There is a mausoleum of Huangdi on Qiaoshan Mountain in huangling county, Shaanxi Province, which is known as the "ancestor of mankind" of the Chinese nation.
Every time I go to Tomb-Sweeping Day, many people from China at home and abroad will go to worship. About 4000 years ago, there lived a tribe headed by the Yellow Emperor near Jishui in the northwest of China. At that time, Shennong, the world leader who invented farming and medicine, had declined, and the chiefs attacked each other, and wars continued, so the Yellow Emperor resolutely shouldered the heavy responsibility of stabilizing the sky. He led his tribe to conquer those unruly tribes with war, which made them come to join him. Finally, the Yellow Emperor, Yan Di and Chiyou tribes were formed. Once, Emperor Yan and Chiyou fought fiercely for the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Emperor Yan retreated to the north after defeat and asked the Yellow Emperor for help. In three years, the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou didn't win nine battles, so they decided to rule the people by virtue, reorganize the army, develop the production of grain crops such as millet, hulled wheat and rice, unite the people of the tribes who joined, and assemble the troops of the tribes into different phalanxes. Each phalanx has printed banners with images of bears, dragons, dragons and tigers. , unified command, and Chiyou decisive battle, and finally kill Chiyou. When the tribe saw that the Yellow Emperor defeated the fierce Chiyou, they all worshipped the leader. It is said that a yellow earthworm appeared in the sky when offering sacrifices to heaven and earth. People say that he is an emperor who takes soil as his virtue, so he is called "Yellow Emperor". In order to strengthen the contact with the tribes in the world, he led people to clear the way everywhere, visited all over the country regularly, asked the people about their sufferings and advised them to farm and plant mulberry. There are many skilled craftsmen under the Yellow Emperor: He and Chang Yi are responsible for observing the sun and the moon respectively; Observe the planets in this area; Ling Lun created Lu (music); Make a scene to create Jiazi; Li Shou invented arithmetic; Rongcheng synthesized the above six techniques and made a musical rhythm and calendar. The Yellow Emperor also ordered Ling Lun and Chui to make chimes and other musical instruments, such as giant jade, word-making, stone-yellow drawing, Yongfu mortar-making, Yimou arrow-making, bow-waving, and * * * drum goods to build ships. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor lived for 1 10 years and was buried in Qiaoshan (now Qiao Shan, huangling county, Shaanxi). From ancient times to the present, people think that the Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of China, and he is the descendant of the Yellow Emperor. China people often call themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor because they are close relatives and later merged together.
The ancestor of humanity —— The origin of the plaque of the "ancestor of humanity" of Huangdi
On April 5th, Tomb-Sweeping Day 1983, the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a set of three T84 "Huangdi Mausoleum" stamps, the second of which was named "Temple of Human Ancestors". The reason why it is called "the temple of early human ancestors" stems from the story that Chen Qian, a senior patriotic general of the Kuomintang, wrote a plaque of "early human ancestors" for the Huangdi Mausoleum.
When Chen Qian was studying in Japan in his early years, he met the revolutionary pioneer Sun Yat-sen, joined the League, participated in the Revolution of 1911, and was appreciated by Sun Yat-sen for his repeated meritorious military service. 1937 after the "July 7th" Lugouqiao Incident, Chen Qian did not hesitate to join War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and successively served as commander-in-chief of the First Theater of the Kuomintang and director of the Northwest Battalion. During my stay in Shaanxi, I went to huangling county with Mr. Yu Youren and Mr. Jiang to pay a visit to the Huangdi Mausoleum. All three of them were famous calligraphers at that time, and Chen Qian was the representative of Lishu. At that time, he wrote the plaque of "the ancestor of humanity" for Xuanyuan Temple of Huangdi Mausoleum, which was carved by masons in Fuping County. Due to transportation difficulties, the stone tablet broke when the cart was transported to Jiulishan, huangling county. Lu Renshan, then the county magistrate of huangling county, had to truthfully report to Chen Qian in writing. Soon, Chen Qian wrote back: "When the stone tablet is hit, don't panic. It is difficult to transport, so there is no need to prepare. Please make a wooden plaque and write it in Tomb-Sweeping Day next year. " After reading this letter, Liu Renshan quickly sent someone to buy fine wood and made a wooden plaque three meters long and two meters wide. On April 5th, 1938, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Chen Qian went to the mausoleum as scheduled. Lu county took out Four Treasures of the Study, which had already been prepared, and asked four people to carry the prepared're, dip them in pen and ink, and with a wave of his hand, write down the four official script characters of "the ancestor of mankind".
Up to now, this plaque of "the ancestor of mankind" is still hanging on the lintel of Xuanyuan Temple in Huangdi Mausoleum, blending into many historical landscapes of Huangdi Mausoleum and becoming one of the scenic spots for people to worship the Yellow Emperor and visit.