Descendants of Yen & Yellow Emperors
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Descendants of Yen & Yellow Emperors or Yen Huang Zi Sun (Chinese: 炎黃子孫) is an ancient Chinese term to refer to the Han Chinese and certain groups of minorities.
Yen emperor and Yellow emperor are both the ancestors of the Huaxia peoples, legend has it that both of them came from a same clan but later due to certain reasons they became enemy and fought each others. At last, Yellow emperor defeated the Yen emperor and the two groups of peoples gradually assimilated each others’ culture and became known as the Huaxia peoples. Centuries later, the Huaxia developed into the Han Chinese which is the majority Chinese today. Both Yen and Yellow emperors are known as the founder of the Chinese civilization.
