The Song surname is derived from the surname Zi. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he sealed Wu Geng, the son of King Zhou, in the Yin Ruins. After King Wu of Zhou died, Wu Geng rebelled, but was quickly pacified by Duke Zhou. Wu Geng was defeated and executed. Later, Duke Zhou brought Shangqiu, the old capital of the Shang Dynasty, to Wei Ziqi, the brother of King Zhou, and asked him to manage the surviving family members of the Shang Dynasty. From then on, the Song Dynasty was established. From then on, the descendants of the Song king named the country the Song family.
The Song surname in our country has a long history. It is said that after the Zhou Dynasty punished the Wu Geng rebellion in the tenth century BC, Wei Ziqi, the concubine brother of King Zhou of Shang, was granted the title of Song Dynasty and established the capital of Shangqiu (now Shangqiu County, Henan Province). South). In 286 BC, the Song State was destroyed by the Qi State, and its descendants took the "Song" surname of the original people. This is the origin of the surname Song. Now the Song surname has become the 22nd most common surname in our country.
In the long history, talents with the Song surname have emerged in large numbers. There are Song Yu, a poet from the Chu State during the Warring States Period; Song Yi, a calligrapher from the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms Period; Song Zhiwen, a poet from the Tang Dynasty, and the famous general Song Jing; Song Qingling, the honorary chairman of China in the contemporary era... We are proud of the glory created by our ancestors named Song. .
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In contemporary times, there are approximately 11.2 million people with the surname Song, accounting for approximately 0.81 of China's total population, ranking 22nd. Shandong is the largest province with Song surnames, and is home to 14% of the total population with Song surnames. Distribution in China is mainly concentrated in the four provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hebei, and Heilongjiang, accounting for approximately 43% of the total population with the Song surname, followed by Liaoning, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Jilin, Hunan, and Anhui. These eight provinces Another 34 people with the Song surname were concentrated.
Reference source; Baidu Encyclopedia-Song Surname