
The Interesting Names Of Rivers In China Ⅱ: Why is the nationality of the most population of China called Han Zu (汉族,Han nationality)?
After Xiang Yu occupied Guanzhong, he was called Xichu Overlord by himself because he thought there hadn’t been opponents for him in the world, and given the title of King and manors to eighteen generals who had contributions to the war aganist Qin Empire. The manor of Liu Bang included Hanzhong (汉中,the south outside Guanzhong, in Shaanxi province today), Ba (in Chongqing city today) and Shu (in Sichuan province today), so the title of Liu Bang was the King of Hanzhong (汉中王), called Han King (汉王) for short in Chinese. After he defeated Xiang Yu and founded a regime, he named this new empire Han by the name of his former title, Han King.
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