Why do we often call ourselves the descendants of Yan and Huang?

Why do we call ourselves "descendants of Yan and Huang" 1The Yan and Huang tribes united, occupied the Central Plains and continued to multiply, forming the main body of China, and the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor were revered as the humanistic ancestors of the Chinese nation; 2.The cultural civilization of Yanhuang influenced the surrounding tribes, causing them to continue to merge and form the prototype of the Chinese nation.

3."Yanhuang descendants" now refers to Chinese and Chinese diaspora around the world.

"Yan Huang" refers to the leaders of two different tribes in primitive Chinese society. Emperor Yan's surname is Jiang and he is the leader of the Emperor Yan clan. They entered the Central Plains from the west as nomads and had a long-term inter-tribal conflict with the Jiuli tribe, led by Chi You.

Finally, he was forced to flee to Zhuolu (present-day Hebei Province). With the assistance of the Yellow Emperor clan, he attacked and killed Chiyou. The Yellow Emperor's surname is Ji and his name is Xuanyuan.

Later, the Yan and Huang tribes clashed three times in Hanquan (it is said that Hanquan is in Huailai County, Hebei). The Yellow Emperor defeated the Yandi and entered the Central Plains from the northwest. The Yellow Emperor and the Yandi tribe, and the Yi people living in the east, the Li people, and part of the Miao people in the south, gradually merged, forming the Chinese people in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Han people were called the Han people after the Han Dynasty.

Among the ethnic groups and tribes in the Central Plains at that time, the Yellow Emperor tribe was stronger and more cultural, so the Yellow Emperor tribe became the representative of the Central Plains culture. The two emperors of Yan and Huang became the ancestors of the Han nationality. It is also known as the ancestor of the Chinese nation.

Therefore, people often refer to the Chinese nation as the "descendants of Yan and Huang" or the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. The descendants of Yan Huang have become synonymous with the Chinese nation.

According to ancient legends, people in ancient times lived in the grass. There are three large clans and tribes that have entered the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River: one is the clan tribe headed by the "Yandi" from the west; the second is the Yiren clan tribe from the east, with "Chiyou" as the leader; The third is the clan tribe headed by the "Yellow Emperor" from the northwest.

Emperor Yan is the honorific title of the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang in ancient China, called Shennong, and it is said that the leader of the tribe surnamed Jiang was called Emperor Yan because he knew how to use fire to get the throne. The Yellow Emperor is the leader of the ancient Chinese tribal alliance, called Xuanyuan, the co-ruler of the Chinese nation in ancient China, the head of the Five Emperors, and is respected as the "first ancestor of humanity" in China. The Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor were contemporary, and the various tribes competed with each other, so the Yellow Emperor took advantage of the time to rise up, united with the Yan Emperor, captured and killed Chiyou, and unified the tribes of the Central Plains.

The Huang and Yan tribes in the north fought for many years, and as a result, Emperor Yan was defeated. So these two major clans and tribes combined, jointly developed the Yellow River Valley, created a glorious culture in ancient times, and the two tribes gradually merged into the Huaxia people, the Huaxia people were called the Han people after the Han Dynasty, and the Tang people after the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Han people say that they are "descendants of Yan and Huang" or "Yan and Huang Shixuan".

The reason why we are called the descendants of Yan and Huang is that Yan and Huang are the two ancestors of humanity in ancient China, representing the ancestors of the Chinese nation, and we are the descendants of the Chinese nation, so we are called the descendants of Yan and Huang. About four or five thousand years ago, there was no country only tribes, Yan and Huang were two hostile tribal leaders, and later the Yellow Emperor defeated Yan Di, and the two tribes merged together and multiplied together to form the Huaxia tribe, Yan and Huang are also the ancestors of ancient Chinese culture and technology.

The legendary several ancient emperors Yao Shunyu to the emperors of the Xia Shang Zhou Dynasty are considered to be the direct descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and the emperors of later generations also claim that they are the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and the ethnic minorities who accepted the Chinese culture such as the Xiongnu and Xianbei also claim to be the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and the descendants of Yan and Huang, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty, the concept of the descendants of Yan and Huang has spread more widely with the construction of Chinese nationalism, and the title of the descendants of Yan and Huang during the Anti-Japanese War is the designated symbol of the Chinese nation, and it has become a consensus that all Chinese are descendants of Yan and Huang.