Interpretation: The central and eastern provinces of China, called Henan for short. It is adjacent to Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Hubei, Shaanxi and Shanxi, with an area of 1 10,000 square kilometers and a population of 1 10,000, with Zhengzhou as the capital. The Yellow River flows through this province, Kaifeng and Luoyang are famous ancient capitals, and Songshan, one of the five mountains, is in Dengfeng County, southwest of Zhengzhou. China is one of the main bases of commodity grain and cotton.
Henan is located in the "world", the core area of Xia, Shang and Zhou civilizations and the important birthplace of Chinese civilization. From the legends and relics of the Five Emperors of Yanhuang to the capital of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, they are all located in Heluo area with Luoyang as the center, nurtured by the Yellow River and Luohe River. In history, more than 200 emperors of more than 20 dynasties established their capitals in Henan.
The topography of Henan province is north-south, connecting east and west, with high topography in the west and low topography in the east, which is composed of plains and basins, mountains, hills and water surfaces. The land spans four major river basins: Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River.
Most of them are located in the warm temperate zone, and the south is subtropical, which belongs to the continental monsoon climate of transition from the north subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone; Henan is located at the junction of coastal open areas and central and western regions, which is the middle zone of China's economic development from east to west.
Henan, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, is one of the cradles of ancient civilization in China, where human beings lived and multiplied at the latest 500,000 years ago. Seven or eight thousand years ago, during the Peiligang cultural period, handicrafts such as agriculture, animal husbandry and pottery were already produced here; By the middle and late period of Longshan culture more than 4,000 years ago, the Central Plains had entered the era of combining stone and copper, and private ownership and class sprouted.