Characteristics of Yanhuang Culture in Chinese Traditional Culture

The characteristics of Yan Huang culture in traditional Chinese culture are as follows:

Yan Huang refers to the chiefs of two different tribes in primitive Chinese society. Yandi, surnamed Jiang, was the leader of the Yandi tribe. They entered the Central Plains as nomads from the west and had a long period of inter-tribal conflict with the Jiu Li tribe, which was led by Chi You. Finally they were forced to flee to Zhuo Lu (present day Hebei Province). They were assisted by the Huangdi tribe and attacked and killed Chi You. The Yellow Emperor's surname was Gongsun, No. Regulus.

Thereafter, the Yan and Huang tribes had three major clashes in Hanquan (which is said to be in Huailai County, Hebei Province). The Yellow Emperor Clan defeated the Yan Emperor Clan and entered the Central Plains from the northwest.

The Yellow Emperor race and the Yandi race, in turn, gradually merged with the Yi race living in the east, the Li race in the south, and a part of the Miao race, forming the Hua race in the Spring and Autumn period, which was called the Han race after Han. Among the peoples and tribes in the Central Plains at that time, the Huangdi tribe was stronger and more cultured, thus making the Huangdi tribe the representative of the Central Plains culture.

The two emperors, Yan Huang and Huang Di, became the founding fathers of the Han race. They are also known as the founding fathers of the Chinese nation. As a result, people often call the Chinese people "the descendants of Yan Huang" or the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. The children of Yan Huang have become synonymous with the Chinese nation.

The basic characteristics of traditional Chinese culture are, in simple terms, state-orientation, patriarchal consciousness, hierarchical concepts, and ritualism.

Ancient Chinese philosophical system, the core of which is the doctrine of ethics and morality, whose cosmic ontology is the metaphysical entity of ethics and morality, and whose philosophical rationality is the practical rationality of moralization.

Chinese culture places great emphasis on "punishing evil and promoting goodness" and the role of education. For example, ancient Chinese literature has always emphasized that "literature is the way of the road" and attached great importance to the role of literature as a corrective tool, advocating the combination of beauty and goodness.