Hungarians are the only group in Europe that does not belong to the Indo-European nation. At present, there is basically no dispute about the history of Hungarians (also known as magyars) settling in Europe: a nomadic people from the East trudged westward for many years, and an outstanding tribal leader, Archduke Alpard, joined seven tribes and entered the Carpathian Basin in Central Europe (now Hungary) in 896; 1000, St. istvan, a descendant of the Arpad family, founded Hungary. To commemorate this period of history, there is a magnificent monument in the Heroes Square in Budapest, Hungary, and seven ancient knights form a beautiful bronze group portrait. The costumes of the Seven Knights are different from those of the ancient European knights, and have the characteristics of "riding and shooting in Hu clothes" by the nomadic people in the East.
Are Oriental Nomads Huns? There is still great controversy about the history of Hungarians before they settled in Europe.
During the 4th and 5th centuries, Xiongnu warriors once occupied the Carpathian basin. Now, many Hungarian men still use the name of Attila, the Hun, the whip of God.
/kloc-before the 0/9th century, Hungarian historians generally believed that their nation was related to the Huns. /kloc-in the first half of the 9th century, Corros jomo Shan Duoer, a famous Hungarian scholar, went to Central Asia and China to find his roots. However, the situation changed before and after the establishment of Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867). The view of "Finland-Hougail" historical school supported by Habsburg dynasty in Austria was formally adopted. According to the research results of linguistics, this historical school believes that Hungarian belongs to Finnish-Hugray family, and thus determines that the ancestors of Hungarians are closer to Finnish-Hugray nationality and have nothing to do with Huns. Now, the official historical conclusion supported by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences also believes that the ancestors of Hungarians first came from a nomadic people near the foot of the Urals Mountain in the border area of Eurasia. They are neither Huns nor their relatives.
At present, Hungary is dominated by magyars. According to the Law on Ethnic Minorities implemented in 1993, the government officially recognized that there are 13 ethnic minorities in China, such as Slovaks, Germans and Gypsies. And there are no "Huns".
However, many people in Hungary consider themselves "descendants of Huns" and demand official recognition of their legal status. Novak imre Joshua is one of these people. Novak, who is proud of being a descendant of Xiongnu, was interviewed by reporters. Novak, with blond hair and blue eyes, is very different from the nomadic people from Asia imagined by reporters.
Novak said that after the death of Attila, the Huns who had been strong for a while soon collapsed, but they did not completely disappear from the Carpathian basin, and some people stayed. Later, when arpad led the tribe to settle in this basin, some people in his team were "descendants of Xiongnu".
In order to gain recognition, "Xiongnu Descendants" collected 2,500 signatures last year, which were confirmed by the Hungarian National Election Commission. Their initiative legally entered the agenda of Congress. Although the congressional committee in charge of human rights and ethnic minority affairs recently rejected this initiative, Novak believes that the matter is not over and will appeal to the Constitutional Court later. According to his estimation, there are currently about 654.38 million "Hun descendants" in Hungary.
According to the reporter's understanding, the official believes that "Huns" do not exist because those who advocate lack characteristics in culture, language and religion, and they can't produce strong evidence to prove who they are.