The Five Emperors in Ancient China

"Three Emperors and Five Emperors" is a mixed figure of myths and legends and historical and archaeological materials in the pre-Xia cultural period. The popular saying is: Huang San is Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong; The five emperors are Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Di Ku, Yao and Shun. These refer to ancient emperors. "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" is also called "Five Emperors Huang San". Guan Xiu, a translator in the Tang Dynasty, said in A Journey to Youth: "What is the five emperors Huang San? It is difficult to grow crops." Literary Notes of the Late Qing Dynasty "Legendary Zaju Volume"? "On the Wounded Child" said: "Hua Yaoyuan is the Yin of the Five Emperors Huang San." The activity area of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" is basically in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and also concentrated in Henan. During the period of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", when most ancestors from the Yellow River valley to the Yangtze River valley entered the tribal alliance and the clan society was about to disintegrate, "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" was a hero preserved in ancient literature through legends in this historical period. Sima Zhen's Textual Research on Historical Records records: "Living in the hill of Xuanyuan, because you think it is famous, you think it is also counted." Xuanyuanqiu is in the northwest of xinzheng city today. The meaning of this sentence is that the Yellow Emperor, as the chief of the tribal alliance at the end of China clan society, was named Xuanyuan because of his residence. This tribal alliance later developed into the predecessor of the Chinese nation. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor is revered by later generations as the ancestor of Chinese humanities, and the Chinese nation regards the "Yellow Emperor" as one of its ancestors. Legend has it that Zhuan Xu, Yao, Shun and Yu are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor. The hometown of the Yellow Emperor is on Xuanyuan Road in xinzheng city. The ancestral temple in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor was built in the Han Dynasty, which was destroyed several times later and repaired in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, Xinzheng County made Xu Li "Xuanyuan Hometown Monument". In order to carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and remember the meritorious deeds of our ancestors, the xinzheng city Municipal People's Government expanded the scenic spot of Huangdi's hometown. The square area includes: Jishui River Arch Bridge, Gankun Relief Disc and Millennium Old Trees; In the hometown area, there is a statue of Xuanyuan Huangdi in the main hall of the hometown temple; Dingtan District has: Yong Dao stele, 56 national totem poles, Dingtan and cloister. Jiuding is placed in the tripod, and Huang Baoding is placed in the center of the tripod, making it the first tripod in the world. Taihao Fuxi's mausoleum is in Huaiyang County. According to documents, there were tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period, a temple was built in front of the tomb in the Han Dynasty, and a mausoleum temple was built in Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu. Zhu Yuanzhang personally visited the shrine. The Ming and Qing dynasties repaired the cemetery many times. Fuxi Mausoleum is more than 20 meters high and its circumference is 150 meters. In the garden, cypress trees are towering and there are many inscriptions. Zhuan Xu's Tomb and Di Ku's Tomb are located on the west bank of Xiaohe River in Liangzhuang Township, Neihuang County. Legend has it that there were only two mausoleums at first. In the fourth year of Yamato in the Tang Dynasty, there were five halls in front of the tomb. There were statues of two emperors in the hall, and there was a forest of southeast steles outside. Brick walls were built around the cemetery in the early Yuan Dynasty. During the period of Xuan Tong in Qing Dynasty, the cemetery was buried by wind and sand. Now there is only one big sand hill and two stone tablets, one of which says "Zhuan Xu Mausoleum" and the other says "Emperor Mausoleum". Five emperors, historical records? According to biographies of the Five Emperors, Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Yushun and Xuanyuan, namely Huangdi, are legendary central gods. Zhuan Xu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, assisted Shao Hao at the age of ten and proclaimed himself emperor at the age of twenty. Later, he was called Hei Di, the God of the North. Di Ku, surnamed Ji, Gao Xin, the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor. Tang Yao, that is, Emperor Yao, has a surname and number. It was sealed in the Tang Dynasty, so it was called Tang Yao. The post-Zen is located in Shunyushun, Yaoshi, Youyushi and Zhonghua. The post-Zen is in danger. (Insert allusion to Yao Shunyu's abdication ... Yao said: Consultation! Ershun! Days are in the bow, let it go. The four seas are poor, and the sky always ends. Shun also lives in Yu. Another way of saying it is that the Yellow Emperor in the center, Tai Hao in the east, Yandi in the south, Shao Hao in the west and Xuanyuan in Zhuan Xu in the north, namely the Yellow Emperor, are the legendary central gods. Fuxi, that is, Tai Hao and Feng, also known as Di Qing, is the legendary eastern gods. Jin was a subordinate of Tai Hao, and later went to the West, and was later called the God of the West. Zhuan Xu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, assisted Shao Hao at the age of ten and proclaimed himself emperor at the age of twenty, and was later called Hei Di, the God of the North.