the word means "illustrious" and "splendid". ( 中國有禮儀之大，故稱夏；有服章之美，謂之華。 ) It is also possible that xia referred to Xiashui ( 夏水 ), another name for the Han River , and hua referred to Mount Hua . Both the river and the mountain were historically and culturally significant to ancient China. In the narrow,