Why do China people call themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor? How did the title "Chinese sons and daughters" come from?

In order to compete for the leader of the tribal alliance, the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di broke out in the Central Plains. Yan Di tribe was defeated and merged into Huangdi tribe. In the battle of Zhuolu, Yanhuang Group defeated the allied forces of Dongyi Group and Miaoman Group led by Chiyou, the leader of Jiuli nationality, further expanded the power of Yanhuang tribal alliance and established a larger tribal alliance.

The Yellow Emperor lived on the bank of Jishui and took Ji as his surname. "Historical records. Biography of the Five Emperors: "The Yellow Emperor has twenty-five sons, and fourteen people have their surnames." Three said, "There are twenty-five descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and fourteen of them have surnames, namely, Ji, You, Qi, Ji, Teng, Gao, Ren, Xun, Yi, Yi and Ye. Only Qingyang and Yigu have the same surname. " Among the later five emperors, Shao Hao, Zhuan Xu, Yu Shun, and Yu, Qi and Hou Ji, ancestors of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, were descendants of the Yellow Emperor. During the period from Huangdi to Yao, Shun and Yu, most of these descendants had left the matriarchal clan of Huangdi, established a large number of clan countries or tribes, and had independent surnames. Hou Ji inherited her surname. Later, his descendants established the Zhou Dynasty from eastern Shaanxi, enfeoffment vassals or countries, including 53 countries with the surname of Ji. These countries take the country as their surname, thus forming most surnames of China. Ji's surname ranks 297th among hundreds of surnames, with 465,438+065,438+0 surnames, accounting for 82% of the total of 504 surnames among hundreds of surnames, and countless surnames have evolved, so the Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of the Chinese nation.

Jiang's family originated from Yandi Shennong. Emperor Yan was born in because he took Jiang as his surname. Jiang is one of the important sources of many surnames in China today, such as Lu, Xie, Qi, Gao, Lu and Cui. Jiang's family ranks 32nd among hundreds of surnames. According to textual research, since the first generation of monarchs in Qi, * * * has 102 surnames derived from ginger, including 64 single surnames such as Lu, Xu, Xie, Ji, Qiu and Lu, and 38 compound surnames such as Chunyu, Dongguo, Gaotang, Ziya, and Bull.

Seeing this, it is clear why we should call ourselves descendants of the Chinese people. So how did the name China children come from?

With the growing of Yanhuang tribe, Huaxia tribe has begun to take shape. Yao and Shun, who successively became the leader of the big tribal alliance by abdication after the Yellow Emperor, are all direct descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and Dayu is the lineal blood of the Yellow Emperor.

After Dayu accepted Shun's abdication, he conquered the Three Temples and unified the Yangtze River valley. After that, China experienced a rare period of social stability and prosperity. When Dayu called the governors to sacrifice, he heard that many governors were very critical of him, so he was very depressed. Soon, Tushan held a grand meeting of governors. The main purpose of the meeting is to carry out criticism and self-criticism. Dayu stood on the stage, wearing a robe and holding Xuanzang in his hand. According to the trend of their respective territories, the four governors were divided into two parties and bowed to Dayu as a gift. After the ceremony, Yu Xia said loudly, "My virtue is thin and fresh, which is not enough to convince the public. I called everyone to this meeting in the hope that everyone would understand sincere blame, discipline and persuasion, let me know and let me change. " I try to level the soil and water. Although I have done a little work, I am the most serious in my life. The first emperor often warned me:' If you are not proud, the world will not compete with you for energy; If you don't cut back, the world will not compete with you. If I am proud of cutting, please tell me to my face, otherwise it will teach me to be ruthless! I will listen to your teachings. "The princes who had contradictions with Dayu expressed their respect and admiration when they saw Dayu's humble and sincere attitude, which dispelled the original doubts.

According to historical records, "Hui Yu is a vassal of Tushan, and all countries hold jade and silk". Unprecedented scale. This congress also laid a solid foundation for the later establishment of the Xia Dynasty.

In order to commemorate the Tushan Conference, Dayu cast bronze wares presented by various governors into Jiuding (namely Jizhou Ding, Yanzhou Ding, Qingzhou Ding, Xuzhou Ding, Yangzhou Ding, Jingzhou Ding, Yuzhou Ding, Liangzhou Ding and Yongzhou Ding), on which famous mountains, waters, birds and beasts of various states were cast. Jiuding symbolizes Kyushu, in which Yuzhou Ding is the central tripod and Yuzhou is the central hub. Jiuding concentrated in Yangcheng to show that Dayu became the master of Kyushu and the world was unified from then on. Jiuding then became a land of "destiny", a symbol of kingship and powerful unity. The Tu Shan Congress and Zhu Yujiu's Ding greatly enhanced the national cohesion of the Chinese tribal alliance and laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the Chinese nation in the future.

Yu Jin gave the throne to Boyi, but Yu Jin's son Kai sent troops to usurp the position of leader by force. The Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in the history of China, was established on the basis of the alliance of Yan and Huang tribes. Why did you name this country "Xia"? "Hua" and "Xia" have the same sound in ancient times, which are common to each other and have a very lofty position in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Therefore, areas with high culture are called "Xia", and people or nations with high civilization are called "Xia people". As the central government in ancient times, "Xia people" are "people from China". In the Spring and Autumn Period, the word "Huaxia" was combined into a word, which represented that China was a central power with a high degree of civilization and developed culture. Over time, "Huaxia" has become synonymous with China. As China people, of course, China children.

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