What is the origin of the Chiyou tribe?

According to historical records, more than 6,000 years ago, the vast Central Plains continued to divide and merge, and finally formed the three major tribal alliances of Yan Di, Huangdi and Jiuli.

Chiyou was originally a tribe of Emperor Yan, but for various reasons, Chiyou became the leader of Jiuli tribe.

The tribe led by Chiyou mainly lives in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, close to the water source. People living here invented grain cultivation. Compared with the original hunter-gatherer lifestyle, agriculture based on planting has developed greatly.

Militarily, Chiyou invented metal smelting technology and made metal weapons, which was a great leap in productivity.

In The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Chiyou is an ancient chief named Jiuli Tribe, and Chiyou is still in the position of leader.

Chiyou looks very strange. According to legend, he belongs to the category of monsters in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, with eight feet of copper head and iron forehead, three heads and six arms. At the same time, Chiyou Yi has eighty-one brothers, each of whom is brave and invincible.

However, according to modern people's further study of historical materials, Chiyou is not what Shan Hai Jing said. In ancient times, Chiyou led his tribe to develop farming, smelting iron and educating knowledge and skills on the border of the Central Plains.

From a certain point of view, compared with Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor, Chiyou's contribution is comparable. Therefore, in many modern places, Chiyou will be worshipped as a god, even one of the three great ancestors of Chinese civilization (the Yellow Emperor Yan Di Chiyou).

The territory of Chiyou is generally located in Shandong. Archaeologists have found some products of Chiyou era in Shandong, which proves that the culture of Chiyou tribe is higher than that of Yan Di and Huangdi, and there are more biological resources there.

For the sake of resources and more advanced culture, it is reasonable for the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di to attack Chiyou. Facts have also proved that since the defeat of Chiyou, the Huangdi and Yan Di tribes have developed rapidly, especially in farming and iron smelting technology.