The four major ancient capitals in ancient China are Xi'an, Nanjing, Luoyang and Beijing. ?

When it comes to Xi'an being one of the four ancient capitals, many people will think of Chang'an. Chang'an is the first capital city in Chinese history, the first real city in history, and the first of the four ancient capitals in China. Chang'an was the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties and the most influential capital. Xi'an is the only Chinese city designated as a world historical city by the United Nations. It is also one of the four ancient civilizations in the world. ?

Nanjing was called Jiankang and Jinling in ancient times. Nanjing was the capital of the six southern dynasties from the Three Kingdoms to the Sui Dynasty in Chinese history. The capitals of Sun Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen in the Southern Dynasties were all Nanjing. The Six Dynasties inherited the Han Dynasty and started the Tang Dynasty, creating the extremely splendid "Six Dynasties Civilization", which achieved unprecedented prosperity in science and technology, literature, art and other aspects. ?

Thirteen dynasties, including the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the Later Liang Dynasty, the Later Tang Dynasty, and the Later Jin Dynasty established their capitals in Luoyang. Therefore, Luoyang is known as the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties. Luoyang is known as the "Thousand-year Imperial Capital and the City of Peony Flowers".

In fact, it is hard to imagine that Beijing is the city with the shortest history of being a capital among the four ancient capitals. Beijing was the ancient capital of five dynasties, namely Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing. Although it only experienced five dynasties, each dynasty experienced hundreds of years of history. As early as hundreds of thousands of people ago, primitive tribes appeared in the Zhoukoudian area of ??Beijing. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Beijing became the capital of the Yan Kingdom.

These ancient capitals are unique in both scale and style. Most of these ancient capitals are located in plain areas, with rich resources and convenient transportation, which provide very convenient conditions for their development.