"Historical Records" contains: Huangdi Yan Di fought in the wild of Hanquan, and Huangdi won; Houhebing 1 Fighting in Zhuolu Chiyou; After the war, "all cities were built in the land of Zhuolu". The yellow emperor beheaded.
Then, everyone is inevitably driven by curiosity and can't help but ask: Where is Chiyou buried after his death? And what nation did his descendants become later? Today we will discuss these two topics according to some historical materials.
Who is Chiyou? Being a descendant of the Chinese people is our pride, thinking that the descendants of the Chinese people, as the name implies, refer to the descendants of Emperor Yan and the emperor. Some people will inevitably think that Chiyou is a villain, because he fought against our ancestors Huangdi and Yan Di. In fact, Chiyou belongs to a branch of Shennong in Yan Di. Chiyou and the original tribe alliance, the leader of Jiuli tribe, but the leader of Jiang tribe. But Emperor Yan is just a name, not just a person. Whoever is the leader of the tribe named Jiang is Emperor Yan, but Chiyou is a real person.
According to legend, Chiyou looks weird. He has a human body and a bull's head. He also has four eyes and six hands, and a pair of big wings on his back. It looks scary. There are many Chiyou brothers, including 8 1 brothers, and all of them look weird and are as good at fighting as Chiyou. Their tribal members are all militant, and they have high attainments in making weapons. At that time, the level of metal smelting was also top-notch, far higher than that of Yan Di and Huangdi tribe. It is precisely because Chiyou's tribe has excellent weapons and is very good at fighting that Chiyou's ambition and strength are growing.
"Eighty-one Chiyou brothers, talking with animals and people, eating sand and stones"-Taiping Yulan
According to the bamboo annals 16, the Yellow Emperor's Rectification recorded that the battle of Zhuolu was the last battle of Chiyou's life, and the Yanhuang allied forces fought against Chiyou. If you fight against Chiyou alone, you still have the upper hand, but after the combination of the two, Chiyou is pushed to the wall. Finally, Chiyou was defeated. After Xuanyuan captured Chiyou, he peeled off Chiyou's skin to make a target for shooting, and pulled off Chiyou's hair to make a standard. Fill Chiyou's stomach with wool and kick it as a ball. Chop the flesh and blood of Chiyou into paste for everyone to eat, but you can't spit it out. You must eat it clean. Xuanyuan warned the public: If anyone makes a mess like Chiyou, let him kneel and accept punishment. Its means are very cruel. After the battle of Zhuolu, Xingtian, a descendant of Emperor Yan, continued to fight for the Shennong regime. The Battle of Yanhuang was the early integration process of China, which experienced numerous struggles and lasted for several generations.
There is no tomb for Chiyou. According to Zhuolu County Records, we learned that Chiyou was dismembered after his death and buried in many places without any trace. Even if there is a mark, Yandi and Huangdi will not let Chiyou be buried properly. The so-called Mausoleum of Chiyou is actually a cenotaph, and there are more than one. There are three known cenotaph * * *, one of which lives in Taiqian County, Puyang, Henan Province. Once the Yellow River burst its banks and the monument was submerged here, but now it doesn't exist. Located in Juye County, Heze City, Shandong Province, the shoulder of Chiyou is buried in this cenotaph. There is also a yanggu county in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, which is the main tomb of Chiyou, and is called "Huanggu Tomb" in history.
Where are the descendants of Chiyou today? According to Shangshu, Sanmiao came from the ancient Jiuli nationality. After the defeat of Jiuli nationality, the whole people fled everywhere and later evolved into Sanmiao. Some people say that Chiyou is the leader of Chiyou tribe, but Dongyi and Chiyou lived in different times in history, so there is also a saying that Dongyi originated from Chiyou tribe. If descendants of Chiyou spread to the present age, it may be related to Miao, Yao, Qiang and Han. In some ancient books, it is recorded that the leader of Miao nationality is Jiuli Chiyou.
Miao people also respect Chiyou as their ancestor, and there are many Chiyou temples in Miao inhabited areas. Miao people are probably descendants of Chiyou. After the defeat of Chiyou, some descendants of Chiyou moved south to today's Guizhou, Xiangxi and southwestern Hubei, becoming the ancestors of Miao and Yao. The legends and songs of Miao nationality also involve that Chiyou is the ancestor of Miao nationality. The ancestors of Miao people lived in the Yellow River valley at first, but later they moved to present-day Guizhou and Xiangxi.
After Chiyou's defeat, most people, Chiyou's 8 1 tribe and a large number of people, were integrated into the tribes of Yan Di and Huangdi. As we all know, the Han people are descendants of the Yellow Emperor, so most of the descendants of Chiyou are integrated into the Han people and become the source of some Chinese tribal ancestors. Because it is too far away, it is impossible to tell where their descendants are today.
Some descendants of Chiyou moved westward and merged with the local aborigines to form the ancient Qiang nationality. According to historical records, the ancient Qiang people are also related to the Chiyou tribe, but some people think that the ancient Qiang people are not the same as the present Qiang people, and there are still different opinions about the descendants of Chiyou.