Danyang () was the first capital of the
State of Chu
Chu (, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was an Ancient Chinese states, ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BC. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted ...
. It is located near modern-day
Xichuan County in
Henan Province
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luo ...
.
Following a number of battles with neighboring states the Chu capital moved to
Ying, near modern-day
Jingzhou
Jingzhou ( zh, s=, c=荆州, t=, p=Jīngzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. Its total residential population was 5,231,180 based on the Seventh National Population Censu ...
City on the
Jianghan Plain in the western part of
Hubei Province
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.
Cultural relics from Xichuan Chu tomb
File:Bronze_jin_from_Henan.jpg,
File:Spring and Autumn Bronze Ding.jpg, 王子午鼎
References
External links
Xichuan Chu tomb
Zhou dynasty
Chu (state)
Jianghan Plain
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