Guizhou Miao: mysterious Yelang resurrection from the grave the living descendants of

Are you thereGuizhouZhenning, Ziyun Province, three counties (District) district at the junction, a radius of more than 600 square kilometers of mountains, inhabited by a mysterious group of more than 2.5 people, a branch of them belong to the Miao nationality, but the blood came from the history of the last legendary country -- Yelang country.

Mysterious country

The descendants of the ancient be a survivor of a disaster, the family was replaced by the word "Ba Lang (Lang)", meaning is to get rid of "extremely arrogant" publicity, then disappeared quietly survival; they are also called "Meng", meaning "legacy", a period of history that resurrection from the grave the living source in the nation the. In addition, in the family also used clothing, women dressed in banner of armor, and from generation to generation are the king of Yelang seal "back" in the shoulder, to express loyalty to ancestral memorial.

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Ba body small (Leng) people believe, their ancestors, had built a mysterious footprints left in the history of the country -- Yelang country. Yelang, is the late Warring States period to the early Western Han Dynasty in southwest minority a country, its territory covers the present-day western Guizhou, northern,YunnanThe northeast andSichuanThe southern parts of the region. Historical records, in 25 BC, the last king of Yelang country Han army was utterly destroyed, its adherents today, who fled to small (Leng) in the Ziyun area, until the Eastern Han Dynasty, this batch of Yelang descendants, again for the restoration to the Han Army counterattack, unfortunate defeat, at the time of the kingdom of Shu Han regime in order to completely destroy the Yelang, the surviving young all to move. Since then, the history of no on Yelang records, even its sites are almost gone.

Land of idyllic beauty

However, little is known about the genocide, experienced the war, Yelang descendants in fact in a legendary resurrection, and tenacity to reproduce so far -- before the war, the descendants of people had secretly built a batch of special grave with ventilation. Then, in order to leave Yelang last blood, family and disabled people carrying food and water hiding in the grave, and the army left, before climbing out from the grave, then this part of the surviving people change clothes, began nearly 1700 years of quietly, and the bar body small (Leng). Family is the lucky Yelang people from the grave to escape the offspring, therefore, Ba body small (Leng) has another name, that is "born in the tombs of ethnic groups". Today, in the bar body small (Leng) near their village on the mountain, can usually find those special grave sites, hundreds of densely scattered on the hillside, the local people call them "living grave". "Grave the living" is about 3 meters long, 0.8 meters wide, about 1.5 meters high, made of stone, on one side of the outer harbours a vent, if the tomb is a man, ventilation holes on the left side, if a woman is just on the right. At the top of the head part of the owner of the tomb, there remains a stone platform, used for placing food and water.

Minority special

In addition to this period of history, there are precious material evidence may indicate that the bar body small (Leng) Lang and Yelang do exist the inheritance relationship, that is in the bar body small (Leng) people's hands, from generation to generation to preserve a period of the Han Dynasty King King printing -- the cherished the king printed by the copper alloy cast, seal surface is square, side length of 5.5 cm, 1.5 cm thick, 3.8 centimeters high, the printing surface below each have two "King" character, below and "Dodd" (King of Yelang name) two words, in addition to the printing surface is engraved on the circle and the length of line patterns, representing the Yelang jurisdiction tribal and regional boundaries. Reportedly, the Wang Yin generation of only one person, and is long, while others are forbidden to contact.

In fact, small (Leng) has an interesting interpretation of this tribe source. Body small (Leng) the pronunciation of "Lang", this word in all Chinese dictionary can not find the source, it is clearly a self-made knowing words, to the left "body" right "small" synthesis of a word, reportedly because of their native country left a "extremely arrogant" in history inglorious reputation, so the descendants of deliberately will race to body small (Leng). This unique name, also shows a rebirth in the population, migration, in suffering, will be closed their introverted consciousness mountain survival, breeding populations masquerade.

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