Although children were born to their mothers, for most of the time since ancient times they have been basically named after their father's surname. However, what is different from this, what is the case with a wife who marries into her husband's family and does not follow her husband's surname? In fact, to understand this problem, it is necessary to figure out what is the difference and connection between surname and surname.
Everyone knows that women were inferior in ancient times, but this was not always the case. In the beginning, it was in a matriarchal society. At that time, the status of women was significantly higher than that of men, and it was difficult to understand why there were surnames next to the "female" words "Ginger" and "Ji". Later, the agrarian society flourished, and the status of men increased. At this time, the word "clan" was born, and the marriage of close relatives was well avoided.
So, is there a country where wives claim to be their husbands' surnames? There really is. This is the case in many Western countries. For example, I see that many European and American political women, including Hillary, are married to Clinton, so she must also take her husband's surname. This situation also exists in Japan, where many Prime Ministers give their wives their husbands' surnames.
However, this kind of thing has not formed a tradition in our country, so very few people do it even in modern times. You know, in ancient times, in addition to the concept of "marrying a husband", there was also the tradition of "not changing the name and not changing the surname". You must know that they are married to women in the past, in fact, their surnames are also from their fathers, which should also be the embodiment of patriarchy.
Even women who marry into the palace do not change their surnames because their husbands are emperors, but indicate their family and origin by retaining their surnames. However, such a thing is not absolute even for a big country in the East like us. For example, many women in Hong Kong often precede their surnames with their husbands' surnames.
For example, if Xu's woman marries a man surnamed Fan, she will appear in front of everyone with the posture of "'Fan Xu'". Of course, there was her own name on the back. In fact, in the past, there was no such tradition in the local area. Now there is such a phenomenon, in fact, from those European and American countries to learn. In this case, there seems to be a considerable international scope.
Many people also think that if you change a woman's last name, it will be very disrespectful to women. But in fact, the status of women in the Yamato nation is relatively modest, while European and American countries have no such statement at all. Therefore, most of these are culture, traditional customs, the status of women, and which surname to adopt really does not matter.