Emperor Yan and Huangdi lived about thousands of years ago.

Huangdi and Yandi lived in the late primitive society of China more than 4,000 years ago and were the leaders of two tribes. At that time, both Huangdi tribe and Yan Di tribe lived near the Yellow River in Shaanxi Province. Later, it moved eastward along the bank of the Yellow River. In order to compete for a piece of land, a war broke out among the Jiuli people who lived in Yan Di in eastern China. Chiyou, the leader of Jiuli Tribe, defeated Yan Di Tribe. Yan Di turned to the Yellow Emperor for help, and they united to defeat Chiyou.

After the defeat of Jiuli nationality, some fled to the south and some joined the Yanhuang nationality. Later, the Yan Di family and the Huangdi family also clashed. After the failure of the Yan Di tribe, it joined the Huangdi tribe, and the Huangdi tribe became stronger. Since then, some ethnic groups such as Huangdi, Yan Di and Jiuli have settled and multiplied in the Yellow River Basin, forming the backbone of the Chinese nation.

Together, they developed the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, making it the cradle of ancient culture in China. Since then, residents of different tribes have considered themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor, calling themselves "descendants of the Yellow Emperor".

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The story of Emperor Yan and Huangdi;

Yan Di joined forces with the Yellow Emperor, and the final result was a crushing defeat of Chiyou. This was a welcome thing, but for various reasons, there was a war between Yan Di tribe and Huangdi tribe. The final result ended in the failure of Yan Di tribe. After the victory of Huangdi tribe, they settled in Yan Di tribe, but did not slaughter the population of Yan Di tribe and let them live freely.

So the tribes merged and the Yellow Emperor became the only leader of that tribe. However, since many local people are descendants of the Yan Di tribe, people will later call themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor. This is also people's understanding of the relationship between Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor.

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