Cold Arctic Circle, snow all day long, here is a magical place, you can often see the beautiful aurora, Haizi once said, we walk in the human world, we want to see the sun, but most of the time here is not to see the sun, but it is in this harsh climatic conditions, there is a special race, so what is this race, how do they survive in this extremely cold climate?
Inuit
They were called Inuit, also called Eskimos, Eskimos are the Indians' derogatory name for them, in ancient times, Inuit and Indians because of the land and resources of the war, the Inuit were driven to the vicinity of the Arctic Circle, the Indians, as the victors, called them Eskimos, meaning people who ate raw meat, slandered them as barbaric and uncivilized.
But now the Indians are also facing the same dilemma, they were driven to the "reservation" by the whites, even forgot their own nationality and beliefs, bullied and oppressed by the white Americans, if in terms of racial freedom, the Inuit are much luckier, it is really the heavens that have reincarnation, who has the heavens spared?
The Inuit were driven to the vicinity of the Arctic Circle, and their people did not perish, so how did they survive near the extremely cold Arctic Circle?
aurora
origin:
We will find a strange phenomenon, the Inuit look very similar to the Chinese, which led to a new round of genetic exploration, there is a saying that the Inuit came from far away Asia, thousands of years ago, the Bering Strait has not yet melted, the Inuit are the last people to reach the Americas through the Bering Strait, but when they reach the Americas, they were chased and intercepted by the Indians at that time.
The Inuit had to retreat to the vicinity of the Arctic Circle because of their weak ethnic strength, and the Indians could not stand the local cold, so they stopped pursuing, but the Inuit settled here, so they can also be said to be the most tenacious fighting people, fighting the local cold for thousands of years, and the race continues until now.
So what kind of people are the Inuit, from the looks, they are very similar to the Chinese, probably migrated from the Central Plains at that time, the mainstream of history has three kinds of theory, one from Siberia, one from Alaska, and the other is China.
The theory from China is also divided into four kinds, one is from China's Yin Shang culture, because at that time during the Shang Dynasty, there was a fleet of 300,000 people who had traveled across the ocean or reached the Americas through the Bering Strait, and multiplied with the local indigenous people, forming the Olmec civilization, while the Inuit were likely to come to the Americas later to escape the war or find a new home, the other was from Zhejiang, China, and there was also a saying from Mongolia, if purely from the looks, they came from China is beyond doubt. It's just that we live differently now.
Olmec civilization
life:
The Eskimos caught prey, fish, seals, whales and other tools through harpoons and other tools, and as the Indians said, they liked to eat raw meat, they thought that the meat was roasted and then eaten was a waste of food, they would store the remaining fish in ice cubes, so that they would not starve to death in the famine years.
Huskies are good companions for their lives, they will pull sleds, play with children, guard the stored food, hunters will also share some food with their partners when they catch food, but will not let them eat too much, to prevent them from eating too much food to affect their physical flexibility.
In this group, it is also male outside, female inside, but men need to take on more responsibility, because they need food, they will often migrate, sometimes they have to carry children on their shoulders, the harsh environment makes these children seem precious, in primitive society are extremely egalitarian, so children are also the common assets of all people, children can be raised in turn by each family.
Huskies
Game:
The Arctic is an endless glacier, and the nights are very long, and on the day of the winter solstice there is not even the sun, and there is not much wood here to build houses, so they use local materials to build igloos by cutting ice cubes, which are strong and windproof, can withstand the cold, and when night falls, they play cheerfully inside the igloo to maintain body temperature.
Most of these games are related to hunting, such as two men will bend their arms together, compete with each other, see who has more strength, they will use ropes made of sea lion skin to do horizontal bar movements, by pulling lips and ears to improve the bite force of teeth and ear hardiness, of course, women also have their own movements, they will each hold a bone needle, aim at a piece of wood with a small hole, see who will put the needle into it first, who will win, which is related to the needlework they usually do.
Of course, children also have their own sports, such as throwing stones, jumping rope, playing gyro, and the games we played when we were young are similar, especially playing gyro, all countries in the world, only Chinese and Inuit people especially liked this sport when they were young, which also confirmed from the side that Inuit people may be from China, some people say that Inuit people do not support the elderly, let them fend for themselves, in fact, this is a prejudice, in the igloo, they will also carry out a ceremony like Chinese shamanism, The wizard danced while beating a drum and reciting words, probably praying that the wind and rain would be smooth.
Igloo
hunting:
The main food of the Inuit people is seals, fish, and narwhals, experienced hunters will wear a wooden glasses, open two small holes in the eyes, this is to cope with snow blindness, hunters see the seal, will crawl on the ground, simulate the call of the seal, and then use a wooden stick to sweep the snow on the ground, which is a simulated seal walking on the ground.
Seals are short-sighted, in their eyes think that this is the same kind, the hunter uses this action to constantly approach the seal, when the distance is relatively close, they rush forward, with a harpoon with barbs to the seal, but the seal is very cunning, they hear the footsteps of humans, will immediately escape from the ice cave, so even experienced hunters have lost their hands.
When the snow melts on the river, they also catch reindeer, which swim to the other side of the river during the migration, and in the process of migration, Inuit fever will row a single boat, similar to our current kayak, to stab the reindeer swimming in the river, and when they get the reindeer or other food, everyone in the igloo will come out and welcome the return of the hunter like a hero triumphant.
The Eskimos are hunting
Ending: In the long river of history, many ethnic groups have disappeared without a trace, leaving only some precious cultural relics, in the memorial of their glorious past, the Inuit survived in a cruel living environment, they are the most hardy people in the world, there is no one, now many Inuit people use modern tools, some people are no longer living in the Arctic Circle, but their tenacious spirit of fighting with nature is still passed on.