Sushen

The Sushen (Chinese肃 愼/肃慎, Pinyin Sushen ), also Xishen (息 慎) or Jishen (稷 慎) were early inhabitants of areas of today's Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces in northeast China. They lived north of the Changbai Mountains to the Songnen level in the west, north to the large area of the middle and lower reaches of the Amur ( Heilong Jiang). Key economic factors were hunting and fishing, in the Songnen - level first began farming. They are mentioned in early Chinese records. They stood in the time of the Western Zhou Dynasty in close contact with the areas of Central China Plain and had relations with the northern feudal state Yan燕. After the victory of Zhou King Wu of the Shang Suzhou representatives were on the list of well-wishers. Chinese histories report that they Yilou (挹 娄/挹 娄Yìlóu ) were later called. In the time of the Eastern Zhou dynasty said a concubine of King Zhou Jing (周 景 王): " .肃慎,燕,亳,吾 之 北 土 也" (Eng.: Sushen, Yan and Bo are our northern areas. ) the Xituanshan culture attributed finds from Northeast China show that the people of this culture certainly belonged to the Tungusic branch of the Altaic peoples.