Hao or Haojing, also called Zongzhou (宗周),[1] was one of the two settlements comprising the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty (1066–770 BCE), the other being Fēng or Fēngjīng (灃京). Together they were known as Fenghao and stood on opposite banks of the Feng River (沣河): with Feng on west bank and Hao on the east bank. Archaeological discoveries indicate that the ruins of Haojing lie next to the Feng River around the north end of Doumen Subdistrict (斗门街道) in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It was the center of government for King Wu of Zhou (r. 1046-1043 BCE).
^Zhu Xi, Collected Commentaries on the Classic of Poetry (《詩經集傳》); Siku Quanshu's Essentials Gathered in Chizao Hall version (《摛藻堂四庫全書薈要》本), vol. 4-5, p. 89 of 198. quote: (宗周，鎬京也。)
