Twelve Provinces

Twelve Provinces
Chinese十二州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShí Èr Zhōu
The map of 12 Provinces of Yao and Shun era of ancient China, recorded in the "Shiji" (Records of Grand Historian)
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Names of China
  • 神州
    • Divine land

The Twelve Provinces is a term used in ancient Chinese histories to refer to territorial divisions during the reigns of the mythological emperors Yao and Shun of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.