Yanhuang or Yan Huang ( zh, t=, s=, p=''Yán Huáng'') was the name of a mythical ethnic group of ancient China who were said to have inhabited the

Yellow River The Yellow River, also known as Huanghe, is the second-longest river in China and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of and a Drainage basin, watershed of . Beginning in the Bayan H ...

basin area. They claimed their descent from the two tribes led by the Flame Emperor (''Yandi'') and

Yellow Emperor The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch, or Huangdi ( zh, t=黃帝, s=黄帝, first=t) in Chinese, is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He is revered as ...

(''Huangdi''). Their main achievement was to join to strengthen the basis of the two tribes and their civilized community. The Yanhuang are considered to be the founders of the

Chinese people The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with Greater China, China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation. Chinese people are known as Zhongguoren () or as Huaren () by ...

and the initiators of

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. :'' Shaodian's wife Youjiao gave birth to the Yellow Emperor near the Ji River and the Yan Emperor next to the

Jiang River The Jiang River (, p ''Jiāng Shuǐ'') is the ancient name of a river in China. According to Sima Qian's '' Records of the Grand Historian'', the river gave its name to Shennong's family. According to the '' Guoyu'', it was the birthplace of ...

which accounted for their different temperaments. Although Shaodian preceded the Yellow and Yan emperors, he was not their father.'' :''During the time of Huangdi, Shennong's descendants declined. Hong Sheng and the Yan emperor were descended from Shennong. They both possessed comprehensive knowledge. Five hundred years elapsed from Shennong to the time of the Yellow and Yan emperors. The Yan emperor was the last generation; Shennong, Shaodian, the Flame anEmperors, and Huangdi all preceded him.'' To this day, the Chinese people still refer to themselves with the term Yan Huang Zisun (meaning "descendants of Yan and Huang").

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