People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China (PRC,中华人民共和国), abbreviated as China (CHN,中国), was formally established on October 1, 1949.
China, with Chinese civilization as its source and Chinese culture as its foundation, is one of the countries with the longest history in the world. China is a multi-ethnic country with the Han nationality as the main ethnic group, with the common Chinese language and Chinese characters, and the Han nationality and ethnic minorities are collectively called the "Chinese nation", and they also call themselves "the descendants of Yan and Huang" and "the descendants of the dragon". China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world. Around 5,800 years ago, the Yellow River, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the West Liao River and other regions showed signs of the origin of civilization; around 5,300 years ago, various regions of China entered the stage of civilization one after another; around 3,800 years ago, the Central Plains formed a more mature civilization form and radiated cultural influence to the four directions; Later, it went through many ethnic blends and dynastic changes, until the formation of a multi-ethnic state of great unification. After the Xinhai Revolution in the early 20th century, the feudal monarchy was abolished and a bourgeois democratic republic was founded. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the socialist system of the people's democratic dictatorship was established in Chinese mainland. China has a vast territory and many ethnic groups, and the Chinese people in the pre-Qin period multiplied in the Central Plains, and in the Han Dynasty, the Han nationality was formally formed through cultural integration, laying the foundation of China's main ethnic group. Later, through the integration with neighboring ethnic groups, a unified multi-ethnic state situation was gradually formed, and the population continued to rise, the Chinese population exceeded 100 million in the Song Dynasty, 400 million in the Qing Dynasty, and by 2005, the Chinese population had exceeded 1.3 billion. China has a long history, broad and profound, splendid and colorful, is the cultural suzerainty of the East Asian cultural circle, occupies an important position in the world cultural system, due to the geographical location and natural conditions of different places, the humanities and economic aspects also have their own characteristics. Traditional cultural art forms include poetry, opera, calligraphy, Chinese painting, etc., while the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang Festival, etc. are important traditional festivals in China.
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