Anyone who has been to Xuanyuan's hometown will be familiar with the "Chinese surname tree". The surname Ji on the tree trunk has always been regarded as the "ancestor of all surnames", and it is considered as the oldest surname in China, alongside the "ancient eight surnames" such as Jiang.
In fact, the oldest surname recorded in China is neither Ji nor Jiang, but Feng. The first two people who used this surname were also famous: Taihao Fuxi and Nuwa.
According to legend, they are both brother and sister and husband and wife, and they were honored as "the ancestors of mankind" by the ancients. According to ancient records, Fu was also the first king in China to complete partial reunification.
According to "Biography of Three Notes", Nuwa's surname is Feng, and her name is "Feng Richi". Today, the wind station in Longcheng Town, Qin 'an, Gansu Province, and other places are all related to her.
Fu lived around 5000 BC, and human beings are changing from matrilineal clan to paternal clan. Prior to this, China ancestors experienced two periods of Youchao and Suiren, and learned to build houses and use fire.
Fu created divination, gossip and musical instruments, ending the history of "knotting a rope to keep a record"; Teach people to fish and hunt, and the era of settlement of our ancestors began.
According to the chronicles of bamboo books, Fu "took King Mulder as his surname". Fu surnamed Feng, which is the beginning of the record of "surname" in history.
The surnames of China people are all descendants of the Chinese people after Hua Xushi. According to ancient documents, the surnames of China people originated from the worship of wind, clouds and thunder thousands of years ago. Feng, Shennong Houlei, Huangdi Houyun. Therefore, China's earliest surname is Feng, and the earliest surnames are Fu, Shen Nong and Nuwa. Among thousands of surnames in China, Ji is the oldest. The person surnamed Ji can be said to be a direct descendant of the Yellow Emperor. This surname has a long history of nearly 5,000 years.
Humans first lived in matriarchal society, and the surnames of China people trace back to their roots, which are all related to matriarchal society and Nu Wa. The surname is a word of recognition, the left is a woman, and the back is a student. Together, surnames are women's patents, so in China's surnames,
Many of the oldest surnames have the word "female" next to them. For example: Ji, Jiang, Win, Yi, Pregnancy, Yi, Yi and Yao.
Speaking of Yao's surname, one of the three emperors and five emperors in ancient times was the leader of the tribe, so it was called. Ancient people
He often takes his place of birth or residence as his surname. He was born in Yao Ruins (Heze County, Shandong Province) and got Yao's surname, so his surname is Zhong Hua. The ancestor of Yao's surname is that, besides Yao's surname, other surnames have been derived from his descendants, the earliest being Gui. Gui was given to Shun by Emperor Yao, so all descendants of Shun took Gui as their surname first. After Shun Di's death, Dayu succeeded to the throne and sent his son to Yuzhou (Yucheng County, Henan Province). His descendants took Yu as their surname. After thousands of years, a noble man was born. Zhou Wuwang sealed the vassal and sealed Guiman to Wanqiu, which is near Huaiyang, Henan. Gui Man established the State of Chen here. Because of his long life, posthumous title died, and Guiman was called Gongman by later generations. Gui Man went down eleven times and spread it to Chen Wan, the son of Chen State. Due to the civil strife in the state of Chen, Chen Wan fled to the State of Qi and changed his surname to Tian, known as Tian Wan. After historical evolution, Yao's surname evolved into five surnames: Chen, Hu, Yao, Yu and Tian. In Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and Southeast Asia, where Chinese live in concentrated communities, you can often see these ancestral halls with Lian Zong as their surname.