Chapter 491 Huaxia Tribe
"Her name... is Hua Xia."
Xia Tian said this.
In fact, she was not sure what words should be used to define her own ethnic group.
The land of China, the descendants of Yan and Huang, the vast Nine Provinces, are all my hometown...
No matter where you go, as long as you don’t forget where you came from and your original intention, you are your family.
But if she had to give her race a nickname, Xia Tian felt that "Huaxia" would be more appropriate.
"Huaxia?" It was the first time that Si Ye heard such a strange name, and this name was so special that it was obviously not deliberately fabricated.
Generally speaking, the name of a race is based on the name of the ethnic group, such as their Snow Leopard Clan. The name of the tribe may change, but most of them are located near mountains and rivers, and are determined according to the surrounding conditions or tribal origins.
He had previously conducted research on the Jintong tribe where Xia Tian was located. He found out that the tribe had originally chosen a golden tung tree as the center of the tribe, so it has been used ever since.
However, the name "Huaxia" cannot be associated with any existence visible to the naked eye and is very abstract.
Si Ye asked curiously, "Why did your race name itself Huaxia?"
"That's a long story." Xia Tian asked with a smile, "There has never been a definitive conclusion on this theory, so there are many different opinions. I don't know how to explain it to you right now. But since you want to know, I might as well tell you."
"The first interpretation is simply to understand it literally. The word Xia comes from the fact that our tribe originally grew up by a river called 'Xiashui', so the area around 'Xia' is the center of the tribe. 'Hua' has two meanings. One is that, like Xia, it refers to the central area of the tribe, and the other means gorgeous and beautiful."
"The first dynasty of our tribe was called Xia, which is also my surname. That's why the people in my original tribe only called me Xia. Actually, that's my surname, but they didn't know it and thought it was my name."
In the Beast World Continent with its current level of productivity, surnames and tribal culture have developed to a certain extent, but not everyone has them.
Only a very small number of large tribes with their own cultural heritage have this ability. Otherwise, most of them use one character as their "name" but no "surname".
For example, the Beast City where Si Ye is located, Dongfang City is the territory ruled by the Snow Leopard Clan. They have enough ability to inherit the name "Si" and have formed a certain level of social network in the city.
According to the development of history, the next thing to form should be large-scale dynastic cities, and correspondingly, writing and civilization will develop...
After hearing Xia Tian's words, Si Ye fell into deep thought for a long time.
The largest tribe he had ever come into contact with was Dongfang City, but that was the largest beast city in the entire Eastern Wilderness, but it didn't seem to be as big as the tribe Xia Tian mentioned.
[I feel like Xia Xia must have an incredibly powerful identity! Waiting for the day when the mystery is solved~]
[To be honest, I don’t quite understand what Xia Xia said just now, but I just think she looks amazing.]
[Huaxia...sounds familiar?]
(End of this chapter)
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