Why did Aisingiorro Heng Shao change his surname to "Li"?

Because after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, many descendants of Aisingiorro changed their surnames to Han, including Jin and Li.

Calvin is a Manchu, born in Liyuan family, and his parents, grandparents, are both Peking Opera actors. He once introduced his surname Aisingiorro in an interview. It is said that Grandpa's grandfather was a royal family in the Qing Dynasty, and his family still maintains strict etiquette.

Calvin's family had the same surname as the emperor in the Qing Dynasty. He was a royal nobleman, and he belonged to the Yellow Flag among the Eight Banners. The Eight Banners system was formally established in the 29th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (161). When it was first established, there were four flags: yellow flag, white flag, red flag and blue flag.

Descendants of Aisingiorro

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, "Aisingiorro" was once a taboo word. According to the regulations when the Qing emperor abdicated, Aixinjue Roche changed his surname to Jin, Zhao, Yu, Ai, Luo, Luo, Zhao ...

Some scholars estimated that the population of Aisingiorro family should be close to 14, when the Qing Dynasty fell (Nurhachi's great-grandfather).

There is a special phenomenon. Most of Aisingiorro's descendants are painters and calligraphers, and their artistic attainments are extremely high. According to statistics, there are more than 1 famous painters and calligraphers. Mr. Qi Gong, a famous contemporary calligrapher, is the representative. Qi Gong, whose real name is Aisingiorro, is the grandson of Yong Zhengdi IX. His great-grandfather is Hong Zhou, the half-brother of Emperor Qianlong, who is a prince, that is to say, Qi Gong is a prince.

However, Mr. Qi Gong never admitted that his surname was Aisingiorro, only said that his surname was Qi Minggong. Someone once wrote to him "Aisingiorro Qi Gong", but he refused to read it. The old gentleman once said, "Don't eat ancestral rice, don't be the children of the Eight Banners". According to incomplete statistics, there are hundreds of thousands of descendants of Ai Xinjue Roche nowadays, and they are gradually no different from ordinary people.