Zhengzhou belongs to the Central Plains. The Central Plains, also known as Middle Earth, Zhongzhou and Huaxia, refers to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River with Luoyang to Kaifeng as the center. In a narrow sense, it refers to today's Henan Province. Corresponding to foreign countries, the Central Plains also refers to China.

The Central Plains, which originally meant "Yuan Ye under heaven", is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and Chinese civilization, the cradle of the Chinese nation and regarded as the center of the world.

With the great integration of the Chinese nation and the expansion of the Central Plains civilization, the Central Plains region gradually spread outward, expanding the communication between the Han nationality and all ethnic groups with the Central Plains culture as the core. The reason why the Chinese nation with relatively advanced culture is called China is because it is different from overflowing.

The Central Plains is the region with the largest number of dynasties, the longest history and the largest number of ancient capitals in China, including Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Xuanhan, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin, Northern Wei, Hou Zhao, Yan Qian, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Wu Zhou, Hou Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin and Later Liang.