中原古代文化是中原地区区域性文化。中原古代文化的主要门类如文字、科学技术、天文历法、雕塑、绘画、音乐、舞蹈,乃至国家典章制度和宗教信仰等,都源自炎帝和黄帝部族在新石器时代的发明及其后裔在夏商周三代国家历史时期所创造,这些可统称为炎黄文化,是中原古代文化之本原。 The Central Plains ancient culture is the Central Plains regional culture. The main categories of ancient culture in the Central Plains such as texts, science and technology, astronomical calendar, sculpture, painting, music, dance, and even the national system of laws and religious beliefs, all originated from the Neolithic inventions and descendants of the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor in Xia Shang and Zhou Dynasties created by the national history, these may be collectively referred to as the Yanhuang culture, is the original culture of the Central Plains.