Huaxia  

华夏

出　　处：《China Today》2017年第2期63-63,共1页今日中国(英文版)

摘　　要：Ancestors of the Han people who originally lived on the Central Plains referred to themselves as Huaxia,having earlier called themselves Hua(华),Zhuhua(诸华),Xia(夏)and Zhuxia(诸夏).The term Huaxia(华夏)signifes the common identity of the mainly Han people living on the Central Plains by virtue of their language.way of life,and culture,The Huaxia people evolved into a fairly stable ethnic group in the Qin Dynasty(221-206 BC),which established China as a unifed country of many ethnic groups,among which the Huaxia was the principal one.In the Han Dynasty,the term Han superseded that of Huaxia,a term that was later expanded to refer to China or the Han people.古代居住于中原地区的汉民族先民的自称。最早称"华"、"诸华"或"夏"、"诸夏"。"华夏"实际表达的是以汉民族为主体的中原先民对其共同的生活、语言、文化特征的一种认同和传承。秦建立以华夏为主体的统一的多民族国家以后,华夏才成为比较稳定的族群。自汉代以后,华夏又有了"汉"这一名称与之并用。后来华夏进一步引申为指中国或汉族。

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]