| Zhengzhou has a long history.
As early as 3,500 years ago, it became the capital of the Shang Dynasty
(Sixteenth - eleventh centuries B.C.), which together with ancient
Egypt, India, and Babylon, was considered to be one of the oldest
civilizations of the world. Zhengzhou had been a capital city for
five times, respectively of the dynasties of Xia and Shang and of
the states of Guan, Zheng and Han; and a prefecture in the eight dynasties
of Sui, Tang, the Five Dynasties, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing.
Today cultural relics and historical sites abound in and around the
city, attracting more and more tourists and archaeologists both from
China and abroad. The well-known tourism resources mainly include
Huanghe(Yellow River) Scenic area, the Nativity of the Emperor Huangdi
(Yellow Emperor, a legendary ruler in China), Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue
Temple, Astronomical Observatory, Songyue Temple Pagoda, etc. At Anyang,
a town to the north of Zhengzhou, tourists can visit ruins of the
Shang Dynasty. |
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