Remember The protagonist of Jin Yong's novel "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" Ling Huchong?
He is likely to be from Guizhou
On January 24, 2022, the Household Administration Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security released the "2021 National Name Report". Relying on the population information management system of the Ministry of Public Security and using big data technology, the center conducted statistical analysis of the use of newborn names, common surnames, common personal names and geographical distribution across the country.
The report pointed out that the characteristics of common compound surname "settlement" are very prominent, and the distribution of the compound surname population in individual provinces is relatively concentrated. Among them, 75.60% of the population of the compound surname Linghu is distributed in Guizhou.
As an authentic Guizhou native, the proportion of fox surnames is so high that the editor has long knowledge.
The culture of people's names on the mainland has a long history, and the production of writing has enabled people to have a unique identity of expressing their names in words.
It is understood that the compound surname, also known as the fu surname, refers to the surname composed of two or more Chinese characters, which is a more special branch of Chinese surnames.
There are many sources of compound surnames, such as Taishi from official names, Linghu named after fengyi, Dongguo set according to the place of residence, and other situations derived from occupations, ancestral names, clans, ethnic minorities changing surnames or creating their own. Although compound surnames are rare, they are not unfamiliar to everyone because they are often favored by martial arts novels or film and television works.
Where does the Linghu surname mainly reside in Guizhou Province?
Baidu searched with Linghu as a keyword, and Linghu surname in Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, was on the list, and it seems that the settlement of Linghu surname in Guizhou is more common in Tongzi County.
According to the data, the surname Of Linghu, a Chinese surname, originates from the surname Ji. Ranked 432nd in the Song version of "Hundred Family Names". Now it is mainly distributed in Linyi County, Pinglu County, Yuncheng City, Taiyuan City and Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, Shanxi Province.
How did the surname Ling Fox come about?
Legend has it that Linghu was originally a place name in the Spring and Autumn Period, and according to the "Water Classic, Frozen Water Notes", Linghu is the land of the Yi clan (in the west of Linyi County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province).
Wei Gao, the son of Ji Chang of Zhou, won the battle, and Duke Jing of Jin rewarded him with the area of Linghu as a fief, and Wei Jie, the son of Wei Jie, took the fief as his clan and called Ling Hujie.
Later, the Tang Dynasty poet Wen Tingjun had a poem: "Since the Yuan Xiang ascended to yong, all the Hu in the world have brought bells." It vividly reflects the phenomenon that the Hu surname was changed to the surname Of Linghu at that time. Because the Linghu clan was the home of Tang's heroes, sometimes the Linghu Chu people were quite chaotic, so the world looked forward to the surname. Many people changed their surname to Fox and added the word Ling.
From ancient times to the present, the meaning of the inheritance of surnames has never changed. It is a symbol and a kind of circulation, and the footprint of a surname is a history of Chinese immigration.
Are there people around you with the surname Ling Fox?
Written by: Zhou Ziyan, a reporter from Guizhou Daily Tianyan
Source: Guizhou Daily