The middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River have mild climate, moderate rainfall and fertile soil, and entered the farming society within the city wall earlier, which is called China and Huaxia. The natural conditions in the border areas are poor, and most of them make a living by hunting and animal husbandry, so they are called Yi. A savage is a man with a bow.
Yi language has multiple meanings. Its main meaning is "Ping". Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty said that variant characters "follow the big bow". It is said that Dongyi people first invented bows and arrows and were good at archery. So there is a saying that "Dongyi" is an oriental archer.
According to legend and classical literature, Hou Yi, who was shot nine days ago, was the leader of Dongyi. However, in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Yi people in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen were actually corpses or herringbone shapes, which had nothing to do with bows. Therefore, the theory that Yi people are regarded as archers according to the word "Cong Dagong" may have started in the Han Dynasty.
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At the beginning of the use of the word Huaxia, it refers to the Central Plains (Henan) region, or a place with a lifestyle in the Central Plains. In the Zhou Dynasty, all monarchs who obeyed the etiquette and kept the etiquette and righteousness were called Zhu Xia. In ancient books, "Hua" and "Xia" are the Central Plains, and "Yi" and "Yi" are the four directions. China is also called China, Midsummer, Middle-earth and China.
China and Xia used to be common, and these two words are synonyms. It is summer in China. China is also called midsummer. For example, ten years after Zuo Zhuan was written, Confucius said, "Don't seek summer, don't mess with China." Ethnic minorities are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of China people in the Central Plains. The word "Hua" here is also "Xia".
Confucius regarded "Xia" and "Hua" as synonyms. Distinguish four tribes (Dongyi, Nanman, Xirong and Beidi). Used as a title for Han nationality and foreigners in later generations. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "Hua" occupies a high position. About the Spring and Autumn Period, China ancient books began to use "Hua" and "Xia" together, collectively referred to as "Huaxia".
In ancient times, the ancestors of the Han nationality, Huangdi and Yan Di, fought for the leader of the tribal alliance. Yan Di tribe was defeated and merged into Huangdi tribe, and the Yanhuang Alliance was formed. Later, in the battle of Zhuolu, they defeated Chiyou, the leader of Jiuli nationality of Dongyi Group, and extended the alliance power to modern Shandong.
Later, the Yellow Emperor's Department and Yan Di's Department formed a larger Huaxia alliance with some Dongyi tribes in Shandong, and the Huaxia ethnic origin was basically fixed. From 2 100 to 770 years ago, descendants of Huangdi nationality in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River successively established Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty.
In order to compete for the leader of the tribal alliance, the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di broke out in the Central Plains. Yan Di tribe was defeated and merged into Huangdi tribe, and the Yanhuang Alliance was formed. Yanhuang Group is dominated by Yan Di tribe and Huangdi tribe, and defeated the combined forces of Dongyi Group and Miaoman Group led by Chiyou, the leader of Jiuli nationality, in the battle of Zhuolu.
The influence of Huaxia Alliance extended to modern Shandong, and formed a larger Huaxia Tribe Alliance with other tribes of Shandong Dongyi Group, initially forming Huaxia Tribe. In the Zhou Dynasty, Huaxia tribe was formally formed as a kind of political syncope.
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