Why were the giant statues of Emperor Yan and Yellow Emperor built on the banks of the Yellow River?

Because Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor are the ancestors of the Chinese nation that originated in the Yellow River valley. Therefore, giant statues of Yandi and Huangdi should be built on the banks of the Yellow River.

According to historical records, the Yellow Emperor was the son of Shaodian, surnamed Gongsun and named Xuanyuan. Born as a god, weak but able to speak, young but unbiased, long and sensitive, successful and smart. At the time of Xuanyuan, Shennong declined. When a vassal invades and despots the people, Shennong can levy. Therefore, in order not to enjoy the levy, Xuanyuan was used to fighting, and the vassals and salty guests followed. Chiyou is the most violent, so you can't cut it. Emperor Yan wanted to invade the princes of the mausoleum, and the princes returned the Xuanyuan with salt. Xuanyuan is Xiu De's assembled troops, treating five strange spirits, caressing everyone, taking care of all directions, and teaching bears to be brave? Tiger, in order to fight Emperor Yan in the wild of Hanquan. Fight three battles, and then win the battle. Chiyou's insurrection does not require the life of the emperor. So the Yellow Emperor became a vassal and fought against Chiyou in the land of Zhuolu, so the birds killed Chiyou. And the ministers respected Xuanyuan as the son of heaven and represented Shennong as the Yellow Emperor. There are things that go wrong in the world, and the Yellow Emperor will levy them. Those who are flat will go there, cross the ravine, and there will never be peace.

East to Yuhai, Dengmaru Mountain and Daizong. As for Kong Tong in the west, it's a chicken head. As for the south, there are Jiang, Deng Xiong and Xiang. The north pursues meat porridge, which is in Busan, while the city is in the land of Zhuolu. Move to an impermanent place and take soldiers as the camp. The official names are all based on Cloud Life, and they are Teacher Yun. Set up large prisons around and monitor all countries. All nations are at peace, and ghosts and gods retreat to Zen. Take Baoding and welcome the Japanese to push? . Raising the wind and forcing grazing will always be the first and great governance of the people. Obeying the discipline of heaven and earth, seclusion, the theory of life and death, the difficulty of survival. Sow hundreds of plants, Chunhua birds, animals, insects and moths, Pangluoyue, sun, moon, stars, water, rocks, stones and jade, work hard, open your eyes and ears, and save water, fire and materials. There is the virtue of soil, so it is called the Yellow Emperor.

Emperor Yan:

Legend has it that in ancient times, the leader of the Jiang tribe, also known as He, was called Shennong (or the descendants of Shennong). According to legend, his mother's name is Ren You. One day when she visited Huashan, she saw a dragon, and her body immediately reacted. When I came back, I gave birth to Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan was born in a stone room in a mountain and grew up in Jiang Shui. He was virtuous and respected by fire, so he was named Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan is few and wise. He can talk for three days, walk for five days and understand crops for three years. He has done many good things for the people in his life: teaching people to farm and making them well fed; In order to protect people from getting sick, he tasted all kinds of medicinal materials, so that he was poisoned 70 times a day. He also made musical instruments to make people understand etiquette, which was praised by later generations. His initial activity area was in the south of Shaanxi today, and later he developed eastward along the Yellow River, which clashed with the Yellow Emperor. In the Battle of Hanquan, Yan Di was defeated by the Yellow Emperor, and the Yan Di tribe and the Yellow Emperor tribe merged to form the Huaxia tribe, so today China people call themselves "descendants of the Yellow Emperor".

At present, historians also support another view, that is, the Yellow Emperor moved to the lower reaches of the Yellow River, west of Mount Tai, and Yan Di moved to the lower reaches of the Yellow River and east of Mount Tai. In order to compete for sovereignty, the two tribes fought a decisive battle in Sakamoto (both refer to the same place, all around Mount Tai), and the Yellow Emperor defeated Yan Di and exiled him to the south (later recalled), thus resulting in the unification of China.

Emperor Yan was the leader of the ancient Jiang tribe in China. The name of this tribe was or Lishan. According to historical records and other ancient books, Emperor Yan's surname is "Yi Jian" and his name is Stone Mill. Mother is Gillian's daughter, named Japanese female Deng, a young princess. Give birth to Emperor Yan. Than long, it is called' Jiang'. According to the "Outline" and other records: "Emperor Yan ruled the world with fire virtue instead of Fuxi, whose vulgarity is more important than the end, rich but not contending, obedient to the people but not ordering, strong but not killing, frugal but not annoying, so it is from the toes in the south, to the secluded capital in the north, to the intestines valley in the east and to the three dangers in the west." "Yue Jue Shu" said: "In the past, Shennong ruled the world, and it has benefited, so I don't want to report it; Not greedy for the wealth of the world, but the common wealth of the world; Not because it is smart, it is expensive for others, but because the world respects it. "

Emperor Yan made great contributions to the survival, reproduction and development of the Chinese nation.

