Yanhuang

Yanhuang or Yan Huang (simplified Chinese: 炎黄; traditional Chinese: 炎黃; pinyin: Yán Huáng) was the name of a mythical ethnic group of ancient China who were said to have inhabited the Yellow River basin area.

They claimed their descent from the two tribes led by the Flame Emperor (Yandi) and Yellow Emperor (Huangdi).

[1] Their main achievement was to join to strengthen the basis of the two tribes and their civilized community.

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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Map of tribes and tribal unions in Ancient China. Yanhuang is shown as Hua Xia Tribal Union in the map.