Where did the Khitans go?

The Khitan nationality cannot be ignored in history. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Ye Abaoji, the leader of the Khitan nationality, unified the ministries and proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of Khitan. Later, it was renamed the famous Liao country.

1 125 years, the Liao Dynasty perished. After the demise of Liao Dynasty, some Khitans merged into Mongolia, North Korea and other ethnic minorities, while others entered Hebei, Shanxi and other places, and their own characteristics gradually faded. As a complete nation, the Khitan has ceased to exist in the Yuan Dynasty.

That is to say, all the Khitans who stayed in the Mongolian grassland were integrated into Mongolia, all the Khitans who stayed in the northern region were integrated into the northern Han people, and a small number of Khitans who stayed in the northeast became the present Dahan people.

After all, this is everyone's guess. After the founding of New China, some experts from China Academy of Medical Sciences and China Academy of Social Sciences used DNA technology to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the Khitan people: Daur people have the closest kinship with the Khitan people and are descendants of the Khitan people. The "I" of A, Mang and Jiang in Yunnan has similar paternal lineage to the Daur nationality and is also a descendant of the Khitan nationality.

In Dragon Eight Branches, we can better understand the history of the rise and fall of the Qidan nationality.

Qiao Feng, the hero, was originally named Xiao Feng. He was born in Liao and grew up in the Song Dynasty. He is actually a Khitan. He was in charge of the Beggars' Sect for eight years, and led the Beggars' Sect to help the Northern Song Dynasty resist foreign enemies. Once upon a time, he was in the United States. Later, after knowing his life experience, he was not tolerated by outsiders and took the initiative to let Xian abdicate. Later, I met Akuta, the leader of the Jurchen nationality, and helped Yelu Hongji, the righteous brother, to quell the rebellion and was named King of Chu. It prevented Yeluhongji from invading the Song-Liao border and created decades of peace between the two countries.

Although this is a novel, it can be seen that Liao and Song are two countries with equal strength. As the ruler of Liao country, the Qidan nationality should not be underestimated.