Master, can you tell me something about the ancient Baiyue people in history?

In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in the Neolithic Age, there was a cultural relic with the characteristics of Tao Wei. The remaining clan is a clan that worships dragon totem-known as Baiyue clan in history. The decorative patterns and historical legends on pottery show that they have the custom of tattooing constantly, live in water towns and compare themselves to the descendants of dragons. Among its production tools, there are a large number of stone tools, as well as small bronzes such as shovels and chisels. As daily necessities, the printed pottery ding used for cooking food is unique to them and is one of the symbols of their ethnic group. Until the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were still more than 100 Vietnamese people, and the Dragon Boat Festival was a festival for their ancestors. During thousands of years of historical development, most Baiyue people have integrated into the Han nationality, and the rest have evolved into many ethnic minorities in the south.

All ethnic groups in Zhuang and Dong languages originated from Baiyue nationality in ancient times and are descendants of Baiyue. The ethnic origin of Vietnam's agriculture, Dai, Lao, Thai, Myanmar and other ethnic groups should be related to Baiyue.

The name Baiyue first appeared in the Warring States Period. Baiyue includes many branches, so it is called Baiyue. The distribution of Baiyue is "from the first step to Huiji for seven or eight thousand miles, Baiyue lives in mixed communities, each with its own caste" (Hanshu Geography). Jiaozhi County is in northern Vietnam, Huiji County is in southern Jiangsu and western and northern Zhejiang. From this, it can be concluded that Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and northern Vietnam are seven or eight thousand miles long, which is the most concentrated area of Baiyue nationality. Anhui, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan and other places close to the above areas also have Baiyue distribution. Due to the different geographical locations of the branches of Baiyue, the development of social economy and culture is also different, as is the relationship with the Central Plains. Therefore, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, some branches of Baiyue nationality have merged or assimilated into the Han nationality and become one of the important sources of the Han nationality. Some branches have continued to develop independently, forming ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Buyi, Dong, Li, Dai, Shui, Mulao and Maonan in the south and southwest of China. The development direction of the most important branch in Baiyue is roughly the same: sentence Wu, sentence or writing area are all hooked. The leading branches are distributed in southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui and northern Zhejiang. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was Wu in the sentence, who participated in the hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the state of Yue, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) is the center, and the distribution areas are now Ning (Bo) Shao (Xing) Ping, Hangzhou (Zhou) Jia (Xing) Lake (Zhou) Plain and Jin (Hua) Qu (Zhou) Qiu. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were Yue countries in Vietnam, participating in other countries' hegemony. Dongou, distributed in the Oujiang River basin in southern Zhejiang, takes Wenzhou as its distribution center. Fujian and Vietnam, distributed in today's Fujian Province, are adjacent to today's eastern Jiangxi. South Vietnam, distributed in Guangdong today. At the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, the general of Qin Dynasty, established the state of Yue in South Vietnam, with Panyu, Guangzhou as its capital, which now belongs to Guangxi. During the hundreds of years in the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, several ethnic groups in Baiyue, such as Juwu, Yuyue, Dongou and Nanyue, merged with Huaxia in the Central Plains and became the most important source of Han nationality in Southeast China and Lingnan. However, due to the differences in geography, history, politics, economy and culture, several branches near the west and southwest of Baiyue did not merge with the Huaxia nationality, but differentiated according to their own development, forming the later Zhuang and Dong nationalities. During this period, Xi 'ou and Juyue branches were widely distributed in the western part of Lingnan and the eastern edge of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. At present, Guangxi and Hainan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan provinces are all adjacent borders, and northern Vietnam is the distribution range of xi 'ou and Luoyue. Zhuang, Buyi, Dong, Li, Shui, Mulao, Maonan, Nong, Dai and Gaolan in Vietnam all originated from Ou or Luoyue. Yunnan-Vietnam branch is the farthest branch from Baiyue branch, which is distributed in the southwest and south of Yunnan. Dai people originated in Yunnan and Vietnam. In addition, whether the Lao, Thai, Shan, Imam and other ethnic groups in Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and India are related to Baiyue in ancient China, especially the branches of Xi 'ou, Max Loehr, Yunnan and Vietnam, has aroused great interest of researchers at home and abroad. In recent years, Thai scholars have searched for roots in semi-ethnic areas of Guangxi many times.

All ethnic groups of Zhuang and Dong languages originated from Baiyue, so the deep foundation of Zhuang and Dong language culture is Baiyue culture. Its main characteristics are: it is good to grow rice; Manufacture and use of bronze drums; Living in a dry column building; Good at singing; Language and ancient Baiyue come down in one continuous line; Tattoos are stained with teeth; Believe in witches, ghosts, chickens, etc Today, Zhuang and Dong languages still inherit many characteristics.

Ou and Luo Yue before Qin Dynasty were replaced by Dan and Wuhu after Han Dynasty. The term Liao came into being in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Except Dai, the other seven ethnic groups of Zhuang and Dong are all evolved from slang and Liao. In the Tang Dynasty, the name of the Li nationality appeared in Hainan, which has been in use ever since. "Li" and "Li" are homonyms, and Li is the earliest national name differentiated from Li and Liao. Guangxi is divided into two ethnic groups, Tongheyuantan in Song Dynasty and Mulao in Ming and Qing Dynasties. After liberation, Zhuang, Maonan and Mulao were named as ethnic minorities respectively. The Liao people in Guizhou, Yuan Dynasty divided Zhong's family, saying that Zhong called himself Buyi and took Buyi as his surname after liberation. In the Ming Dynasty, the surname of Fenshui in Guizhou is still in use today. Liao people at the junction of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi were divided into Dong (or Dong) tribes in the Ming Dynasty, and were called Dong after liberation. In the Han Dynasty, it was called Blackpool, Gold Tooth, Engraved Ming and Manchu, and in the Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China, it was called Baiyi, Baiyi, Boyi and Baiyi. After liberation, he took Dai as his family name.