论中华文明的起源及其初步发展——以郑洛地区古都古城为例

On the Origin of Chinese Civilization and Its Progress Preliminary

嵩山黄河之间的郑洛地区是早期中国文化的核心和中心区域。在新石器文化晚期和夏商时期,这里形成由许多璀璨夺目的文化史迹和古城古都筑就的文明经典,是构成早期中国文化的重要元素和衡量中华文明发展的历史标尺。华文化、夏文化、商文化先后起源发轫于此,是中国文明的本源圣地,早期华夏文明是由华文化发展到夏文化的历史概括。故中国文明也称华夏文明、中华文明。

The Zheng-Luo-District between Songshan and Huanghe is the core and central zone of the early Chinese culture. The splendid cultural historical sites relic and the classic civilization which were formed during the late Neolithic culture time and the Xia and Shang Dynasties time were the important elements to form the early Chinese culture and the historical staff gauge to measure the developmental progression of Chinese civilization. The Hua Culture, Xia Culture and Shang Culture were originated from this place one after another. And this place is the cradle of Chinese culture. The early Chinese civilization is the historical sum- mary from the Hua culture and the Xia culture, so the Chinese civilization was also called Huaxia civilization or Zhonghua civilization. Key words： the origin of civilization; the Hua Culture; ancient capital city