Why do overseas Chinese call themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor, a historical class?

The descendants of the Yellow Emperor, also known as the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, are the self-proclaimed Chinese nation. 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 resisted the rule of the Manchu Dynasty won the support of the Han people with the slogan of "descendants of the Chinese people" and revived China with 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 stereotyped as a reference symbol of the Chinese nation's war of resistance against the enemy, and became a banner that called on and inspired Chinese at home and abroad to join in the war of resistance. During the Republic of China, "all China people are descendants of the Chinese people" and all China people are descendants of the Chinese people.

We in China call ourselves descendants of the Chinese people, mainly from the perspective of culture and civilization, so we are talking about the ancestors of human beings. The term "descendants of the Chinese people" emphasizes the integration of blood and culture. From more than 4,000 years ago to today, China people went to Huaxia and then to the tribal alliance of the Chinese nation, intermarried and merged with each other, and their cultures exchanged and learned from each other. China people's blood flows in each other's blood, which is also the basis for us to call ourselves descendants of the Chinese people. After so many people claim to be the Yellow Emperor, it may not conform to the historical facts, but it really reflects the recognition of the world on the pedigree of the national ancestors with the Yellow Emperor as the core.

Starting from the Spring and Autumn Period, all the minority regimes in Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, including the Han regime, worshipped the Yellow Emperor, and to some extent ratified and consolidated their own orthodox legitimacy. The belief in the Yellow Emperor integrated national unity, which made all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation have a psychological affiliation and played a role in consolidating Chinese identity. Compared with the Chinese nation and the inexplicable Chinese sons and daughters who pay attention to culture, Chinese descendants have strong affinity and cohesion.