Are the people of Shanxi descended from the Huns?

Not descended from the Huns.

Archaeology has shown that in ancient times, southern Shanxi was the origin of the first dawn of mankind. The discovery of the "century dawn ape" fossil in Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City, pushed the emergence of hominids forward by 10 million years. About 1.8 million years ago in the early Paleolithic period, the primitive people in Shanxi Jinnan region, where the Yuncheng Richeng County, West Houdu culture site found in the fire bone,

The Chinese scope of the discovery of the history of mankind's use of fire forward by one million years; about 10-20,000 years ago in the middle of the Paleolithic period, on both sides of the Fen River in Shanxi and Datong Shuozhou, Shanxi, there were already relatively concentrated primitive people and villages. In the late Neolithic period, southern Shanxi had become the center of many states at that time.

Discoveries and research results from the Tao Temple site in Xiangfen County, Linfen, indicate that this was the location of the capital city of Emperor Yao, and the area where the earliest China was located. This makes the Yao, Shun and Yu era of Chinese prehistory around 4,500 years ago from legend to credible history, thus confirming the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization.

After the death of Yu, his son Qi succeeded him. The early Xia Dynasty was centered around Xia County in Jinnan, Shanxi Province, and the site of Dongxiafeng in Xia County is an important Xia market.

During the Shang Dynasty, the southern part of Shanxi Province was within its "1,000 miles", while the rest of the country was scattered with more than a dozen square tribes.

At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was a large-scale division of vassals, and south-central Shanxi was the territory of more than a dozen vassals, of which the main one was the state of Jin.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin grew strong and gradually annexed smaller neighboring states, becoming one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. The territory of the State of Jin in its heyday included roughly present-day south-central Shanxi, southwestern Hebei, northwestern Henan, and eastern Shaanxi, with more than 50 counties set up, including more than 10 counties in Shanxi. Jin was the origin of the county system, which was later extended to the whole country by Qin.

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History and Culture of Shanxi

Dialect Culture

The Jin language is spoken in most of Shanxi, while the Central Plains Official Language is spoken in most of southern Jin, and the Jilu Official Language is spoken in Guangling County.

Jin is the only non-official dialect in northern China. The most important feature that distinguishes Jin from the official language is the retention of the incoming tones. Most Jin languages have five tones. The tones of Jin have a very complex succession of tones. The ancient turbid tones of Jin are now pronounced with a flat tone and a non-aspirated tone for the words "sei yin" and "sei fu" (塞擦音). The Jin language retains many features of the ancient Chinese language.

Opera Culture

Shanxi is one of the birthplaces of Chinese opera, and is known as the "cradle of opera". During the Han Dynasty, the sprout of opera appeared in Shanxi; during the Northern Song Dynasty, a variety of native operas were active in various parts of Shanxi - these native operas were the prototype of Chinese opera; during the Yuan Dynasty, Shanxi became the center of the national opera art, and the Yuan Dynasty theaters found throughout the country were basically located in Shanxi (Jinnan);

To the Ming Dynasty, folk art in the areas of Puzhou, Shanxi, and Tongzhou in Shanxi, and in the areas of Shanzhou, Henan, was popular, In the Ming Dynasty, the folk artists around Puzhou, Shanxi, Tongzhou, Shaanxi, and Shaanzhou, Henan reformed the singing style of Northern Opera, and evolved the "Puzhou Bangkas"; the Puzhou Bangkas were combined with the native operas of Jinzhong, Jinbei, and Southeast Jin to gradually form the Zhonglu Bangkas, the North Road Bangkas, and the Shangdang Bangkas.

In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese opera began to "flower part" (i.e., Bangkok Opera) and "elegant part" (i.e., Kunqu) of the fight, Shanxi folk opera style also prevailed, large villages and towns tend to invite the two troupes at the same time to perform, sing "对台戏". "In 1980, Jincha showed that there were 54 different types of Shanxi local theater, accounting for one-sixth of the more than 300 types of theater.

The Great Opera

The "Great Opera" in Shanxi's local theater is known as "Shanxi's Four Great Operas", namely Pu Opera, Jin Opera, Beilu Opera, and Shangdang Opera, of which Pu Opera, Jin Opera, and Beilu Opera are of the same root and different branches. The structure of the opera is the first of the "two-sentence" and "plate-cavity" styles. Pu opera, also known as Puzhou opera, named after its origin in Puzhou (now Yongji), was formed in the late Ming Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty,

is the oldest of the four major operas in Shanxi, with a repertoire of more than 1,000 plays; Puzhou opera to Jinzhong, and the local integration of rice-planting songs and the art of rapping, the formation of the middle of the road in the opera, Qing dynasty, after the Tongzhi, along with the Jinzhong region's economic prosperity, the middle of the road in the opera more and more loud, the "Jin Opera" as the "Jin Opera", "the middle of the road in the opera", "the middle of the road in the opera", "the middle of the road in the opera. With the economic prosperity of the Jinzhong area after the Tongzhi period in the Qing Dynasty, the fame of Zhonglu Opera became stronger and stronger, and it became famous in the world as "Jin Opera". The Shangdang Opera originated in the two states of Lu, Shangdang County in ancient China, and was formed by the Luo Luo Opera, the Roll Opera and the local small opera songs that came from foreign countries in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which were blended with the Bangzi Opera that flowed in from the south of Jin, and the middle of Jin.

Small Operas

Shangtang Luosi and Jinnan Meidu are big operas among small operas. Influenced by religious culture, Shanxi has Jinbei Daoxiang, Hongdong Daoxiang, Linxian Daoxiang, Yongji Daoxiang and other Daoxiang plays; there are 16 kinds of rice-planting songs in different parts of Shanxi;

"Bowls and chambers" is represented by "Quwu Bowls and Chambers", Xiaoyi Bowls and Bowls"; other small operas include "Er Rentai", "Xiao Hua", "Fan Zhi Bun Bun", "Juggling Children", "Fengtai Small Opera", "Toad Weng", "Pulling Opera", "Jumping Opera", "Hedong Thread Cavity", and "Shangdang Leather Reed", among others.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanxi (People's Republic of China)