Historical materials of Yan Huang's second brother (abstract)

"Yanhuang" refers to the leaders of two different tribes in primitive society of China. Yan Di, surnamed Jiang, is the leader of the Yan Di clan. They entered the Central Plains from the west nomadic, and had a long-term inter-tribal conflict with the Jiuli nationality headed by Chiyou. Finally, he was forced to flee to Zhuolu (now Hebei Province). With the help of Huangdi clan, Chiyou was attacked and killed. The surname of Huangdi is Gongsun and Xuanyuan. Later, there were three conflicts between Yan and Huang in Hanquan (according to legend, Hanquan was in Huailai County, Hebei Province). The Huangdi clan defeated the Yan Di clan and entered the Central Plains from the northwest.

The Huangdi and Yan Di ethnic groups gradually merged with the Yi ethnic group living in the east, the Li ethnic group living in the south and a part of the Miao ethnic group to form the Chinese nation in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was called the Han nationality after the Han Dynasty. Among the nationalities and tribes in the Central Plains at that time, the Huangdi clan was stronger and had a higher culture, so the Huangdi clan became the representative of the Central Plains culture. Emperor Yanhuang became the ancestor of the Han nationality. Also known as the ancestor of the Chinese nation. Therefore, people often call the Chinese nation "descendants of the Yellow Emperor" or "descendants of the Yellow Emperor". Chinese descendants have become synonymous with the Chinese nation.