Where is Gudongyi now? Are there any descendants of Dongyi people now?

Speaking of "Dongyi" and "Dongyi culture", many people may not know much about it, but by tracing back to the source, we find that the ancestors of Shandong people are Dongyi people, and Dongyi culture originated in Shandong and has become the most important source of the development of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years. Linyi, located in the center of Yishu River Basin, is the most densely distributed area of prehistoric cultural sites in Shandong.

Dongyi related records

Shuowen said: "Yi, the people of the East also."

"Once"? Biography of Dongyi contains: "Wang Zhi says:' The East welcomes guests'. If you are a foreigner, you will be happy. Everything comes from the earth, naturally obeys, is easy to be ruled by Tao, and has a gentleman and an immortal country. "

So when did the name "Yi" come into being?

According to records, the name "Yi" originated in Xia Dynasty, and it was also called "Yi" with China and Xia. The word "Yi" often appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, which generally refers to tribes living outside the notification center. The title of "Dongyi" existed in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The ruling center of Xia and Shang Dynasties was in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan, so Dongyi refers to the eastern region with Shandong as the center.

Due to the numerous branches of Dongyi, it is widely distributed, connecting the Central Plains in the west, the Huaihe River Basin in the south, the lower reaches of the Yellow River in the north, and crossing the sea to Liaodong in the east. Therefore, the specific scope of Dongyi includes the whole Shandong and its adjacent areas, such as eastern Henan, northern Jiangsu, northeastern Anhui, southern Hebei and Liaodong Peninsula.

The superior living conditions enabled the Dongyi tribe to thrive in this land and become the earliest indigenous people who moved to the east of China.

In other words, there are naturally descendants of Dongyi now. Dongyi people are now Shandong people. Dongyi people once originated in south-central Shandong Province, and they were also one of the important civilizations in ancient China. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, "Dongyi" was often called the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago in the east, which was used to address foreigners. In the long history, Dongyi people have gradually become the ancestors of Shandong people, that is, Han people and Shandong people.