What the Chinese nation must know: the origin of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor

There are Yan Di and Huangdi in Han myths and legends. They are the leaders of two tribes and our predecessors now. The descendants of China people carry on their names. Do you know the specific origin of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor? Let's learn about this folk story together!

Yanhuang lived in the Yellow River valley in ancient times, which was the birthplace of Chinese civilization. Ancient times were wild times. There is no racial distinction, and people don't care about blood relationship. They even know their mother, but they don't know their father. People have no names, and they are all primitive tribes living together. Although countries like Xia and Shang were later established, the situation of mixed ethnic groups has not changed, and there is no distinctive national culture. It was not until the Zhou Dynasty that people had surnames and their own national culture that the Chinese nation was born.

The formation of the history of the Chinese nation has not only nearly 4,000 years of written records, but also a large number of myths and legends. The word "descendants of the Yellow Emperor" comes from this legend.

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 three tribes of Huangdi, Yan Di and Jiuli were gradually ruled by Huangdi and merged with each other, and Huangdi became the same 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".