Yehenala was originally a clan of Yehe Department, one of the four departments of Jurchen Hulun in Haixi in the late Ming Dynasty. Ye Henala's genealogy, like all Manchu genealogies, is permeated with the traditional Confucian influence of Han nationality, which is not only an important proof of official inheritance, but also a proof of identity.
Ye La took the place name as his surname and left Zhaoling in the world. Originally Zhenglan Banner Manchuria, it was later changed to Huangzheng Banner Manchuria by Empress Dowager Cixi, which has been passed down for more than ten generations.
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Yehe is one of the oldest clan tribes of the Jurchen nationality. Named after its distribution in Yehe River, it is divided into Yehe with the same surname and Yehe with a different surname. Yehe Department is called Yehnara Department.
There is a story about the origin of the Yehnara family. It is said that the Yehenala family has lived by the Yehenala River in the northeast since the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty.
But one day, a raging fire suddenly broke out on the grassland, and a fierce offensive and defensive war broke out between the Yehenara family and the invading Aisinggioro family.
At that time, the patriarch of the Aisinggioro family pointed to the earth and said, "We are the noblest gold on the earth, and we surrender for Yuzryha Nala." And the leader of Yehnara gave a burst of laughter after hearing it.
He pointed to the sun in the sky and said, "What is gold? We call it. " The leader of Aisingiorro didn't get a bargain in words, so he became angry and ordered an immediate war.
However, the people of Ye Nara were not to be outdone, and the two sides went to war outside Yecheng. In the end, Yehenala defeated Ai Xinjue Roche and became the largest tribe in Northeast China at that time. Since then, Yehenala has become the most popular surname in Manchu and one of the earliest surnames.
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