87.Interesting Chinese Culture——Does China Really Have 5,000 Years of History?

Have you ever wondered why Chinese people often say that China has five thousand years of civilization? Where does that number really come from? Five thousand years ago, most parts of the world were still in very early stages of development. Five thousand years is an almost unimaginable stretch of time. If we count back five thousand years from today, the ancient Egyptians were building pyramids, and the Sumerians in Mesopotamia had just created cuneiform writing. So what was happening on the land of China that allows Chinese people to confidently trace their history back so far? What did they leave behind? On what basis does China claim five thousand years of civilization? Today, we are going to talk about whether Chinese history really stretches back that far.