According to the "Tongzhi Clan Sketch", before the three generations (Xia Shang Zhou), the surname was divided into two, the man was called the clan and the woman was called the surname. So don't be noble, the noble have a clan, and the untouchable has a nameless. The surname is therefore not married, so there is a difference between the same surname and the other surname. Marriages may be communicated if the family name is different; marriage is not possible for those with different surnames. Three generations later, the surnames became one, so they did not marry and looked at the nobles and lowly.
The rise of the rare surname boom
China has more than 20,000 surnames, including many large surnames with a population of over 100 million, and many rare surnames.
According to reports, on September 21, more than 100 people with the surname Of Sip gathered in Shenyang, and they wanted to reconnect the five genealogies scattered in various places to unite into one.
The importance that people with the surname attach to the surname culture once aroused the approval of the majority of netizens, and many people recalled the unpopular surnames they knew. On a whim, there was a rush to find rare surnames.
The reason why the phenomenon of searching for rare surnames is called a special phenomenon of Chinese surname culture is that China is a typical country with a large surname culture, and the number of people with the top ten surnames in the country accounts for 40% of the Han population.
The surnames Of Li, Wang, Zhang, and Liu are everywhere and have a very long history. However, in addition to these common surnames, the vast majority are rare and rare surnames.
Just as the sipping surname that was hotly discussed by netizens this time means that it is a surname in the culture of rare surnames.
There are only 5,000 "Sip" clans in the country, or after the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
According to relevant information, the sipping surname is also a multi-ethnic, multi-origin surname group, but because its number is too small, it has not been able to be included in the top two thousand of the national hundred family names. However, it can be ranked 1152nd in Taiwan Province.
The Sip surname is based on Mobei as the county, and today's Si clan is mainly distributed in Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, Laoting County, Hebei Province, Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Xingan City and Ninghe County in Jiangxi Province, Shenyang City and Fuxin City in Liaoning Province, and Beijing Municipality.
In fact, there are many people who don't know how sipping is pronounced as a surname. According to the normal pronunciation, the person should be pronounced chuò, but as a surname, its pronunciation should be chuǎi.
Regarding the ancestors of the Si family, the Si family has its own sayings.
In Qingxu County, Shaanxi Province, a village called Dongyu Village, this is the settlement of the Si people. On the north side of Dongyu Village, there is a Sijia Street, and there is also a Sijia River in the middle of this street.
Regarding the origin of the sipping surname, people here know a story that has been handed down from their ancestors, and they claim to be descendants of the Zhu surname of the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, they also said the origin of their surname.
"Sip" consists of a "mouth" consisting of four "and", one saying that "mouth" means four people, representing the escape from the four directions of the imperial city; the other saying is that "mouth" represents the mother, and "again" represents four brothers.
However, whether the Si family is really the Zhu surname of the Ming Dynasty is enough, this is not supported by historical data, and it is impossible to judge its authenticity, but only as a reference for the origin of the Sip surname.
Where did it come from? The sipped family members to cultivate the family tree
The origin of the Si clan cannot be most directly and conclusively determined, and can only be speculated based on some historical data, so there are multiple origins.
First, it originated from the ancient Qiang people, from the Song Dynasty during the Dangxiang clan Zhidang tribe leader Si Yao, is based on the tribal title Sinicization and then changed the surname to a surname.
Second, according to the historical book "Origin of Surnames", "When the folding of Weichang's department, after sipping." That is to say, it originated from the Song Dynasty period after the generals of the Xingzhou Thorn History Fold Weichang sipped.
Third, it originates from the Turkic people, which is from the five major sips of the official position of the Western Turks during the Tang Dynasty, and is a sinicized clan with the title of the official family.
Fourth, it originated from the Turkic people, and was the name of ashina Quli, the western Turk minister during the Tang Dynasty, and was named after the ancestral name was Sinicized.
Fifth, it is also derived from the Turkic people, the Western Turk Khan Ashina Mosi during the Tang Dynasty, and also belongs to the clan that is sinicized by the ancestral name.
None of these five origins can be truly determined, and more information is needed to confirm them.
According to the Si family, the Si family began to launch the clan association in 2013, and the si yu, si jinming and other people in the clan also organized the first national ancestral worship conference of the si clan.
Relatives from all over the country gathered in the Si Family Ancestral Hall in Dongyu Village, Shanxi Province, and they worshipped ancestors, donated family trees, and watched the fire to celebrate the Si Family Oh Festival. After that, the Si family also established a clan council and organized several activities.
brief summary
The si family attaches great importance to their own surname culture, and is also the embodiment of the protection of rare surname culture in contemporary Chinese. However, it cannot be ignored that the protection of rare surname culture is a heavy cultural project that cannot be achieved overnight, but should be done as a lasting and extensive task.
References: Tongzhi Clan Strategy, Family Name Origin