Zhuolu () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and the county seat of

Zhuolu County Zhuolu County () is a county in the northwest of Hebei province, bordering Beijing's Mentougou District to the east. It is under the administration of the Zhangjiakou city. It has eight towns, nine townships, and 373 village-level units (). It i ...

, northwestern

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province, Northern China. It has an area of and a population of 57,400 as of 2002, and is made up of 6 communities and 30 villages. It is located southeast of

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Historical uncertainty

Modern Zhuolu may or may not have been the location of the historical

Battle of Zhuolu The Battle of Zhuolu () was the second battle in the history of China as recorded in the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', fought between the Yanhuang tribes led by the legendary Yellow Emperor and the Jiuli tribes led by Chiyou. The battle w ...

. However, it is promoted for tourism as such. Modern Zhuolu may or may not have been the location of what is claimed to be a city founded by the legendary

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, Huáng dì (), although there is evidence to support this case.Wu, page 58 (quoting

Shiji ''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese his ...

), map and caption page 59, and note 32 page 103. According to tradition, Zhuolu was a city that the Yellow Emperor, Huáng dì, founded. Zhuolu Town, is also considered by many to be a legendary birthplace of the Miao and has a statue of

Chi You Chiyou (蚩尤, ) is a mythological being that appears in East Asian mythology. Individual According to the Song dynasty history book '' Lushi'', Chiyou's surname was Jiang (), and he was a descendant of flame. According to legend, Chiyou had a ...

commemorating him as the ancestor of the

Hmong Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related to ...

.De la Cadena, Marisol. Starn, Orin. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. 007(2007). Indigenous experience today. Berg Publishers, 2007. . pg 239.

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Sources

* Wu, K. C. (1982). ''The Chinese Heritage''. New York: Crown Publishers. {{ISBN, 0-517-54475X. Township-level divisions of Hebei Zhuolu County