1. When Shang Tang established the Shang Dynasty, the earliest capital was Bo (Yinbo, now Shangqiu, Henan). In the next 300 years, the capital moved five times. This is because the royal family often competes for the throne and civil strife occurs; Coupled with frequent floods in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Once a flood flooded the capital and had to move. Shang Tang handed down twenty kings, and the throne passed to Pan Geng. Pan Geng is a capable monarch. In order to change the social unrest at that time, he decided to move the capital again.

2. In order to consolidate his rule over the East, the Duke of Zhou built a new capital in Luoyi, which was left by the Duke of Zhou as the eastern capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the capital was Haojiang, called Zhou Zong. After the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it moved to the East and Zhou became the capital.