Why do China people persist in "confessing to their ancestors"? What does it mean to "confess your ancestors to your ancestors"?

Many people don't understand why China people are obsessed with "confessing to their ancestors". Next, I will use the school easy search to enjoy it.

When it comes to "descendants of Yan Huang", almost all China people know that this is synonymous with themselves as a member of the "Chinese nation".

What does "Chinese nation" mean?

This question seems meaningless. Perhaps, seeing this problem, many people will throw dung and give the author all imaginable expressions of contempt and contempt to show their feelings, justice, knowledge and wisdom.

In fact, it is very likely that quite a few wise people with feelings, sense of justice and "knowledge" are not sure. As a special term, "Chinese nation" is similar to "China people". Only in modern times, from the late Qing Dynasty, did it "mature" and "echo".

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"Expulsion of Manchu Dynasty and Restoration of China" are the first eight words in the "Overseas Chinese" program of 19 century, which formed "Zhongxing Society". Zhongxing Hui people later evolved into Meng Huitong. The League can be said to be the basic predecessor of the Kuomintang.

The concept of "China" was put forward by Qing people and their descendants who lived abroad during the Zhongxing Hui period, with the aim of overthrowing the Manchu rule and returning to the cultural and political origin of the Han nationality. The racial hatred contained in it has long since ceased to exist, so it should not be counted today.

It can be said that the "land of China" under the rule of Manchu was invaded and humiliated by western powers. The Manchu ruling clique experienced the Westernization Movement and the Reform Movement of 1898, but it was hard to return. Therefore, almost everyone who has a sense of responsibility for this country and is worried about the situation and future of its main ethnic group, the Han nationality, is thinking about and looking for ways to save this country.

At this time, a serious and inevitable question arises:-who to save? Save what?

Nonsense? No, of course it is "saving the country and the people".

Right, right-saving the country and the people. But what is a "country"? What is the scope of "people"?

Is it the Great Qing Dynasty and its people? Of course not the Great Qing Dynasty; It seems that its people also reject overseas Chinese and join some "non-China people" under the banner of dragons. That is. That is-China, China; Also, the Chinese nation, descendants of the Chinese people!

Or China, the descendants of the Chinese nation and the people of China, a group of ancient and timely answers. In this way, they embarked on the great stage of striving for national independence and freedom in modern times with almost unprecedented formality and brilliance.

Since then, it has been the alias of Dahan, Datang, Dasong, Daming and even the Qing Dynasty, and has become the broadest and noblest name in this country. Under this highly generalized national concept, the Chinese nation, the descendants of the Chinese people and the descendants of the Chinese people have also become the collective names of all concerned.

"Qing Dynasty" has regressed emotionally and even been ignored.

Even Daming and the old have become "the past" and cannot "return".

At the moment when the19th century and the 20th century overlap and are destroyed, it is necessary to reorganize the national complex on the basis of traditional and ancient beliefs to form a renewable cohesive force.

At this point, the word with the most warmth and meaning of "tracing back to the source" is "Yan Huang Descendants".

The original intention and belief of China people.

Literally, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor refer to the descendants of Emperor Yan and the Yellow Emperor.

Yan Di and Huangdi Tribes originated in today's Guanzhong and Zhongyuan areas of Shaanxi Province, and are regarded as the ancestors of the Chinese nation in traditional concepts. The "Huaxia" nation is considered as the basic origin of "China".

This understanding lasted until the middle of BC 1 1 century. The Zhou dynasty, which respected heaven and ancestors, continued and solidified the blood relationship with ritual and patriarchal clan system, thus forming a complex of respecting ancestors that lasted for thousands of years.

For those of us who are called "descendants of Yan Huang", ancestors and ancestors are the main objects of worship, and their status is at least equal to or even higher than that of "God".

In other words, we have raised the concept of "all ancestors" from simple physiological connotation to

Under this concept, we must "rely on" Yan Di or the Yellow Emperor to move forward from generation to generation. At least, we think we can "rely on". This "dependence" is very important for our "reasonable existence" and "reasonable continuation" in this land. Therefore, we attach more importance to "knowing our ancestors and returning to the Sect" than most other countries in the world, especially those countries that "respect God".

The complex of confessing one's ancestors to the Sect almost naturally sublimates into an abstract belief concept. At this moment, it needs to focus, refocus and expand.

Therefore, it can be said that the meaning of today's "descendants of Yan Huang" is the embodiment of the complex of recognizing ancestors and returning to the ancestral home, which is quite different from the original meaning of the word.

Ethnic integration and migration in history.

In this vast land we call "China", ethnic integration and migration have been taking place. People from different nationalities and regions marry each other, and the population flows constantly for the needs of production, life and resource exchange. With the development of information and transportation, it is more efficient and wider. The traditional clan consanguinity has undergone numerous changes in the process of integration and migration, and almost never stopped. The mixing and separation of consanguinity has also reached a certain level, and some coincidences can only be found through DNA testing. It is very exaggerated to say who is the "authentic" descendant of China people, and it is usually difficult to have a definite answer.

