Why do we in China call ourselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor? What are the legendary stories of Yao Shunyu in the abdication era?

Legend has it that Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang are regarded as the ancestors of the Chinese nation. "Mandarin Today" contains: "In the past, the marriage was especially high when you were young, and you gave birth to the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di. The Yellow Emperor took Jishui (now Qishui River in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province) as his country, and Emperor Yan took Jiang Shui (now Qingjiang River in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province) as his country. Merits are different, so the Yellow Emperor is discipline, not ginger. The two emperors used teachers to help each other, and the principle of virtue and difference was also. " This is the earliest historical data that we can see to record the birthplace of Emperor Yan and Huangdi. Therefore, they are two similar tribal leaders, both of whom originated in the Weihe River basin in central Shaanxi. Later, the two tribes launched the battle of Hanquan, and Huangdi defeated Yandi. The two tribes gradually merged into Huaxia nationality, which was called Han nationality after Han and Tang Dynasties. Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor are also the ancestors of China's culture and technology. It is said that they and their courtiers and descendants created almost all the important inventions in ancient times.

Later, several legendary ancient emperors were regarded as the direct descendants of the Yellow Emperor until the Xia, Shang and Zhou emperors, and even barbarians and barbarians were included in this system. Later emperors also claimed that they were descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Almost all surnames can be traced back to Yandi, Huangdi or their courtiers. Ethnic minorities who have accepted Chinese culture (such as Xiongnu and Xianbei). ) also claimed to be descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people.

In the late Qing Dynasty, this concept spread more widely with the construction of nationalism in China. In the late Qing Dynasty, the early revolutionaries who rebelled against the Manchu rule won the support of the Han people with the slogan "descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people", while the radical revolutionaries believed that "descendants of the Chinese people are the only Han people". Moderate reformists believe that "our country is all descendants of the Yellow Emperor". Faced with the invasion and occupation by western powers, people of insight, including ethnic minorities [1], called for breaking ethnic boundaries and uniting China under the banner of "descendants of the Chinese people". In the face of the crisis of national subjugation and species extinction caused by foreign aggression, the concept of "descendants of the Chinese people, descendants of the Chinese people" has become a symbol of China people's national cohesion with ancestor worship as its basic culture. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the title of "descendants of the Yellow Emperor" was stereotyped as a reference symbol of the Chinese nation's war of resistance against the enemy, and became a banner that called on and inspired Chinese at home and abroad to join in the war of resistance. [2][3] During the Republic of China, "China people are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor" and China people are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor.