When exploring “China Before China”, there is no way around He Zun“.This Western Zhou Dynasty bronze ritual vessel unearthed in Jiacun Town, Baoji, Shaanxi Province, is 38.8 centimeters tall and weighs 14.6 kilograms. There are 12 lines of 122-character inscriptions cast on the inner bottom. Among them, the description of "Zhaizi Zhongguo" is the earliest one in written form that has been seen so far.The written name of ”中国“.

The family-state system constructed by the enfeoffment system and the political concept of matching nature with virtue were embodied in bronze ritual vessels represented by tripods and guis, and materialized into "ritual system".This episode of the documentary - Home and Country - focuses on the Western Zhou Dynasty and answers the question of ”China Before China% from the perspectives of territorial governance, home and state system, ethnic integration, establishment of rituals, etc.