The war between the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di

Battle of Hanquan. In the process of conquering all ethnic groups in the Central Plains, the Yellow Emperor had a war with two tribes of Yan Di in Hanquan. The Battle of Hanquan is of great significance for opening the history of Chinese civilization and realizing the first great reunification of the Chinese nation. It happened in the eastern half of Huaxia Group's activity area, close to Dongyi Group's distribution area, and Zhuolu in the northwest of Hebei Province is the most complete place for legend preservation.

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The Yellow Emperor and the Hehe gradually merged with the Yi people living in the east, the Li people living in the south and some Miao people to form the Chinese nation in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was called the Han nationality after the Han Dynasty. Among the nationalities and tribes in the Central Plains at that time, the Huangdi clan was stronger and had a higher culture, so the Huangdi clan became the representative of the Central Plains culture. Emperor Yanhuang became the ancestor of the Han nationality. Also known as the ancestor of the Chinese nation.

Therefore, people often refer to the Chinese nation as "descendants of the Chinese people" or "descendants of the Chinese people". Chinese descendants have become synonymous with the Chinese nation. The Yellow Emperor and Yan Di are not emperors, but two tribal leaders in the ancient Yellow River valley recorded in ancient books. Huangdi and Yandi were born in the Weihe River basin, a tributary of the Yellow River, which was already in the patriarchal commune era.

Legend has it that they are all descendants of Shaodian, the "Bear Princess". "In the past, Shaodian married Youshi and gave birth to Huang (Yellow) and Yandi. The Yellow Emperor was made of water, and the Yan Emperor was made of Jiang Shui. Success is different from virtue, so the Yellow Emperor is the discipline and the Yan Emperor is the ginger. " The "fate" mentioned here does not mean that both Huangdi and Yandi are descendants of Shaodian, but that they are all descendants of Shaodian.

"The Yellow Emperor took the name of pumping water" means that he grew up on the bank of pumping water, so he took pumping water as his surname. Jishui immediately used ancient lacquer water, which originated in Dulin, northwest of linyou county, Shaanxi Province, and merged into Weihe River in Wugong County today. Jiang Shui is the lower reaches of Qingjiang River, a tributary of Weihe River, which joins Weihe River in Baoji, Shaanxi. In other words, the initial activity areas of the two tribes of Yanhuang were in the upper reaches of Weihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Battle of Hanquan