Chiyou, one of the ancestors of China, is an ancestor of Miao nationality.
According to legend, Chiyou is a bull's head with wings on his back. He is the leader of the cattle totem and bird totem clan, and the double-horned bull head is the dragon in the traditional dragon culture. He has eighty-one brothers, all of whom are bronze heads, eight arms and nine toes, and all of whom have extraordinary skills. There were different explanations about the identity of the chieftain of Jiuli tribe in ancient times.
About 4600 years ago, after the Yellow Emperor defeated Yan Di, in today's Zhuolu County, Hebei Province, he launched a war with the Chiyou tribe-the battle of Zhuolu, and Chiyou died. Dongyi, Jiuli and other tribes merged into Yanhuang tribe, forming the earliest subject of the Chinese nation today.
In Zhuolu County, Hebei Province, there are Xuanyuanqiu, Chiyou Tomb, Huangdiquan (Hanquan), Sanzhai Chiyou, Chiyou Spring, Bagua Village, Dingchetai, Chiyou Blood-stained Mountain, Tatu, Shangxiaqiqi and Qiao Shan. See Zhuolu County Records, Historical Records, Water Mirror Notes and other historical documents for details. Modern architecture includes "Three Ancestors Hall of China" and so on.
One legend is that ...
In the history of China, the ancient books since the Spring and Autumn Period have recorded the legend of Chiyou quite abundantly, but there are often contradictions. According to these records, Chiyou was the leader of the ancient Jiuli tribe. Scholars speculate that Chiyou belongs to Tai Hao and two clan groups according to Yi and Yan Tie Lun. Chiyou has eighty-one brothers (maybe eighty-one tribes mean seventy-two). They are brave and powerful.
According to legend, Chiyou, with a face like a bull's head and wings on his back, is the leader of the totem clan of cattle and birds. He has eighty-one brothers, all of whom are bronze heads, eight arms and nine toes, and all of whom have extraordinary skills.
Chiyou is mentioned most in ancient books, which is a fierce battle with the tribal alliance headed by the Yellow Emperor. There are three specific situations. The first theory can be found in Records of the Five Emperors, that is, after the Yellow Emperor defeated Yan Di in the Battle of Hanquan, Chiyou made an insurrection, and the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou in the Battle of Zhuolu, thus consolidating the status of the son of heaven;
The second theory can be found in Yizhoushu Taste Wheat, that is, Chiyou expelled Chi Di (Emperor Yan), Chi Di appealed to the Yellow Emperor, and the two emperors jointly killed Chiyou in China and Hebei;
The third argument can be found in Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Bei Jing, that is, Chiyou fought the Yellow Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor made Ying Long fight. The two sides fought in Jizhou, and Chiyou was defeated and killed!
Although there are some differences between them, there is no doubt that Chiyou and Huangdi fought. The war process is more tortuous and highly mythical. Chiyou is good at fighting, "turning five soldiers into clouds", "fog for three days", Huangdi "invincible in nine wars" and "unable to defend the city for three years" "Fish Dragon River Map" shows that the Yellow Emperor "lost" to Chiyou, "it was a sigh, and God sent Xuan Nv to give Huang Di soldiers a symbol", that is, he won only by virtue of the power of the goddess "Xuan Nv". It is said that the Yellow Emperor used a guide car made by the wind behind him to tell the direction in the fog and won!
In the end, Chiyou was said to have been defeated and killed, or surrendered to the Yellow Emperor and took charge of the military!
Later, when the world was in chaos, the Yellow Emperor drew the image of Chiyou to shock the world. The world thinks that Chiyou is immortal and lives in the shogunate of the Yellow Emperor, so "all directions are slaves"!
The battle between Xuanyuan Huangdi and Chiyou is an extremely important event in the Chinese legend era. After the victory of the Yellow Emperor, he unified the Central Plains and became the orthodox of China. Therefore, China's history books, especially the mainstream Confucian classics, have a lot of bad comments on Chiyou, although they may not be fair. Later, Chiyou gradually deified and became the image of "copper head and iron forehead", "eight arms and eight toes", "human hoof with four eyes and six hands" and "eating sand and stones"!
Legend has it that Chiyou makes metal weapons and is good at fighting, so he is respected as the god of war and weapons (the Lord of soldiers) and is worshipped!
After the defeat of Chiyou, the people scattered, some took refuge in the Yellow Emperor, and some migrated to other places! Chiyou