Chinese all called themselves descendants of Yanhuang, because the Second Emperor of Yanhuang was the ancestor of Chinese civilization, and their two large tribes fused together to form the Chinese nation. We are also often proud to be "descendants of Yanhuang", but do you know that The descendants of Yanhuang are just a general name, and when carefully analyzed, Chinese are not all descendants of Yanhuang.
Of course, this is only an exploration of the origin of the bloodline, and does not affect the integration and unity of multiple ethnic groups. We know that there are many surnames in Chinese now, each surname has a different origin, and a surname often has many origins, some originating from ancient times, some from ancient official positions to change surnames, some ethnic minorities to Change Han surnames, and some even change surnames given by the emperor.
To this day, the situation is more complicated. But we can still find the earliest source, in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor surnamed Ji, the number Xuanyuan clan, gave birth to 25 sons, but only 14 people were given surnames. At that time, surnames often evolved from place names or totemic beliefs, such as the Yellow Emperor himself because he grew up by the Ji River, so he changed his surname to Ji.
And these 14 surnames are: 姬, 酉, 祁, 己, Teng, 葴, Ren, 荀, 僖, 姞, 儇, and Yi. What about emperor Yan's descendants? Emperor Yan himself was surnamed Jiang, the shennong clan, and Jingwei, Zhu Rong, and Gonggong were all his descendants. Of the top 120 surnames in China, 86 belong to the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and 5 belong to the descendants of the Yan Emperor, excluding those they fused.
In ancient times, the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor once fought with the god of war, Xuan You. Xuanyu's tribe is very powerful, so it also wants to expand the territory, according to records, Xuanyou has 81 brothers, he himself is the leader of the ancient Jiuli clan, born with divine power, fighting bravely. In fact, Xuan You was originally from the same tribe as Emperor Yan, but later split up and got into a fight.
Emperor Yan was defeated and ran to the Yellow Emperor for help. The Yellow Emperor reached out to his aid and formed an alliance with Emperor Yan to deal with Xuan You. And Xuan You was born with divine power, and the Yellow Emperor had to ask the gods to help. These gods were the Nine Heavenly Goddesses, the Wind Bo, and the Rain Master, and the Wind Bo blew away Xuan You's people and horses, and the rain of the Rain Division blocked their view, and after a bitter battle, the Yellow Emperor Yan Emperor finally defeated Xuan You.
After Xuan You's death, a large part of his tribe also submitted to the Yanhuang Emperor and integrated into their ethnic group. The Yellow Emperor buried Xuan Youhou, and as for Xuan You's descendants, under the arrangement of the Yellow Emperor, they were divided into Zou and Tu Erdi, and the place name was referred to as a surname. Since then, the two surnames have continued to diverge, evolving into more than twenty branches.
We can compare this picture to see that if your surname is these surnames, it may not be "Descendants of Yan Huang", but a descendant of the ancient god of war, Xuan You. However, now we no longer pay attention to the specificity of these bloodlines, no matter which emperor's descendants, today, they are all Chinese people, there is no question of whose bloodline is more noble.