As we all know, China is an ancient country with a history of thousands of years and countless unique traditional cultures. Among them, the surname is the oldest and most relevant to everyone. The origin of the surname is based on the worship of ancestors and totems produced by the "Tendo", and later evolved into a symbol of family inheritance. Today I want to talk about the most ancient eight surnames in China, which have been extended for 5,000 years, see if your surname is listed here?
First surname: Ji
The surname Ji can be said to be the most famous surname among the eight surnames, because when the Surname Ji was surnamed, the surname of the Yellow Emperor, the head of the Five Emperors, the Chinese Jin Language, contains: Xi Shaodian, taken from the Youxia clan, born of the Yellow Emperor, the Yellow Emperor with Ji Shuicheng, Cheng and different virtues, so the Yellow Emperor is Ji. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor is also known as Ji Xuanyuan.
There are as many as 411 surnames directly evolved from the Ji surname, many of which are real surnames, such as Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang, Lu, Cao, Wei and so on. The number of surnames that evolved from these 411 surnames is innumerable. Therefore, the Surname Ji can be called "the ancestor of all surnames", representing the origin of the surname of Chinese civilization.
Second surname: Ginger
We often call ourselves "descendants of Yan Huang", the surname of the Yellow Emperor is the surname of Ji, and the surname of the Yan Emperor is the surname of Jiang. The "Chinese Jin Language" says: "Xi Shaodian married to the Youyu clan, and gave birth to the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor. The Yellow Emperor was formed by Ji Shui (Shaanxi Wugong Qishui River), and the Yan Emperor was formed by Jiang Shui (Shaanxi Baoji Qingjiang River).
There are also many surnames derived from the Jiang surname, such as 64 single surnames such as Lü, Xu, Xie, and Ji, as well as 38 compound surnames such as Chunyu, Dongguo, Gaotang, and Ziya, all of which are derived from the Jiang surname. In history, there are also many celebrities surnamed Jiang, the most famous of which is probably Jiang Ziya, who and he fished on the shore of the Weishui River and met Xi bo Hou Ji Chang and came out of the mountain.
The third surname: 姒
The surname Ji is also one of the eight surnames in ancient times, and it is also a surname that has been intermarried with the Jiang surname for a long time. The ancestors of the surname Yao are the ancient Chinese water hero Dayu who has been praised by the world for thousands of years, so it is also a long history. Nowadays, the surname is a sparsely populated surname, and there are less than 2,000 people with the surname distributed throughout the country.
The fourth surname: the surname Of Ying
Many people may think of this surname first, Qin Shi Huang, but this surname predates the Qin Dynasty much earlier, and was evolved from the surname of Gao Tao, one of the "Four Ancient Saints" with the same name as Yao, Shun, and Dayu.
Fifth surname: Yao surname
The surname Yao comes from Yu Shun, one of the Five Emperors, and the Southern Song Dynasty's "Tongzhi Clan Sketch" records: "Yao surname, Yu Zhi surname also, Yu Emperor was born in Yao Ruins, so he was born as a surname." The surname originated in a matriarchal clan society more than two thousand years AGO and is one of the four longest-standing surnames in China.
The sixth surname: 姞 surname
The surname 姞 is also one of the most ancient surnames, 5,000 years ago the Yellow Emperor gave the 12 basic surnames, the surname of You is among them. The Chinese records that "the twenty-five sons of the Yellow Emperor, fourteen of whom had the surname, were twelve surnames, Ji, You, Qi, Ji, Teng, Ye, Ren, Xun, Xun, 僖, 姞, 儇, and Yi Shiye. However, Qingyang and Yigu share their surnames. ”
Seventh surname: 妘
The origin of the surname is one of the eight surnames of Zhu Rong in ancient Chinese legends, Zhu Rong is the official name of the Xia official Huozheng during the Three Emperors and Five Emperors period, and his eight surnames are Ji, Dong, Peng, Bald, Yu, Cao, Huo, and Qi. The surname Yu is the ancestor of eight of them.
The eighth surname: 妫
The surname of Concubine and the surname of Yao are the same family, and the Shuowen records: "Concubine, Yu Shunju Concubine, because she thought it was a clan. The New Book of Tang and the Lineage of The Prime Minister also records: "Yao surname, Yu Shun was born in Yao Ruins, because he thought it was a surname." "It is a kind of surname that belongs to the name of Juyi.