China's First Battle | Battle of Banquan - Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor (History of China)

The Battle of Banquan is the first battle in Chinese history as recorded by Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. It was fought by Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, and Yandi, the Flame Emperor. The "Battle of Banquan" may actually only refer to the third of a series of three battles. The Yellow Emperor shortly afterwards fought Chiyou at the Battle of Zhuolu. Both battles were fought not long apart, and on nearby plains, and both involved the Yellow Emperor. The Battle of Banquan is credited for the formation of the Yanhuang tribe, the precursor of the Huaxia civilization, which is the basis of the Chinese civilization.
Not much is known about this battle since it, along with other events of the era, are clouded by mythology. Thus, the historical accuracy of accounts of this battle is disputed. Chinese historiographical tradition places it in the 26th century BC.
The Shennong tribes originally were a branch of the late neolithic agricultural people from the Guanzhong Plain in the west, who expanded across the Loess Plateau before eventually venturing east beyond the Taihang Mountains. Generations later, the tribe was in conflict with other expanding tribes at the time, such as the Jiuli tribes led by Chiyou, and the Youxiong tribes led by the Yellow Emperor. The Flame Emperor first went to war with Chiyou but was defeated, and in retreating came to territorial conflict against the Yellow Emperor, who raised armies against Shennong.
The armies of Yellow Emperor, under the totems of the black bear (熊), the brown bear (羆), the pixiu (貔貅), the leopard (貙) and the tiger (虎), met the armies of Shennong in Banquan in the first large-scale battle in Chinese history. After three major engagements, the Flame Emperor lost the battle and surrendered the leadership to the Yellow Emperor. The Youxiong and the Shennong tribes then made an alliance, forming the Yanhuang tribes, incorporating the small tribes around them.
The ever-expanding Yanhuang tribe soon drew the envy of Chiyou, who attacked Shennong's territories again. The Yanghuang tribe then reacted by facing Chiyou in the Battle of Zhuolu, and emerged victorious. The Yanhuang tribe then could expand eastwards without hindrance and soon formed what came to be known as the Huaxia civilization, the precursor of the Han Chinese civilization. To this day, Chinese people still call themselves "the Descendants of Yan and Huang".
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[@comacuma2869]

Was it really the flame ,,,or the light behind the lambs head ?

[@comacuma2869]

The yellow of the narrow rivers vs the paaan ,,the oceaan

[@johnxiongnu8789]

Chiyou call his tong Yi.

[@comacuma2869]

Came a long near 2 get along with a conventional timing

[@kalords5967]

Chi you, the ancestor of my people

[@lilwater7358]

He wasn't a Chinese tho

[@kalords5967]

@@lilwater7358 What's a Chinese?

[@KevinVang1000]

Yes. Chiyou is Hmong.

[@KevinVang1000]

@@lilwater7358 He's Hmong. He's my king.

[@kalords5967]

@KevinVang1000 Hmong, Miao, Dong, Dongyi, and others. Chi You was a leader to as many as 81 different groups of people. Chi You was from the Jiu Li tribe, and as the name implied, " 9 Li" tribe or tribes.

[@comacuma2869]

Came along near conventional timin ,,,

[@johnxiongnu8789]

Faajtim huangdi khan Beijing is Mong Hmong ancestor. Faajtim huangdi call his people seng Mong.

[@edwindiegomaradonasilaban8703]

tibetan, tujia, yi, qiang, burmese and northeast india are descendant of yandi

[@johnxiongnu8789]

Mong Hmong txiv Faajtim huangdi khan Beijing cheng say death to Miao Nanman maab Yi Han suave Chinese ancestor Chiyou.

[@Kane.Griffin]

Is it possbile.....
Since Daoism is credited to 4th and 5th century BCE we have missed something completely here. What I'm getting at is the rich history of 2000 years before BCE, the Yellow Emp. was accredited to being around 2500 or so BCE. Worship of Shang Di and every characteristic associated with Shang Di fits that of El, God of Jacob, Abraham and Issac. Sacrifice of the lamb, the flood etc, its all there in record before the Bible. I'm big on not confusing the characteristics of God with any other god, but everything fits the bill here. Including the vision around the time of Jesus being crucified, a vision by a Chinese Emp. In this vision he said, someone was killed to cover our sins, we no longer need to sacrifice. Research it..
We see the disciples ask to go to Asia, and they are told that time isn't yet. Is it possible this civilization was covered by their faith already? It wasn't their time yet, let this sink in. Now they have communism and killing Christians, this is the time.
Over time, new kings took over and slowly went away from the original promise made by those who ventured out from Noah's ark, be fruitful and fear God.

[@dawggydawgtown]

You're not very smart huh.

[@johnxiongnu8789]

Chiyou is the ancestors of the Miao Nanman Maab tong Yi suave Yi. Faajtim huangdi khan Beijing cheng is Mong ancestor. Huangdi call his people Mong.

[@jailee4735]

Why huangdi has silver live Hmong culture

[@hyang916]

Fake history

[@KevinVang1000]

Do you have verification?

[@hyang916]

Jus like how they said Christopher Columbus is the first to discover America lol what a joke. The winner of the war re write history. Like Buddha says we are all one. For example piece mobb, they broke up and got mod and orb and then later mbs, then so on and so on. After centuries they have their own beliefs culture etc etc. I hope you get the picture.

[@tc2334]

@@KevinVang1000 Do you have verification? The earliest records of this story come from the Han Dynasty which would have been over 2000 years after this occurred. There's no hardcore evidence of this story beyond legend/myth.

[@KevinVang1000]

@@tc2334 th-cam.com/video/7v-peqhbw4I/w-d-xo.html&pp=gAQBiAQB
I hope you understand Hmong. At 18:00 in the link, that's Chiyou's grave.

[@Paulinho_77K]

​@@tc2334claro que não era uma guerra entre tribos e registros como esse não duram muito tempo, outra coisa ea história oral e como alguns povos não escreviam muito acabavam passando oralmente algo como os vikings faziam, ou seja só sabemos disso por que sobreviveu até hj, ainda sim da mais antiga que se sabe!