Yan is a descendant of the royal family. In the contemporary hundred surnames, after being tampered with by later generations, especially after burning books and tampering with ancient books in the Qing Dynasty, the word Yan was interpreted as a simplified word called Yan.
In Shang Dynasty, Yan was deified as a nation beyond the ruling class. 17 generations of Yan clan chiefs gave five surnames, and the later owners gave five surnames to his five descendants, Zhao, Chen, Liu, Zhang and Wang, which were handed down to future generations.
2, from the surname rice
The fief of the royal family of Chu, Bo Gui, belongs to the name of fief. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a branch of Chu called Xiong Bowen, which was sealed in Yan Yi (now Macheng, Hubei), followed by a doctor named Yan Ao. After the destruction of Chu, Yan Ao got Yin Quan. Among his descendants, one named Yan, who took the feudal city of his ancestors as his surname, was passed down from generation to generation.
3. Originated from other ethnic minorities
At present, there are members of Yan clan in the Hui, Tujia, Zhuang, Miao, Dai, Gaoshan and Li ethnic minorities, and their origins were mostly changed to the Han surname Yan in the policy of keeping people in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and the movement of changing the land to streams, which was passed down from generation to generation. After 1955, it was mistakenly written as Yan.
4. Originated from Daur nationality.
Aola of Daur nationality, also known as Aola and Aolei, is called "Aola" in Tungusic language and "Mountain" in Chinese, and lives in Wulashan (now Yongji, Jilin), Jin Duo, Heilongjiang (now Albazin, the Russian territory in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang), Lafukai (west of Yakesha City), Hulunbeier (now Hailar, Inner Mongolia) and Busa (now Nenjiang River Basin and Daxinganling).
Later, Manchu and Ewenki were taken as surnames, and Manchu was Orahala. After the mid-Qing Dynasty, the Han surnames of Duoguan were Yan, Shan, Ao, Shan, Su, E and so on.
5. Originated from other ethnic minorities
Belong to Chinese culture, change the surname to surname. At present, there are members of Yan clan in Hui, Tujia, Zhuang, Miao, Dai, Gaoshan, Li and other ethnic minorities. Their origins were mostly changed to Han Yan in the policy of keeping people in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and the movement of changing the land into streams, which was passed down from generation to generation. After 1955, it was mistakenly written as Yan.
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