What are the seven ancient capitals in China?

Anyang, Xi' an, Luoyang, Beijing, Kaifeng, Nanjing and Hangzhou.

Anyang, as the capital, has two periods of history: the first period: from "Pan Geng moved to Yin" to the demise of Shang Zhou, * * * was transferred to twelve kings of eight generations, and Anyang was the capital for 273 years. Anyang was the first stable capital in Chinese history. The second paragraph: The ancient Yecheng, 2 kilometers north of Anyang, was the capital of several dynasties in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, it was the political, economic and cultural center of the Central Plains region. Later, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui of Sui Dynasty destroyed Yecheng and moved Yecheng to Xiangzhou (namely Anyang). These two periods have a history of more than 3 years.

Hangzhou was called Qiantang and Lin 'an in ancient times, and wuyue and Southern Song Dynasty successively established their capitals here, with a long history of 2,2 years.

Nanjing, known as Jinling in ancient times, was once the capital of Dongwu, Dongjin, Nanlang Song, Qi, Liang, Chen and the Southern Tang Dynasties, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom "Tianjing" was once established here.

Xi' an, known as Chang' an in ancient times, was built here by thirteen dynasties, including Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang, which lasted for more than 11 years.

from the eastern Zhou dynasty, Luoyang experienced the eastern Han dynasty, Cao Wei (Wei Wendi), western Jin dynasty, northern Wei dynasty, houliang dynasty and later Tang dynasty. Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty and Wu Zetian of Tang Dynasty also moved their capital from Chang 'an to here, so they are also called "the ancient capital of nine dynasties".

Kaifeng, formerly known as Bianliang in Tokyo, was the capital of Wei in the Warring States Period, and the capital of Houliang, Houjin, Houhan, Houzhou, Northern Song Dynasty and Jin in the Five Dynasties. It has a history of more than 2,7 years.

Beijing, which was once the capital of Jicheng in Yan Dou in the Spring and Autumn Period and the former capital of Yan in the Sixteen Kingdoms Period, was also the capital of Jin Dynasty, the capital of Yuan Dynasty and the imperial capital of Ming and Qing Dynasties.