What is the story of the ancestors of Yan and Huang, the story of the two emperors of Yan and Huang

The Jiang clan is a branch of Xirong, originally a nomadic people, and entered the Central Plains from the west very early. At that time, at the junction of present-day Shaanxi and Henan, there lived the Jiuli people (some say that the Dumiao people) headed by Chiyou, and the two sides had a long-term conflict due to the development of the tribe, and Emperor Yan was defeated and retreated to the area of Hebei Province. It is said that because Emperor Yan wanted to invade the princes, and then fought three fierce battles with the Yellow Emperor surnamed Ji of the Xuanyuan clan, this time is considered to be the first large-scale war of the Chinese nation, called the Battle of Hanquan (Hanquan, a village of Hanquan in Yanqing, Beijing).

Faced with the powerful opponents who led the Xiong, Zheng, Pi, Pi, Pi, Xian, and Tiger tribes, the Yan Emperor was finally defeated, allied with him and submitted to him, and the Yellow Emperor ended the war with victory.

The Yanhuang Alliance continues to expand, and there are more and more tribes that return to obedience, but Chiyou has always refused to accept it, and a big war is inevitable. Chi You led Jiuli and fought with the alliance at Zhuolu (now Zhuolu Village, Hebei Province), which was the second war in the legendary era, known as the Battle of Zhuolu. In the end, Chiyou was defeated.

Since then, the Jiang clan and the Yellow Emperor have settled down in the Central Plains. The term "descendants of Yan and Huang" is people's tracing and respect for the ancestors of Chinese civilization, Emperor Yan and Emperor Huangdi.

The story of the two emperors of Yan and Huang is as follows:

The Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor were not actually emperors, but two tribal leaders in the ancient times of the Yellow River Valley. Both the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor were born in the Weihe River Valley, a tributary of the Yellow River, in the era of patrilineal clan communes. Legend has it that they are all descendants of the Shaodian clan of the "Youxiong Kingdom", "the former Shaodian married the Youshi and gave birth to Emperor (Huang) Emperor and Emperor Yan."

The Yellow Emperor was made of Ji Shui, and the Yan Emperor was made of Jiang Shui; Cheng is different from virtue, so the Yellow Emperor is Ji, and the Yan Emperor is Jiang".

The "sheng" mentioned here does not mean that the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor are the biological children of the Shaodian clan, but that they are both descendants of the Shaodian clan. "The Yellow Emperor is made of Ji Shui", which means that he grew up on the shore of Ji Shui, so he took Ji as his surname. Jishui is the ancient lacquer water, originated in the north-west of Linyou County, Shaanxi Province, and flowed into the Wei River in Wugong County.

Jiangshui is a section of the lower reaches of the Weihe River, a tributary of the Wei River, that is, the Qing Jiang River, which flows into the Wei River in Baoji, Shaanxi. That is to say, the Yan and Huang tribes initially operated in the upper reaches of the Wei River, a tributary of the Yellow River.

Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor's original surname was Gongsun, but because he grew up in Ji Shui, he changed his surname to Ji; once lived in Xuanyuan Hill, called Xuanyuan; Because it is the descendant of the monarch of the bear country, it is also known as the bear family. He was "born a god, weak and able to speak, young and clever, long and sensitive, mature and intelligent", and was later elected as a tribal leader, leading his troops to migrate to northern Shaanxi to settle. With the development of agricultural production, in order to find a more flat, open and fertile land, he went south along the Beiluo River and arrived at the area of Dali and Chaoyi in present-day Shaanxi.

The loess there gave them easy conditions for the development of agriculture, but the occasional drought plagued them, forcing them to continue to look for their ideal place. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor led his people to cross the Yellow River from Dali and Chaoyi to the east, and entered the Fenhe Valley along the foothills of Zhongtiao Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and then migrated to the northeast to reach the vicinity of Zhuolu in present-day Hebei. There were wide valleys suitable for agriculture formed by the alluvial waters of the Sanggan River and the Yanghe River, and there were mountains and forests nearby for hunting, so they felt that the environment was very advantageous and settled down.

Just as the Yellow Emperor led his tribe eastward, Emperor Yan also led his people on a long journey. Emperor Yan is also known as the Red Emperor, one said that he was born in Li (Lie) Mountain, which is now Lishan Town, Suizhou City, Hubei, and one said that he was born in Changyang Mountain, Shennong Township, Baoji, Shaanxi, "Raised in Jiang Shui, surnamed Jiang, with the king of Huode, also known as Lieshan." In search of an ideal place to settle, he also led his tribe eastward.

But the route they took was different from that of the Yellow Emperor, who first traveled eastward along the Wei River to the southwestern part of present-day Henan, and then eastward along the Yellow River to what is now eastern Henan, where they settled.

In ancient times, there were many tribes in the Yellow River Valley.

For the fight for land, there were frequent wars between tribes. Later, the two major tribes of Yan and Huang clashed in the Central Plains, and the Yellow Emperor defeated the Yan Emperor and formed the Yan and Huang Alliance.

Soon, the Yanhuang Alliance defeated the Eastern tribes led by Chiyou, and the Yellow Emperor was elected as the leader of the tribal alliance.

In ancient times, people lived a primitive nomadic life by hunting and fishing. Emperor Yan wants everyone to live a stable life. So he worked tirelessly, risked his life, traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, tasted countless fruits, and finally found the grass that he thought could produce a lot of fruits and eat, which was the seedlings.

