Hao or Haojing, also called Zongzhou, was one of the two settlements comprising the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty ( BCE), the other being Feng or Fengjing (). They stood on opposite banks of the Feng River (), Feng on the west bank and Hao on the east, and were together known as Fenghao. Archaeological discoveries indicate that the ruins of Haojing lie next to the Feng River around the north end of Doumen Subdistrict () in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
Hao or Haojing, also called Zongzhou, was one of the two settlements comprising the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty ( BCE), the other being Feng or Fengjing (). They stood on opposite banks of the Feng River (), Feng on the west bank and Hao on the east, and were together known as Fenghao. Archaeological discoveries indicate that the ruins of Haojing lie next to the Feng River around the north end of Doumen Subdistrict () in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
==History== Ji Chang (posthumously honored as King Wen) moved the predynastic Zhou capital eastward about from Qiyi () to Fengjing in the mid-11th century BCE. Traditional accounts place the move five years before the Battle of Muye, which present scholarship dates to BCE. After his son Fa (posthumously honored as King Wu) defeated the Shang and established the Zhou dynasty, he relocated his court across the Feng River to the shore of Lake Hao ). Fengjing became the site of the Zhou ancestral shrine and gardens while Haojing contained the royal residence and government headquarters. The settlement was also known as Zongzhou to indicate its role as the capital of the vassal states, most ruled by clans claiming collateral descent from the royal Ji family.
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