and a few other outlying islands.
In the 1950s, change to economic policies in Taiwan transformed the island into a technology-oriented industrialized developed economy after a period of high growth rates and rapid industrialization. In mainland China, in the 1970s, reforms known as the Four Modernizations improved agriculture, industry, technology and defense, vastly raising living standards and making the PRC one of the great powers.[6][7][8]


Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Through its history, China was the source of many major inventions.[9] It has also one of the world's oldest written language systems. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave. It is one of the earliest known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived from 300,000 to 780,000 years ago.[10][11][12]


圖;中華民國五族共和紀念幣


中國是一個文明古國,有文字歷史已經有數千年。隨著社會的發展,我國遼闊的國土上,出現了不少具有相當規模的城市,尤其是歷代的國都,因其特殊的地位,更是大興土本,著意修建。這些古都,無論在建築規模、建築模式或建築風格上,都有其獨到之處,往往表現了同時代最高的建築水平,對全國其他城市的建築有特殊的影響,因此可以說,各大古都的建築沿革史,就是一部較完整的城市建築史。

西安(西周、西漢、隋、唐等超過13朝)、
洛陽(東周、東漢、曹 魏等超過6朝)、
南京(東吳、南朝四國、東晉、明、中華民國)、
北京(元、明、清、中華人民共和國)、
開封(魏、後樑、後唐、後晉、後漢、北宋、金)、
安陽(商)、鄭州(夏、商、鄭、韓)、
杭州(南宋)等古都都曾作為全國性政權的中國的首都。

六朝古都;西安、北京、洛陽、南京。
六大文化古都; 北京、南京、西安、洛陽、杭州、開封。
八大古都; 按定都時間先後,包括西安、洛陽、北京、開封、南京、杭州六大古都,後加上安陽和鄭州。

......................................................................................................................................................此次「座標之旅」計畫拜訪「七朝古都」,少了北京,實為遺憾,不過他剛辦完京奧,國際知名度夠多了,是應該介紹些其他的中華名城。

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