Rolling yangtze river, east flow does not return, history has entered the twenty-first century, but there are always people who are still stuck in the feudal era, fantasizing that they are "people on the top", such as this kind of person who is popular all over the Internet during this time.
The video exposed on the Internet is not long, but the big mother in it is a "golden sentence" frequently, jumping around, full of anger but puts herself into the category of "old, weak, sick and disabled", just because the girl gave up her seat late, she scolded her, and called the foreigners in Beijing "stinky to eat".
The girl replied tit-for-tat, "Why don't you live in the Forbidden City?" Who knew that the big aunt did not accept defeat, immediately said that she was really a yellow flag person, and pointed to her forehead and said, "This is the Heavenly Pattern." ”
So what exactly is the Eight Flags, and what is the Tongtian Pattern?
Eight Flags System
If we want to talk about the roots of the Eight Flags system, we have to start from before the Manchus entered the customs.
Long before the unification of the Jurchen tribes, people acted together according to their respective clan parties when they traveled and hunted, calling it "Niulu". In the process of nurhaci's conquest, in order to meet the needs of the war, Nurhaci changed and expanded the cattle record, and marked it with four different colors of yellow, white, red and blue flags.
Later, Nurhanan conquered the north, subdued various tribes, and the territory and population under its jurisdiction had increased greatly than before, and the original four flags could not adapt to the new pattern, so Nurhaci added a trim to the original four flags, becoming a new four flags, plus the original four flags, a total of eight flags.
In the period of Emperor Taiji's reign, the situation changed greatly compared with before, so Emperor Taiji added the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army in addition to the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Therefore, the Eight Banners are not really only eight flags, but the eight banners of the Mengman and Han Dynasties, a total of twenty-four flags.
At the time of the Shunzhi Emperor, the Qing people entered the customs and became the ruler of Kyushu, and at this time, there was also a distinction between the upper three banners and the lower five banners within the eight banners. The so-called Three Banners refers to the three flags of Zhengbai, Zhenghuang and Huang, which are personally commanded by the emperor, and the status of these three banners is more transcendent than that of the other five banners. So, it's no wonder that the big mom on the bus is so arrogant when she mentions that she is a yellow flag.
So, are the flag bearers of the yellow flag all nobles of noble status? In fact, in terms of quantity, the most popular of the positive yellow flags are slaves, not masters. Because within the Eight Flags Organization there is also a kind of person called baoyi, which is also the meaning of slaves, although they are also counted as flag people, but they are Manchu household slaves, not only do they themselves slaves, but they are slaves for generations. Therefore, if this big aunt is really a yellow flag person, then her ancestors are more likely to be clothed slaves.
Of course, although these coats are slaves within the supreme ruling group, outside the ruling group, they can flaunt their might and run amok with the power of their masters, and even by clinging to their masters, their qingyun road to becoming an official and making a fortune is smoother than that of ordinary people.
So, is the identity of the Eight Flags forever unchanged? After the Qing Dynasty was at the end of its rope, where did these flag people go?
The identity of the flag man changes
In fact, although the identity of the flag people is innate, it is not eternal and unchanging, and according to the rules of the Qing people, the flag can be changed.
In order to show favor or to attract heroes, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty would change their origins by "raising the flag". Of course, there are not many people who are entitled to this treatment, most of them are favored by the emperor and harem concubines or meritorious servants who have made great contributions to the society. For example, the Qianlong Emperor's Empress Xiaoyi chun was born in the yellow flag, but she was deeply favored by Qianlong, and after the empress of the Nala clan broke her hair, she also became the only imperial concubine in the palace, and Qianlong raised her to a yellow flag in order to make her more honorable, and her mother also dipped her light to get rid of the origin of the slave in the coat.
Of course, this change of identity is only related to personal honor and disgrace, and the overall social identity change of the flag people began after the abdication of the Qing Emperor.
In the early years of the Republic of China, under the influence of the revolutionary trend, the flag people were widely excluded in society, except for a small number of princes and nobles, ordinary flag people even had a hard time maintaining their lives. In this case, many flag people changed their Han surnames to avoid trouble. Later, with the strengthening of the concept of the nation-state, everyone gradually had the awareness of the Chinese nation, and everyone's self-identity changed from "flag people" and "Han people" to "Chinese".
Mr. Qi Gong, who is widely known in the cultural circles, is a descendant of the Yongzheng Emperor and can be regarded as a veritable descendant of the imperial family, but he has always let others only call himself "Qi Gong", without mentioning the surname of Ai Xinjue Luo. Mr. Ye Jiaying, an academic in the field of classical culture, whose surname was changed from "Yehenara", was also the surname of the Manchurian nobility, but she never advertised herself in this capacity.
In the final analysis, people who rely on their own abilities to base themselves on the world do not disdain to pull the banner on their ancestors to be praised by people, and only those who have achieved nothing and have a bad life will find ways to inflate their own value in order to enjoy a false sense of superiority.
So, what is the Tongtian pattern in the mouth of the big mother, and what does it have to do with the positive yellow flag?
"Amazing" sky pattern
According to the expression of the mother, as if the "Tongtian Pattern" is a proof that can verify the identity of the yellow flag, in fact, this statement has no reliable basis, but it is just a folk rumor.
In fact, the Tongtian pattern originally referred to the vertical stripe on the palm of the hand, symbolizing power and wealth. Later, some people also called the vertical stripes that appeared on the forehead as tongtian patterns, the most typical representative of which is the Peking Opera face, like The Chu Bawang XiangYu and the Wei general Xiahou Yuan, who have extraordinary skills, will be painted with Tongtian stripes on the faces.
However, coincidentally, from the portraits that have been handed down, Nurha also has vertical lines between the eyebrows, so some good people in the folk in order to set off the mystery of the "Tongtian Pattern", but also in order to raise their own value, they began to rumor that the Tongtian Pattern is the appearance of the yellow flag, in fact, it is purely open-mouthed.
In fact, the tongtian pattern is only a kind of head wrinkle, but the general head wrinkle is a horizontal stripe, and the so-called tongtian stripe is a vertical stripe, in addition, there is nothing other than that. On the contrary, there is also a folk saying that once the head tattoo is opened, people will not live long. Of course, whether this is true or not still needs to be scientifically verified.
epilogue
In fact, in the concept of historical development, the social positioning of the flag people has long been changed, and now they are just Chinese, Puyi is still deeply honored to be able to become a citizen, and now some people want to use the identity of the "flag people" to raise their own value and gain a sense of superiority and satisfaction.
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