河南平顶山一带地处南北交通要道,具有重要的战略地位,商末周初周文王、武王先后在这里分封了鲁国与康国。此后,原封于山西境内的姬姓应国南迁于此,担负起征伐南淮夷以保卫周王朝的使命。春秋以降,楚国在这一地区修筑了楚长城,并在“方城之外”建成了军事重镇叶城,以防御中原诸国南下江淮。 Henan Pingdingshan is located along the North-South traffic arteries, has an important strategic position, the end of Zhou Dynasty Zhouwen Wang, Wu Wang has here sealed the Luguo and Kang State. Since then, the native of Ji’i in Shanxi province should be relocated to the south of this country to take over the mission of defending the Southern Zhou Dynasty in order to defend the Zhou Dynasty. Spring and Autumn and Autumn, the Chu Kingdom built the Great Wall of Chu in this area and built Yecheng, a military town outside of Fangcheng, in order to prevent the Central Plains from descending southwards.