There used to be only 7 ancient capitals in China till 2004 when zhengzhou was added to the list after archaeological evidence proved that it was another one. So, there are now 8 anicent capitals in China and 8 happened to be a lucky number for the Chinese. We have travelled to all 8. The 8 are Beijing, Zheng zhou, Kaifeng, Louyang, Anyang, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Xian. You can see the descriptions in the photos to know about the cities. Traveling to the cities is easy as Zhenzhou, Anyang, Kaifeng and Louyang are all in Henan and within 2 hours travelling time. 4 out of 8 are in Henan and were the earlier capitlas because the Chinese civilisation started there. Beijing is China's capital while Nanjing and Xian are province capitals and they all have airports
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