#头条创作挑战赛#
If someone asks you what ethnicity you are
You will definitely answer subconsciously
"I'm a Yellow"
But, when you answer
Have you ever hesitated?
Obviously, many of us Chinese are quite white
Why is it defined as "yellow-skinned"?
Maybe when we dig deeper into the definition of "yellow race".
A huge scam will be discovered
There is even "stigmatization" from the West
……
It all starts with the origin of the "yellow race".
Although the way in which the race is divided originated in modern times
But in fact, the origin of the "yellow race" is much older
At the beginning of human civilization
Yellow is the color of gold
象征着永恒和不朽
In the frescoes of ancient Egypt and ancient Romans
Yellow is used heavily to indicate gold and skin tone
But with the origins of Christianity
Judas, clothed in yellow, betrayed Jesus
So yellow is defined
The color of "jealousy and deceit".
Egyptians don't like Jews
So the Jews were considered yellow
It's not that yellow
The Romans, again, did not like the Egyptians
So it was thought that the Egyptians were yellow
Later, it was believed that the Romans were yellow
With the fall of ancient Rome
The ideology of Westerners is bound by religion
White skin is given
The meaning of "noble, pure, holy".
And yellow skin is considered
A symbol of "savagery, evil, and lowliness".
With the opening of the continental Silk Road
After the Europeans saw the luxury of silk and porcelain
I began to wonder about the skin color of the Orientals
At that time they learned about it from the Indian population
Chinese are all white-skinned
It has a large ship and countless treasures
Thus, "rich, mysterious, elegant"
It became their "first impression" of the Chinese
The darkest period of 13th century Europe
Italian Marc Polo travelled the Orient
He was impressed by the powerful Yuan Dynasty
In his travelogue
We can learn about his definition of skin color for Chinese
It's "white".
And to give the definition of the skin of the Indians
It is given a "yellow" label
Until the 16th century
Domer Pilez, a Portuguese visiting China
It was also recorded as follows:
But why 100 years later
The skin color of the Chinese is in Western literature
What has changed?
It all started with one man – Matteo Ricci
This man came to China as a missionary in 1582
It took a full 15 years
There are only 100 followers in Guangdong, China
This completely aroused his dissatisfaction
So he wrote this statement:
As more and more missionaries came to China
The skin of the Chinese is in their mouths
Strange changes have taken place
In addition to yellow, it is also derived
In short, it's all dark
None of them are associated with white or bright colors
But these people alone are not convinced
In order to put the idea that the Chinese "are yellow" in stone
It needs the "deliberate" of Western scientists
1735
Swedish biologist Linnaeus
There are four types of human skin tones
Caucasian, red, black, brown
This statement was put forward by the time of the tenth edition
Just change "brown" to "yellow" (luridus)
In Latin, "luridus" in addition to yellow
It also represents death and ghosts
Later, he even bluntly wrote in his paper:
When the color of the plant changes to luridus
You may be suffering from a sad disease
1795 German anthropologist Blumenbach
Through the so-called "skull morphology"
Put East Asians, including Japanese
All named ""
And firmly believe that the race is yellow-skinned
But modern human genetic research has shown that
This is complete
The East Asians were named
It is a historical shame that stems from Westerners
In the 5th century, Attila, the leader of the Hun Empire
Swept across Europe and became known as the "Whip of God"
In the 12th century, the westward migration of the Turks led to the Crusades
This eventually led to the demise of the Eastern Roman Empire
In the 13th century, the Mongol cavalry swept across Europe
Left a deep psychological shadow on Europeans
To the German Emperor Wilhelm II
It also allowed the artist to draw a "yellow peril map"
At one time, discrimination against Chinese was put into account
It has been pushed to the climax of history
Besides
Westerners also directly from ethnographic characteristics
Insulting Chinese
They put some people present in the skin folds at the corners of the eyes
Recognized as "Mongolian pleats"
Indicates that all East Asians are "small-eyed"
At the same time, a person will be born
The birthmark on the buttocks that is present is called "Mongolian spots"
It was assumed that it was excess pigment in the blood
It is a trace of a monkey's tail
They even put "Down syndrome"
Identified as a characteristic of Chinese
The appearance of this disease in Westerners is considered "atavistic"
Only through limited observations
It is determined that the Chinese are not fully evolved
It is physically defective
Labeling the Chinese as "low-level".
But by the end of the 19th century in the late Qing Dynasty
These ideas were taken by some to study abroad
The "Chinese intellectuals" took it all
At this point, the yellow race, the yellow skin
It has gradually become the identity of the Chinese
Even Liang Qichao in "Young China Says".
It also expresses the view that "yellow does not lose white".
Although it is meant to express a kind of national self-confidence
But it has fallen into the trap of Western theory
Nowadays, we Chinese speak of yellow skin
In fact, it is not the same as the yellow skin defined in the West
We define the "yellow" of yellow skin
It is in traditional Chinese culture
Yellow of great significance
It is the color of the center, the color of the earth
It is the yellow of the Yellow Emperor, the common ancestor of China
If placed in antiquity
Except for the emperors
Other ordinary people simply can't be free to be pornographic
This is what we think represents the "noble" Huang
Therefore, the yellow skin of the Chinese identifies
It can also be understood as a misunderstanding
After all, it began as early as the Spring and Autumn period more than 2,500 years ago
Handsome guys and beauties of all dynasties
are all recognized as "skin like cream" white and tender complexion
Moreover
Westerners are also not as white as we think
Chinese are not necessarily yellower than Westerners
Modern genetic research has shown that
The genes that determine the whitening of skin color
It originated in Asia tens of thousands of years ago
Twenty or thirty thousand years ago
Genetic changes in East Asians and Western Europeans
Only then did it evolve into a light skin tone independently
Of course, that's not the point
Fall into the trap of "white is beautiful".
It doesn't matter what kind of skin color
There is never a distinction between high and low
True strength should come from
The people's "cultural self-confidence"
and the "prosperity and strength" of the Motherland
It is the backbone and confidence that can say "no" to the great powers
I hope every one of us Chinese
can be self-improving
Kudos to our mighty Motherland!