First of all, making crops and growing grains laid the foundation for agriculture and industry. The use of Lei Lei and the planting of five grains have solved the great event that food is the most important thing for the people, promoted the development of agricultural production, and created conditions for the transformation of human beings from primitive nomadic life to farming civilization.

Second, taste a hundred herbs and set a precedent for medicine. According to the "Imperial Century", Shennong "tasted vegetation, declared medicine to cure diseases, and saved lives". In order to taste a hundred herbs, I suffered seventy poisons in one day. Yan Di Yan Di laid the foundation for the development of later medicine in his struggle against nature and disease.

Third, establish the market and open the market for the first time. According to Zhouyi? According to quotations, Shennong "takes Japan and China as the city, takes the people of the world, gathers the wealth of the world, and retreats from business, each with its own place". The market invented by Shennong, which takes Japan and China as markets and barters things, is the origin and cornerstone of China's monetary and commercial development.

Fourth, linen is used as cloth and people wear clothes. Primitive man had no clothes, but covered himself with leaves and animal skins. It was only after Sang Ma of Shennong made cloth and silk that people got clothes, which was a great progress from an ignorant society to a civilized society.

Fifth, do banjo to entertain people. According to "Shiben? In the next chapter, Shennong invented a musical instrument. He cut tung trees into pianos and weaved silk into strings. This kind of piano was later called Shennong Qin. Shennong Qin is "three feet, six inches and six minutes long, with five strings of Yue, Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu". The sound made by this kind of piano can show the virtue of heaven and earth, the harmony of Shennong and entertain people.

Six, cut wood for the bow, dominate the world. Shennong created bows and arrows, which effectively stopped the attack of wild animals, effectively attacked the invasion of foreign tribes, and defended people's life safety and labor achievements.

Seven, pottery to improve life. Before pottery was invented, people could only barbecue food with fire. With pottery, people can cook food, store things, make wine and disinfect. The use of pottery has improved the living conditions of human beings and had a far-reaching impact on human food hygiene and medical development.

In order to encourage people to live regularly and plant crops according to seasons, Yandi Shennong also made calendars and stars to divide day and night into the sun and the moon, with the month as the 30th day and 1 1 month as the winter solstice.

Emperor Yan is very good at managing tribes and the world. He doesn't expect his report, nor is he greedy for the wealth of the world, which is shared by all. Wisdom is more valuable to people and respected by the world. He serves people with virtue, does not reward diligence, does not punish good and evil, does not complain about wealth, does not restrain obedience, is strong and does not kill, is thrifty and is respected.

Emperor Yan was also the ancestor of education in China. He taught people to use tools, sow grain, teach medicine, teach people to make pottery and painting, teach people to bow and arrow, hunt animals, keep fit, teach people piano, teach people music and dance, and teach people wisdom and virtue. It can be seen that during the Yan Emperor's period, moral, intellectual and physical beauty was fully valued and developed.

Emperor Yan made great contributions to the development of mankind. The spirit of Yan Di is, first of all, entrepreneurial spirit, dedication spirit, pioneering spirit, indomitable and enterprising spirit. The spirit of Emperor Yan enabled Chinese descendants to get rid of ignorance and barbarism and pursue advanced civilization in the struggle with nature and society. This spirit has enabled the Chinese nation to achieve a high degree of unity and unity.

Huangdi:

Yan Di is also considered as the ancestor of the Chinese nation. At present, it is recognized by academic circles that the Yellow Emperor was born in Xiong (now Xinzheng, Henan) and buried in Qiao Shan (huangling county, Shaanxi). Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that ancestor worship goes to Xinzheng and ancestor worship goes to Huangling.

Legend has it that the co-owner of the ancient Chinese nation was the first of the five emperors. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor surnamed Gongsun was born in the hill of Xuanyuan, hence the name Xuanyuan. He grew up in Jishui, so he took Ji as his surname. Later, he established a country in Xiong You, so he was also called a master. He regards soil as king and soil as yellow, so he is called the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor is a legend in ancient history. The most wonderful story about him is the war between the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di and Chiyou. In the end, the Yellow Emperor won the victory and was acclaimed as the leader of the tribal alliance by all tribes. During the period of the Yellow Emperor, sericulture, boating, writing, temperament, medicine and arithmetic were all invented first and then developed. His contribution has been praised by later generations, and he is known as China's "ancestor of humanity".

Birthplace:

Records of the Five Emperors in Historical Records records: "The Yellow Emperor is the son of Shaodian, surnamed Gongsun and named Xuanyuan, and the Yellow Emperor lives in the hill of Xuanyuan". Historians agree that the specific location is in Xinzheng, Henan Province today. In ancient times, it was the capital of the bear country, and its father was the monarch of the bear country.

Before 4856 BC, there was a dragon totem country in Xuanyuanqiu, Xinzheng, Henan Province. The monarch's name is Shaodian. He is the 77th emperor of Fuxi Emperor and Nuwa Emperor. His wife has two wives, one is Ren Xian (female Deng) and the other is Deng. They are sisters and daughters of the Xi family. In today's palace in Xuanyuanqiu, Beiguan, xinzheng city, the baby breathed the gas of nature as soon as he was born, and let out a cry of "Wow". This statement has been unanimously recognized by historical and archaeological authorities including China Ancient Capital Society.

