According to Records of the Historical Records of Guan Chan, "Qin Linggong became a monk in Wuyang to worship the Yellow Emperor." In other words, more than 400 years before BC, Qin people began to offer sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor.
20 16 the site of yongshan blood pool excavated by archaeologists in Fengxiang county, Shaanxi province is probably the upper chin of the Qin people who sacrificed to the yellow emperor. In BC 1 10, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a special trip to Qiao Shan to offer sacrifices. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, offering sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor has been upgraded to a national ceremony without interruption.
After the founding of New China, the Huangdi Mausoleum has been continuously maintained and protected. Especially since the reform and opening up, a large number of overseas Chinese have come to Qiao Shan not far from Wan Li to pay homage to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, making the Qingming public sacrifice to Xuanyuan Huangdi an important ceremony for Chinese people all over the world to trace their roots, gather strength and cast their souls.
Why is the Yellow Emperor called the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation?
According to historical records, the Yellow Emperor is the son of Shaodian, surnamed Gongsun, named Xuanyuan and named Xiong. Because of his virtue, he was born in the Loess Plateau and was honored as the Yellow Emperor by later generations. Huangdi married four people in his life and gave birth to 25 children, of which 14 got the surname. We are familiar with the kings of Zhuan Xu, Yao, Shun, Yu and Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, all of whom are direct descendants of Xuanyuan Huangdi. According to archaeological research, the birthplace of Huangdi clan is in the northwest of Shaanxi, and tribal activities are mostly in the Yellow River basin in northern Shaanxi and western Shanxi.
As early as 5,000 years ago, the Yellow Emperor led the ancient tribal ancestors to carry out great practices with the dual significance of transforming nature and human beings with smart wisdom, extraordinary creativity and perseverance.
Huangdi's great achievements in his life are mainly reflected in two aspects: first, he created civilization, writing, melody, medicine, agriculture and compass, which greatly promoted the development of social productive forces; Second, he experienced 52 wars in his life, unified all clans and tribes, and created the first country with a * * * Lord in the history of China. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor was honored as the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation by successive dynasties.