Since then, more and more people have been planting grain. In order to commemorate his exploits, people revered Emperor Yan as Shennong.

Both the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor are regarded as the ancestors of the Chinese nation, so the Chinese call themselves "descendants of Yan and Huang".

Emperor Yan (leader of an ancient Chinese tribe).

Emperor Yan is the honorific title of the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang in ancient China, called Shennong, also known as Kuikui, Lianshan, Lieshan, alias Zhu Xiang (there is still controversy, it is also said that the Zhu Xiang tribe had three generations of leaders honored by the name Yandi).

Legend has it that the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang was called Emperor Yan because he knew how to use fire to get the throne. From Shennong, the tribe surnamed Jiang has a total of nine generations of Yan Emperor, Shennong Sheng Di Kui, Kui Sheng Di Cheng, Cheng Sheng Di Ming, Ming Sheng Di Zhi, Zhisheng Emperor Yu, Qi Sheng Emperor Mourning, Mourning Emperor Ke, Kesheng Emperor Yu, 530 years of succession.

The era of Emperor Yan is the Neolithic Age, and there are currently six places in the hometown of Emperor Yan, namely: Baoji in Shaanxi, Lianshan in Huitong County in Hunan, Yanling County in Zhuzhou, Hunan, Suizhou in Hubei, Gaoping in Shanxi, and Zhecheng in Henan. The range of activities of the Yandi tribe is in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, in Jiangshui (one says that it is the Qingjiang River in Weibin District, Baoji City, and the other is Qishui in Qishan County, Baoji City.

The tribe began to flourish in the area, initially in Chendi, and later moved the capital to Qufu.

According to legend, Emperor Yan Niu was the first person, he tasted herbs and developed herbs to cure diseases; He invented slash-and-burn farming, created two kinds of soil turning farming tools, and taught people to cultivate food crops in the wasteland; He also led the tribesmen in making pottery and cooking utensils for food and drink.

Legend has it that the Yandi tribe later allied with the Yellow Emperor's tribe and defeated Chiyou together.

The Chinese (not only the Han people) call themselves the descendants of Yan and Huang, and worship Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang as the first ancestors of the Chinese nation, and become the spiritual driving force for the unity and struggle of the Chinese nation.

Emperor Yan is revered by Taoism as Shennong the Great, also known as the Wuyu Shennong Emperor.

Yellow Emperor Huangdi (2717 BC – 2599 BC): The leader of the ancient Chinese tribal alliance and the co-ruler of the Chinese nation in ancient China. The head of the Five Emperors [.]

It is revered as the "first ancestor of humanity" in China. It is said that he is the son of Shaodian and Fubao, his surname is Gongsun, and he later changed his surname to Ji, so he is called Ji Xuanyuan. Living in Xuanyuan Hill, called Xuanyuan, built in Youxiong, also known as Youxiong.

Some people also call it "Dihong".

The history of the Yellow Emperor is called the Yellow Emperor because of the Rui of Tude. The Yellow Emperor went down in history for his great achievements in unifying the Chinese tribes and conquering the Dongyi and Jiuli tribes to unify China. During the reign of the Yellow Emperor, he sowed hundreds of grains and plants, vigorously developed production, and began to make clothes and crowns, build boats and cars, make music and rhythm, and create medicine.

The Yellow Emperor was the first tribal leader in ancient China, that is, the Huaxia tribe (basically active in the early Yellow River Basin), also known as the Youxiong clan.

Then there was Emperor Yan and became the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang (the Yangtze River basin is active), also known as the Shennong clan.

We are now called the descendants of Yan and Huang, and that is because of these two people.

There is only information about the descendants of Yan and Huang.

Descendants of Yan and Huang. Legend has it that in ancient times, the Yellow River valley in China was inhabited by many scattered people. They formed clans according to kinship, and many clans in turn united to form tribes. The Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor were the leaders of two of these large tribes.

At that time, people's ability to resist natural disasters was very low, and when there was a flood or drought, they had to move. Once, when the Yandi tribe was moving, they came to the place occupied by the Yellow Emperor tribe, and when they saw that the conditions there were very good, they decided to stay for a long time.

However, the people of the Yellow Emperor tribe were unwilling, and as a result, the two sides fought without giving in to each other. After three battles, the Yandi tribe was defeated. Emperor Yan conceded defeat to the Yellow Emperor and expressed his willingness to obey the Yellow Emperor's orders. The Yellow Emperor agreed to the request of the Yandi tribe to stay.

The wife of the Yellow Emperor personally taught the people of the Yandi tribe to raise silkworms and reeling silk, and the Yellow Emperor asked them to teach them the techniques of making cars and shipbuilding. Emperor Yan also gave the Yellow Emperor wooden ploughs and herbs. They get along very well.

Later, they united to form the Yanhuang Tribal Alliance, and the Yellow Emperor became the leader of this alliance. The history of the Chinese nation began from this point. Therefore, the Chinese respect the Yellow Emperor as the ancestor of the Chinese nation and call themselves "the descendants of Yan and Huang".

The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is in Huangling County, Shaanxi Province, China, on a mountain full of pine and cypress, and now every year during the Qingming Festival, there are many seas, and the descendants of the Yellow Dynasty go there to worship their ancestors.