Huangdi's birthday:

On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, it is the Zhonghe Festival (also known as the Dragon Head Rise and the Dragon Head Festival) and the legendary birthday of the Yellow Emperor, which is a common festival of China people. The Zhonghe Festival was formulated by Tang Dezong Shili in the fifth year of Zhenyuan (789), also known as the February 2nd of the Dragon's Rise.

Cultural contribution:

According to China's historical records, he unified the tribes in China after Emperor Yan. Its capital has three views: Qufu, Xinzheng and Zhuolu. He calculated the calendar; Teach people to sow food; Xing characters; Make branches, make musical instruments and make medicine. Auspicious time: The emperor made a big noise as Jiazi, and took the ten-day trunk and the twelve-day branch as the auspicious time of the lunar calendar (Jiazi, Ebou, Guihai, a total of ten years as a cycle), that is, the 60th anniversary of Taoism.

Mathematics: A system for making numbers and setting weights and measures.

Jun: After the wind, you can catch strange pictures and make array methods.

Music: Linglun takes the bamboo in the valley as the flute tube and sets five tones and twelve methods, which are suitable for today.

Clothes: Lei Zu, Princess of the Yuan Dynasty, began to raise silkworms and make silk clothes.

Medicine: Discuss pathology with Qi Bo and write Huangdi Neijing.

Writing: Cang Xie started writing with six books.

Casting: Making money with copper from Shoushan (Nanwuli, Xiangcheng County, Henan Province).

Others: the invention of ships, bows and arrows, houses, etc.

Spiritual civilization:

Inventive calendar, astronomy, yin and yang, five elements, Chinese zodiac, Jiazi calendar, figures, pictures, books, musical instruments, medicines, sacrifices, weddings and funerals, coffins, graves, sacrificial cauldrons, altars, temples, divination, etc.

Political civilization:

Establish an ancient county system: divide the wilderness into Xinjiang, with eight ethnic groups as one well, three wells as one neighbor, three neighbors as one friend, three friends as one mile, five miles as one city, ten cities as the capital, ten divisions as one division and ten divisions as states, and the whole country is divided into Kyushu; There are 120 official posts in managing the country, including three public posts, three secondary posts, four auxiliary posts, four histories, six phases and nine virtues (official names). Put forward "six prohibitions" for officials at all levels, and "heavy" means excessive, that is, "heavy sound, heavy color, heavy clothes, heavy fragrance, heavy taste and heavy room", requiring officials to be simple and opposed to extravagance and waste. It is proposed to govern the country by virtue, "Xiu De inspires soldiers", apply virtue to the world, work together with Xiu De, be benevolent, cultivate virtue and establish righteousness, and set up a special "minister of nine virtues" to educate the people with filial piety, kindness, writing, faith, speech, courtesy, loyalty, courage and righteousness, and carry out ideological and moral construction. In the use of talents, it is necessary to inspect, select and appoint talents, and only use talents. We should rule the country according to law, establish "courtesy law" and "rule the law unchanged", and make Li Mo a judge and Houdi a prison officer. Those who commit the most serious crimes will be sentenced to loss and those who commit the most serious crimes will be sentenced to beheading.

Material civilization:

According to historical records, the Yellow Emperor made many inventions in agricultural production, among which the farmland system was the main one. Before the Yellow Emperor, there were endless fields and countless fertile fields. In order to prevent disputes, the Yellow Emperor re-divided the whole country into "wells", with a "public acre" in the middle and eight "private fields" around, which were cultivated by eight families, paid to the government and dug wells through soil. Farmland practices farming system, sowing 100 seeds in time, inventing Chu Jiu, opening up garden nurseries, planting fruits and vegetables, planting mulberry and sericulture, raising livestock and poultry, and grazing. In sewing, we invented the loom, made textiles, made clothes, shoes, hats, curtains, blankets, robes, furs, canopies, armor, flags and rafters. Pottery, making bowls, plates, pots, retort, plates, pots, stoves, etc. In smelting, copper is smelted to make bronze dings, knives, coins, cymbals, americium, bronze mirrors, clocks and americium. In terms of architecture, there are palaces, halls, courtyards, halls, pavilions, castles, buildings, doors, platforms, silkworm houses, temples, jade houses and palaces. In terms of transportation, we manufacture boats, cars, guided cars and drum cars. In military equipment, knives, guns, bows, arrows, crossbows, six flags, flags, pentagonal flags, horns, flags, ladders, towers, guns, swords, archers and so on are manufactured. Cooked food, porridge, rice, wine, meat, scales, barrels, rulers, inkstones, several cases, carpets, seals, beads, lamps, beds, mats, treads, etc. in daily life.

References: from Historical Records, Outline, Yuejueshu, Imperial Century, Zhouyi, Shiben, Huangdi Neijing, etc.