However, being careful and unpretentious does not mean that you can't find a shadow.

Needless to say, from "expelling the Qing Dynasty and restoring China" to the distant "Huaxia" era after Yan Huang, there have been at least four large-scale and intensive ethnic integration in this land from far to near.

The first time occurred in the "Late Shang Dynasty and Early Zhou Dynasty" from 12 BC to the 9th century BC.

During this period, the traditional "Huaxia" nationality absorbed and accommodated many tribes called "Rongdi" and "Externalization" at that time for various reasons, such as pursuing the balance of resources such as production materials and population, changing dynasties, and pursuing stability and harmony in the new regime, and formed a larger, newer and more dynamic tribal group.

It can be said that the old concept of "descendants of Yan Huang" has been broken by blood in this event that lasted for about 300 years. During this period, even earlier, some original "authentic" tribes migrated to far places for various reasons, thus being far away from the newly integrated ethnic groups. The founder of Sanxingdui culture and the ancestors of some ethnic minorities with ancient legends of the Central Plains may be part of it in today's south-central and southwest mountainous areas. If so, is their blood relationship more "dependent" on China's ancestors than the Central Plains people?

The second great integration took place in the hundreds of years from Wei Jin to early Tang Dynasty.

This is recorded in the history textbook of middle school. The "subject" of integration can be said to be the "Han nationality" gradually formed after integration in the past. However, the merged ethnic groups are mainly nomadic ethnic groups in the north and northwest.

As far as blood relationship is concerned, most of these mixed ethnic groups have nothing to do with the ancient "Huaxia" tribe. However, in this great integration, the vast majority of people are almost completely "assimilated" by the Han nationality in terms of thought, production and lifestyle. Among them, Xianbei nationality is the most representative, once very powerful, and established a very brilliant country. Not to mention that their "independent existence" did not completely trace back to today, or even before "expelling Manchu and restoring China".

It is worth mentioning that this great ethnic integration coincides with the brilliant turning point of agricultural core industries in central countries from "planting millet" to "planting rice". Some groups and communities in the traditional "Han nationality" moved south with this major turning point and other reasons, forming the main population in the south and southeast of the Yangtze River today. After this integration, it can be said that people in the south and southeast of the Yangtze River are more "authentic" and "Han Chinese" than people in the central plains and the north.

Compared with the previous two national integrations, the third national integration in the late Song Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty was relatively "one-sided".

The rise of the Mongolian Empire broke the previous ethnic distribution pattern. With the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty and the implementation of the population hierarchy system in the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of adherents of the Song Dynasty moved to the southeast coastal areas, largely retaining the culture, customs and blood relationship between the Song Dynasty and the original "Han nationality" and forming the main population in the Chaoshan area of southern Fujian today. In this sense, it can be generally believed that people in Chaoshan area of southern Fujian today may have retained the blood of the main ethnic groups in the Song Dynasty more than other areas in the north.

The fourth ethnic integration was relatively close, mainly in the middle and early Qing Dynasty.

As a "foreigner", Manchu rulers accepted the lessons of the Yuan Empire to a great extent, and after a short confrontation in the early days, they quickly took the initiative to integrate with the Han nationality. As far as national stability and political harmony are concerned, it can be said that it has a positive impact. By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, especially in the north, the Manchu-Chinese banquet had become the norm.

At this stage, due to the "sequela" of Manchu rulers' early practice, cultural exchange and communication, material distribution and production, the degree of integration in Jiangnan area is lower than that in Jiangnan area, and more characteristics of Han nationality since Ming Dynasty are retained. However, at this time of the year, bloodline may no longer be the main factor, but more ideological reservation. This may be the reason why most of the forces that initially provoked confrontation and even tried to overthrow the Manchu rule came from the south.

Contemporary China Family and the Extensive Extension of "Yan Huang Descendants"

After the above four national integrations, it can be said that the concept of "descendants of Yan Huang" basically presents a state of "you have me and I have you" in terms of physiological blood relationship. Except for a few tribes who have lived in remote mountainous areas in central and southwestern China for generations and preserved ancient legends related to the Central Plains, it is difficult to find truly "real" China people.

This situation, if placed in many other regions and ethnic groups, is likely to be forgotten with the "dispersion" of blood relationship and the evolution of culture.

However, our Chinese nation, as well as China, which has been guarded, built, loved and attached for generations, has shown a strong centripetal force that no other nation in the world has because of its stable agricultural economic model, more specific and compassionate belief in respecting ancestors, moral tolerance and tolerance with Confucianism as the core, and endless art handed down from generation to generation. And turn former enemies into friends and former friends into relatives, thus condensing into the soul of the largest great nation on this planet and almost having a sense of belonging.

No matter what dialect you speak, no matter how different your living customs are, no matter whether you are at the head or tail of the Yangtze River, no matter whether you are abroad or have curly hair, as long as you speak the same language and the same species, as long as you know that your ancestors are buried in this land, you will like you. I am a descendant of Yan Huang with the same name as him! Everyone will sincerely and proudly admire-big China, such a big home!