A surname is a sign and symbol that indicates a person's family kinship. The original origin of the ancient Chinese surname is based on the primitive religious worship, totem worship and ancestor worship of the "Heavenly Dao". Primitive totem worship is the root of ancient Chinese surnames, and a large number of ancient texts and the totemic beliefs that remain among modern ethnic minorities support this view.
The origin of surnames can be traced back to the matriarchal clan system of primitive human society, so many of the earliest surnames in China were next to or at the bottom of the female character, such as yao. A surname is a specific symbol that distinguishes a clan, such as the name of a tribe or the name of a tribal leader. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor lived on the shore of Ji Shui and took Ji as his surname; Emperor Yan lived next to Jiang Shui and took Jiang as his surname. Emperor Tian, with the merit of Da Yu in controlling the water, gave him the surname of Ji.
The eight famous surnames of ancient China: Ji, Yao, Concubine, 姒, Jiang, 嬴, 姞, 妘. In ancient times, if you take the surname apart, it is a woman plus a child, in short, the meaning of a woman born. At that time, surnames were basically female characters, because in matrilineal clans, children born knew their mothers, but did not know their fathers.
After Zhu Rong, he was named after zhu rong, eight surnames such as himself, Dong, Peng, Bald, Yan, Cao, Huo, and Qi, and the history called Zhu Rong eight surnames. In the Zhou Dynasty, the development of Chinese surnames was greatly developed, and the record of the surname system was more common. The ranking of the hundred family names we are familiar with is only nominal, and the main names of surnames are widely recognized by no more than twelve.
They are: surname as the surname, country name, yi name, township pavilion name, place of residence, ancestor's character, brotherly order, official position as the clan, occupation as the clan, courtesy name as the clan, change the surname due to avoidance, and ethnic minorities are transformed. The surname and surname were merged into one after the Qin and Han dynasties, and the surnames and surnames of the pre-Qin had common and different names.
Chinese surname culture has a long history, especially Han surnames, each surname contains its own unique and rich cultural connotations. And each caste has its representative figures, and there is no distinction between high and low, poor and rich. However, the ancestors of each surname are different, some are ordinary people, and some are famous nobles.
In the Warring States, there are Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin Qixiong, which are all named after fiefdoms, and the people with these surnames are basically princes in their ancestors. In ancient times, there were five facial features, namely: Situ, Sima ( 司空), Sishi ( 司士) and Si Kou ( 司士 ) , and the people with these five surnames were generally nobles or officials.
Another interesting thing is that in a family, there are also people named according to the rank of brothers. The old man's surname is Bo or Meng, the old second surname is Zhong, the old third surname is Uncle, the old fourth surname is Ji, etc., and the idiom is not divided into Bo Zhong, which is taken from it. Nowadays, we can all find ancestors and explore the roots according to our surnames.
As of 2015, the top five people with the nominal surname of crimes in China are: Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, and Chen. Is there your last name? In history, there are also many celebrities with ancestral surnames, such as: Li Qingzhao, Li Bai, Li Zicheng, Li Shimin, Li Shizhen and so on. The surname Zhang is: Zhang Fei, Zhang Heng, Zhang Qian, Zhang Zeduan, Zhang Juzheng and so on.