古代的中国亦称华夏，又称中原。华夏，是我国古代人民对祖国的美称，是说中国疆土广大，中华民族是有文化、讲文明的礼仪之邦。据《左传》记载：“中国有礼仪之大故称夏，有服装之美谓之华。”“中”是指中土、中心。西周初年周公营建洛邑，以它为天下中心，故称为“中土”； Ancient China, also known as China, also known as the Central Plains. Huaxia is the reputation of our country’s ancient people for the motherland, saying that China has vast territory and that the Chinese nation is a state of civilization and civilized etiquette. According to “Zuo Zhuan” records: “China has etiquette known as summer, the beauty of clothing that the United States.” “In” refers to the soil, the center. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the construction of Luoyu County was held as the center of the world, so it was called “Middle-earth”.