More than 1000 years ago, a powerful nation-the Khitan was active in northern China. Almost all of this group are brave and sturdy, and they seem to be desperate to fight. During the Five Dynasties, the land of China was in a state of division, and the Khitan hero Yelu Abaoji unified all the Khitan tribes with his extraordinary ability and began to expand outward. It was also during this special period that Shi Jingtang sent the 16 northern states to the Khitan, and later Liao used it as a foundation to harass the Central Plains dynasty.
Liao people are not only brave and brutal, but also greedy. After Zhao Kuangyin unified the Central Plains, the Song Dynasty was established. However, Song is basically like a sheep facing a wolf in front of Liao, and there is a big gap between the two sides. Even if the Yang family will go into battle, it is just barely a tie with the Liao people. Liao in the period of the Empress Dowager Xiao once reached its peak state, and Song had only been beaten and angry in front of them. However, when there is prosperity, there is decline. Later, the Liao people also met their own gravedigger-Jurchen. This Jurchen is the predecessor of the later Qing Dynasty. These people live in the Changbai Mountains and are more brave than the Khitan.
If Song is a sheep and Liao is a wolf, then Jin can be called a tiger. In 1125 AD, Song and Jin attacked the Liao State together and drove away Emperor Tianzuo, and the northern Liao State perished. However, the Khitan people would not surrender so easily. The royal family Yelü Dashi led 200 Liao people to rush westward. As a result, they found the 20,000 Khitan soldiers who stayed there in the Western Region, and the West Liao Kingdom was established. At this time, Song Jinzheng was playing so happily that he didn't have time to go to the Western Regions to beat Yelu Dashi, so Xiliao still lasted a lot of years.
However, the good times did not last long. Not long after Jin Guo was proud, the Mongols, who made the world tremble, rose again. Song Meng cooperated and wiped out the Jurchen Kingdom in one breath. Genghis Khan did not spare the Liao Kingdom of the Western Regions, so he destroyed the Western Liao Dynasty. The Song Dynasty, who played twice as a thug, did not end well, and was destroyed by Mongolia shortly afterwards. Then Kublai Khan established Dayuan. However, there are no more Khitans among the 56 ethnic groups in China today. So where did the Khitans go after the Liao Dynasty was destroyed? Doesn't it exist anymore? After reading these, you will understand.
According to historical records, after the end of the Liao Dynasty, the Khitan people scattered to different places, and some of them chose to live in Yunnan and Guizhou in the south of my country. Today, many residents of Yunnan still live like Khitan people, and they are very similar to the ancient Liao people in many customs. Therefore, experts speculate: they are descendants of Khitan. In 2004, experts came to Yunnan and conducted DNA tests on three suspected Khitan descendants: Mang, A, and Jiang.
Later, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that the genes between these Khitan descendants and the Daur ethnic group are very close. Therefore, the experts further determined that the Daur people today are the Khitan people of the past. We are a family of 56 ethnic groups, and we should help each other, respect and love each other. Just like Xiao Feng, a Khitan hero in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", treats the heroes of the Central Plains, it is only right for everyone to support each other, live in peace, and develop together.
