What are the eight ancient capitals?

The eight ancient capitals are Xi, Luoyang, Beijing, Nanjing, Kaifeng, Anyang and Hangzhou, and later Zhengzhou.

1, Xi 'an, formerly known as Chang 'an, is the capital of Shaanxi Province and one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China. Located in the south bank of Weihe River in Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi Province. Backed by the Qinling Mountains, facing Qinchuan, the northern part is the famous Loess Plateau, and water such as Jing, Wei, Ba, Feng and Waterlogging passes through it, which is called "Qinchuan in 800 Li".

Luoyang, one of the four ancient capitals in China, is the first capital of China (the State Council Academy of Social Sciences has set up a stone tablet of the first capital of China at Erlitou site in Luoyang). China is the birthplace of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism. It has a history of 3000 years of civilization and a history of 850 years of capital construction.

Nanjing is one of the four ancient capitals and famous historical and cultural cities in China. For thousands of years, the surging Yangtze River not only gave birth to the Yangtze River civilization, but also gave birth to Nanjing, a city in the south of the Yangtze River. Nanjing Jinjiang is surrounded by water, surrounded by mountains and rivers, Zhongshan Longlong and strange stones, with beautiful mountains and rivers and numerous historical sites.

The earliest name in Beijing is thistle. In 1 1 century BC, thistle kingdom was a enfeoffment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which ruled northern China. In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC), another petrel located in the southwest of the thistle kingdom swallowed thistle and moved its capital to Ji Cheng.

Kaifeng, referred to as Bian for short, is now a city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province. It is one of the eight ancient capitals in China and one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in the State Council. It is located in the middle of China, on the bank of the Yellow River, and is the cradle of China's history and culture. This is an ancient city with a long history and culture.

6. Anyang, also known as Yecheng, referred to as Yin, Ye and Qi Dynasties, has a history of more than 3300 years. It is one of the centers of early civilization in China, one of the eight ancient capitals in China, a famous historical and cultural city in China, an excellent tourist city in China and a national garden city.

7. Hangzhou is located in the southeast coast of China, in the north of Zhejiang Province, on the north bank of the lower Qiantang River and at the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The total area of the city is 16596 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 3068 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 8 districts of Shangcheng, Xiacheng, Gongshu, Jianggan, West Lake, Binjiang, Xiaoshan and Yuhang, 3 county-level cities of Lin 'an, Fuyang and Jiande, and 2 counties of Tonglu and Chun 'an. Cinnamomum camphora is the city tree and osmanthus fragrans is the city flower.

Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan Province and the political, economic and cultural center. She is nestled in the south bank of the Yellow River, east of the mountains, adjacent to Kaifeng and Luoyang, and is the eighth ancient capital of China.