Chinese culture has undergone 5,000 years of development, which is both rich and long-standing. One of the most special is the surname culture, the origin of the surname culture is the worship of totems and ancestors "based on" the form of the Heavenly Dao, and later gradually evolved into a symbol of family kinship. So in the beginning, the surname did not have any literal meaning, but many surnames really made Ren feel very strange, such as the 4 surnames mentioned today, no matter how they are named, they don't seem to sound very good.
Corpse surname
Many surnames have evolved over thousands of years and have become more and more prosperous and populous. For example, the surnames of Wang and Li are surnames with a population of nearly 100 million, but some surnames have almost disappeared into the mountains and rivers of history with the passage of time, such as the "corpse" surname, which is an extremely sparsely populated surname. Presumably many people have never seen it before, right?
From a literal point of view, it is not difficult to understand that the word "corpse" in China often gives people a less auspicious meaning, so it is often not very good to use this word to take a name, and even many descendants have changed their surnames because of this. Only a small number of people in Gansu Province continue to use the surname.
Testicle surname
This surname is also more awkward, and many people can't even read it. But if you dig deeper into this surname, you will find that it is not small. Because the origin of this surname is very ancient, the ancestor of this surname is a well-known figure Gao Tao in ancient times.
Gao Tao was born in 2219 BC, and was originally the leader of the Dongyi tribe, along with Yao, Shun, and Yu, as one of the Four Ancient Saints. Because he has long served as a magistrate in charge of justice and punishment, he is respected by later generations as the ancestor of justice, and in ancient times, "testicle" and "gao" were originally synonymous, and later sealed into different meanings, so the ancestor of the testicle surname is still very tall.
Diao surname
The diao surname is a relatively large surname in China, and the total population of the Diao family is 245th in China, with a population of about 370,000. In the beginning, this surname was not ambiguous, but the word "Diao" was generally linked to the meaning of "cunning", "picky", etc., for example, in ancient times, when encountering unreasonable people, they would call each other "Diao Min".
The origin of this surname comes from the ancient Kaogong carving people, and the Book of Han records: "The carving surname, after the Kaogong carving people." Among the descendants of the carvers, there are those who take the occupation of the ancestors as the surname, called the eagle clan, and most of the provinces are simplified to the Diao surname.
It's called last name
This surname is one of the most "rare" surnames in the country, because there are only about 300 people in the country. Mainly concentrated in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, YouXian Caihuaping Town Caiping Village BanzhuYan this area, this surname is few people, so the historical records are on the family tree.
The "Genealogy of the Five Cultivations of the Ming Dynasty" records the ancestors of the Ming clan: "with Zhongkang as the ancestor, his lineage is the tooth record", and there is his life: "born in the twelfth year of Ming Hongwu, died in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy" Has a history of hundreds of years. The only thing that makes this surname difficult to name is that when someone asks you "what's it called," it's a bit tongue-twisting.