Brief introduction of Yi nationality Where did Bai Yi and Black Yi come from? Is it the same strain?

Yi people are called "Black Yi", "White Yi" and "Red Yi" by the outside world, and Yi people in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi are also called "Huayi", "Qingyi" and "Ganyi".

"Black Yi" and "White Yi" mostly live in Liangshan, Sichuan, and "Red Yi" mostly live in Jinsha River basin. According to the data, "Red Yi" and "Flower Yi" are named after their clothes are red or flowery, while "Green Yi" is related to the worship of bamboo by the local Yi ancestors. How did the "black Yi" and "white Yi" in Liangshan Yi people come from?

In Liangshan Yi language, "Black Yi" is called "Nuo" or "Nuorang" and "Bai Yi" is called "Qu" or "Qurang". Nuo and Qu are the inherent languages of Liangshan Yi people. "Black Yi" and "White Yi" are all foreign annotations. "Nuo" and "Qu" in Yi language are not completely equivalent to "black Yi" or "white Yi" in Chinese, and there is no corresponding word in Yi language, which is used only because of convention. However, the meanings of "black Yi", "white Yi", "red Yi" and "green Yi" are vague after all, so it is necessary to correct their names.

Originally, the Yi people did not have the distinction of "black, white and red", but only the distinction of "six ancestors". The Yi people in Liangshan, Sichuan Province have always called Nuoshu, and the Adu dialect area called Mianshu, calling themselves Ni or Nai. In ancient history, Yi society was divided into five levels: Zi, Mo, Bi, Ge and Zhuo. From the perspective of modern history, Liangshan Yi society is divided into "Zi, Nuo, Qu Nuo, A Jia, Gan Xi" and other classes. On the surface, the meanings of "promise" and "going to promise" have the meanings of "black" and "white", but in fact they have no meanings of "black Yi" or "white Yi" at all.

Liangshan was originally inhabited by no Yi people. It is said that there is only one aborigine named "Su Pu Wu Wu", and most of them live under a stone slab house. When the chieftain of Yi tribe made the Northern Expedition, he sent a large number of pro-soldiers to clear the way first, which was called "Nuo" in Yi language. In addition, most of the soldiers and horses are stationed beside the chiefs of tribal alliances, who are called "Qu". "Promise" refers to "quiet observation" or "frontline reconnaissance" or "monitoring"; After "bend", the sound becomes "bend", which means guarding, defending and protecting the base. Nuo is a brave and combative army of the Yi people in modern times. Later, he won a large area of the world by expedition, but he could not get in touch with the chiefs of the tribal alliances in the rear, so he naturally formed a new ruling class and was not close to the outside world. "Flexion" is also formed in this way.

It is wrong to say that "Black Yi" is the Yi nationality in Liangshan, and Bai Yi is not the Yi nationality. In fact, both "men in black" and "men in white" come from the same blood, and most of them are the crystallization of love. For example, Jike's family originated in Aru, Aqiqubi's family originated in Eqi, Waqi's family originated in Jin 'en, Busajiwu's family originated in Luohong and Jicoo's family originated in Lomi. Shamaqubi, Obi and Sunspot Lock all originated from Martha's toast and so on. Many people in Qurang (Bai Yi) of Liangshan Yi people are of the same clan as Nuo.

So "black Yi" and "white Yi" come down in one continuous line.

Bai Yi, or Qu, was only graded at that time, and the children born to Nuo (black Yi) who fell in love with Bai Yi girl were all reduced to Bai Yi.