Legend has it that Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang are regarded as the ancestors of the Chinese nation. Legend has it that they came from the same tribe and later became the leaders of two rival tribes. Two tribes started the battle of Hanquan, and the Yellow Emperor defeated Yan Di. The two tribes gradually merged into Huaxia, which was called Han after Han and Tang after Tang. Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor are also the ancestors of China's culture and technology. It is said that they and their courtiers and descendants created almost all the important inventions in ancient times.
Later, several legendary ancient emperors were regarded as the direct descendants of the Yellow Emperor until the Xia, Shang and Zhou emperors, and even barbarians and barbarians were included in this system. Later emperors also claimed that they were descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Almost all surnames can be traced back to Yandi, Huangdi or their courtiers. Ethnic minorities who have accepted Chinese culture (such as Xiongnu and Xianbei). ) also claimed to be descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people.
Yelvyan, the minister of Liao Dynasty, called Qidan after the Yellow Emperor in A Record of the Imperial Dynasty. The History of Liao Dynasty, Ji Zan of Taizu, and Preface to the World Declare that Qidan is behind Emperor Yan. In recent years, the descendants of the Khitan discovered in Yunnan have preserved a genealogy of "Shi Dian Chang Luo Fu", which was revised in the Ming Dynasty. In front of it, there is a seven-character poem that reads "Emperor Yan, the ancestor of the Liao Dynasty ...". These Khitans also believe that the Khitans are Miao people in Yan Di.
In the late Qing Dynasty, this concept spread more widely with the construction of nationalism in China. In the late Qing Dynasty, the early revolutionaries who rebelled against the Manchu rule won the support of the Han people with the slogan "descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people", while the radical revolutionaries believed that "descendants of the Chinese people are the only Han people". Moderate reformists believe that "our country is all descendants of the Yellow Emperor". Faced with the invasion and occupation by western powers, people of insight, including ethnic minorities [1], called for breaking ethnic boundaries and reunifying China under the banner of "descendants of the Chinese people". In the face of the crisis of national subjugation and species extinction caused by foreign aggression, the concept of "descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people" has become a symbol of China people's national cohesion with ancestor worship as its basic culture. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the title of "descendants of the Yellow Emperor" was shaped as a reference symbol of the Chinese nation in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and became a banner calling on and inspiring Chinese at home and abroad to jointly resist Japan. [2][3] During the Republic of China, "all Chinese children are descendants of the Yellow Emperor" and it has become a consensus that all Chinese children are descendants of the Yellow Emperor.
[Edit this paragraph] Yanhuang
Yanhuang: Emperor Shennong, the Yellow Emperor has bears, representing the ancestors of the Chinese nation. Descendants of Chinese people. Refers to the descendants of the Chinese nation.
According to legend, in ancient times, many scattered people lived in the Yellow River valley in China. They formed clans according to their blood relationship, and many clans United to form tribes. Huangdi and Yan Di are the leaders of two big tribes. At that time, people's ability to resist natural disasters was very low, and they had to move in case of floods and droughts. Once, when the Yan Di tribe moved, they came to the place occupied by the Yellow Emperor tribe. When they saw good conditions there, they decided to stay for a long time.
However, the people of the Huangdi tribe were not reconciled, and as a result, the two sides fought to outdo each other. After three battles, the Yan Di tribe was defeated. Emperor Yan admitted defeat to the Yellow Emperor and expressed his willingness to obey his orders. The Yellow Emperor agreed to the request of the Yan Di tribe to stay. The wife of the Yellow Emperor personally taught the people of Yan Di tribe to raise silkworms and reeling silk, and the Yellow Emperor had them taught the skills of making cars and ships. Emperor Yan also gave wooden plows and herbs to the Yellow Emperor. They get along well. Later, they joined forces to form the Yanhuang Tribal Alliance, and the Yellow Emperor became the leader of this alliance. The history of the Chinese nation began. Therefore, people in China regard the Yellow Emperor as the ancestor of the Chinese nation and call themselves "descendants of the Chinese people".
[Edit this paragraph] Huangdi Mausoleum
Huangdi Mausoleum is located on a pine and cypress hill in huangling county, Shaanxi Province, China. Now, in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, many China people at home and abroad go there to worship their ancestors.
[Edit this paragraph] Folklore about the descendants of the Yellow Emperor
Idiom entry descendants of the yellow emperor
Pinyin yán Huáng zán
Yanhuang explained: Shennong Emperor and Huangdi have bears, representing the ancestors of the Chinese nation. Descendants of Chinese people. Refers to the descendants of the Chinese nation. Also known as "descendants of the Yellow Emperor".
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In a large number of myths and legends, the person with the greatest ability and the most inventions is the Yellow Emperor. Legend has it that he invented cars, boats, pots, mirrors and made crossbows. It is also said that the Yellow Emperor asked Cangjie to create characters, Linglun made musical rules, made jiazi, and Qi Bo wrote medical books.
It is said that the Huangdi and Yan Di nationalities first lived in Shaanxi. The Huangdi family finally settled near Zhuolu, Hebei. Emperor Yan finally arrived in the present Shandong area. Chiyou is the leader of Jiuli nationality. The areas where Jiuli people live are mainly in Shandong, Henan and Anhui today. According to legend, Yan Di and Jiuli fought for a fertile land in the Yellow River basin. The Yan Di clan was defeated and turned to the Huangdi clan for help. Huang heyan merged.
According to the above myths and legends, we can see that the Yellow Emperor, Yan Di and Jiuli tribes were gradually ruled by the Yellow Emperor, who became the common ancestor of our multi-ethnic country. Later, all ethnic groups thought they were descendants of the Chinese people and were called "descendants of the Chinese people".
Usage: as subject, object and attribute; Refers to China children.
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1 For example, Yu Sheng, a Manchu aristocrat, said, "Starting from the Yellow Emperor, driving away white people and breaking the banner of the Han Dynasty are all about saving themselves for a living."
The National Government pointed out in the "Letter to All Anti-Japanese Soldiers": "We are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor who made revolutionary promises".
China said in a telegram to the Kuomintang in China: "Our generation is the descendants of the Chinese people and the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation. At present, China is in the midst of a national crisis, so we should abandon all prejudices and work closely together to move towards the great future of the final liberation of the Chinese nation. "