Zhao Qiansun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng wang, Feng Chen Chuwei, Jiang Shen Han Yang... For the "Hundred Family Names" believe that the small partners are very familiar, this is a work on Chinese character surnames, according to the literature, Chengwen and the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the original collection of surnames 411, and then added to 504, of which 444 single surnames, 60 compound surnames.
According to archaeological and genetic studies, the origin of the surname Chinese is not only one region, but there is a trend of multiple origins in multiple regions.
The original source of the ancient Chinese surname is based on the primitive religious worship, totem worship and ancestor worship based on the "Heavenly Dao". Primitive totem worship is the root of ancient Chinese surnames. A large number of ancient texts also support this view.
"Those whose surnames are subordinate to the places of their ancestors, and those whose clans are divided by their descendants."
Surname: A sign and symbol that indicates a person's family kinship, and what did people use to indicate their family and identity before the surname appeared?
The German Orientalist Max Müller said in "Dedicated to Mythology": A totem begins as a sign of a clan totem, then the name of the tribe, and then the name of the ancestor of the tribe. The "name" here is actually the "surname".
Surnames first originated from tribal names or the names of tribal leaders. Its role is mainly to facilitate the identification of descendants of different clans in the tribe and to facilitate intermarriage between different clans.
Therefore, the emergence of surnames marks the transformation from a group marriage system to a blood marriage system, and is an important milestone in the progress of human civilization.
However, in primitive societies, tribal leaders worshipped the totems of their respective tribes as their patron saints or ancestors.
Therefore, when surnames are born, each surname also has its own exclusive totem. What's your last name? Come and see what your exclusive "protector" is.
Take the surname Wang and the surname Zhang, which are the most populous surnames, so their totems are also very special and have extraordinary symbols and meanings.
Zhang surname is one of the surnames with a wide distribution and a large population in China, accounting for about 7.07% of the total Han population in the country, and Chinese the third largest surname. In particular, Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Sichuan provinces are the most numerous.
The surname Zhang is mainly derived from: Ji surname, Nie surname. It is the surname of Ji, which originated from the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, the ancestor of humanities. It is a typical multi-ethnic, multi-origin surname, mainly derived from the Ji surname and ethnic minorities changing their surnames.
The zhang surname totem is a shape of an arrow on a string in jinwen. Extended to the meaning of opening the bow, winding, catching, stretching, etc. Zhang is a primitive celestial totem of clan worship that specializes in making bows and arrows, and then becomes a clan name, place name, and surname.
The surname Li is not small, he is one of the eight surnames in ancient times, originally named Ji surname. The three parts of tiger, wood and sub make up the totem of the Li surname. Today, the population accounts for 7.41% of China's Han Chinese population.
The surname Li is not only the ruler of the Tang Dynasty, but the descendants have achieved achievements in all walks of life, and the totem of the Li clan has two main bodies, and they are pursuing a balance. It's not just about inclusion, it's about interdependence.
Gao Tao, the leader of the Dongyi clan, is a descendant of The Emperor. During emperor Yao's reign as Dali (the governor in charge of the prison), his descendants Yu Shun, Xia, and Shang inherited the position of "Dali" and took the official surname as "Li Shi".
In the last years of the Shang Dynasty, Gao Taohou's agent Zheng offended the King of Sui because of his fair handling of the case, and was executed by the tyrant for no reason, and his wife fled with his son Li Zhen, and along the way used Muzi as food to survive.
Later, he settled in Kugǔ County (present-day Luyi, Henan). In order to thank "Muzi" for saving his life and evade the pursuit of King Yin, because Ofi and Li were common, they changed the Li clan to Li Clan.
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