山西的历史文化
The history and culture of Shanxi
如果把中国历史文化比作一棵大树或者一条长河的话，山西的历史文化堪称这棵大树的一条直根、这条长河的源头之一。
If take the Chinese history and culture as a tree or a long river,the history and culture of Shanxi can be called a taproot of this tree, one of the source of this river.
早在180万年以前，原始人类就生活在山西这块土地上。芮城县发现的180万年前西侯度人活动遗址内的烧骨，是迄今为止人类懂得用火并且生活在这里的最早证明。 of Shanxi. Ruicheng County found burned bones within the West Hou people's active site ,is the earliest proof so far human used fire and lived here.
山西考古发掘的近300处旧石器时代和2000多处新石器时代的文化遗址，在世界上自成系列，系统反映了远古人类在山西发展的漫长历史过程。
Nearly 300 sites of paleolithic and more than 2000 neolithic cultural sites, form a series in the world, reflecting the ancient human’s development in Shanxi during the course of history.
传说创造中华文明的尧舜禹，也生长在山西这片土地上
According to the legend, Create YaoShunYu of Chinese civilization are also growing in Shanxi.
周朝初期，夑父的父亲被封为唐侯，夑父迁都晋水之畔后，唐国改名“晋国”，从此“晋”成为山西这方热土的简称而沿用至今。
In the early Zhou Dynasty, Xiefu's father was conferred as Tang Hou. After Xiefu moved the capital to the riverside, Tang Guo renamed "jin", "jin" became a short of shanxi while in use today.
在中国历史上，原本是由男性主导。但是，唐朝却产生了一个女皇武则天。她是山西文水人，在她统治期间是唐朝相对安定和发展的时期。
In the Chinese history, the country was dominated by men. However, the Tang Dynasty appeared a queen Wu Zetian. She was from Wenshui of Shanxi. During her reign was a period of relative stability and development of tang dynasty.
纵观一部中国史，山西扮演了颇为重要的角色。
Throughout the history of China, Shanxi Province has played a very important role.