Three thousand years, one province.
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Henan is where a great deal of Chinese history happened first: farming villages, bronze capitals, the earliest writing, cave temples, the Song court. This page puts those events on one line you can filter — and on one map you can pin them to.
2 entries · Xichuan
Only showing Xichuan · 2 entries across 2 dynasties
Zhou1046–256 BCE
1 entriesFeudal states, philosophers and the earliest classics.
c. 700 BCEChu moves north to Danyang
楚始都丹阳
The rising state of Chu pushed into the Dan River valley; its early capital is placed near Xichuan by most historians.
Modern1912 – today
1 entriesRailways, war, water works and a province rebuilt.
2014Water leaves Danjiangkou
南水北调中线通水
The canal head at Xichuan sends water north to the capital; villages on the reservoir shore were moved to make room.