The earliest birthplace of the surname Huang should be in the western area of ??Huangchuan County, Henan Province.
Overview of the Huang surname: Huang is the eighth-ranked surname, with a population of about 28.99 million, accounting for 2.23% of the country's total population.
The origin of the surname
The following is the origin of the surname Huang:
The surname Huang is one of the ancient surnames in China, and its main root is in the ancient Huang Kingdom ( Today's Huangchuan County, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan Province), the surname Huang originated from three branches.
Comes from the surname Ying. During Emperor Shun's time, the leader of the Dongyi tribe was named Boyi, who was "a descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu". Because of his contribution to helping Dayu control floods, he was given the surname Ying by Emperor Shun. It is said that there are 14 descendants of Boyi, including the Xu family, the Tan family, the Ju family, the Zhongli family, the Yunxiang family, the Tuqiu family, the Jiangliang family, the Huang family, the Jiang family, the Xiuyu family, the Baiming family, and the Fei family. The Lian family, the Qin family, and the Zhao family are collectively known as the fourteenth family named Ying. Among them, the Huang family established the Huang Kingdom in Huangchuan, Henan Province, around the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. Because they were granted the title of Viscount by the Zhou Dynasty, they were also called Huang Ziguo. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu dominated, and only the State of Huang and Sui dared to compete. In 648 BC, Huang was destroyed by Chu. After the fall of the country, the descendants of the Huang Kingdom took the name of their country and became the Huang family.
After Jin Tianshi. Tai Ni is a descendant of the Shaohao Jintian clan in ancient times. He has been the head of water officials for generations. He was granted the title of Fenchuan during the reign of Emperor Zhuanxu and was revered as the god of Fen River in later generations. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the descendants of Tai Ni established the kingdoms of Shen, Si, Ping, and Huang, but they were all destroyed by the Jin Kingdom. Among them, the descendants of Huang Guogong took Guo as their surname and became Huang.
The barbarians originated from the south of ancient China. According to "New Book of Tang", "Yongguan people (in Guangxi) have the surname Huang. So are Huang Shaoqing, Shaogao and Shaowen in the Tang Dynasty." In fact, this branch of the Huang family is the descendant of the survivors of the Huang Kingdom.
Gathering place (migratory distribution)
The earliest place of origin of the Huang surname should be in the western area of ??Huangchuan County, Jinhenan Province. After the Huang Kingdom was destroyed by Chu, people with the Huang surname were scattered in all directions. Some fled north to central Henan, while a large number were forced to move inland to the hinterland of Chu State (today's Hebei Province). Today's Huanggang, Huangpi, Huang'an, Huangmei and other places are said to be named after the Yellow people moved here. One of them moved inland to Ying, the capital of Chu (now Jiangling and Jingzhou), and another group moved to Anlu, Jiangxia (now the southeastern area of ??Yunmeng County, Hubei). During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Huang surname was already popular in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and in Henan, Anhui and other places to the north. The large-scale migration of the Huang surname to the south began in the late Western Jin Dynasty. Due to the large-scale migration of the Central Plains gentry to the south, the Huang surname was more widely distributed in the south. At the same time, the Huang surname had moved into Fujian (Fujian) together with the eight ethnic groups such as Hu, Lin, Chen, Zheng, Qiu, He, and Zeng, and became one of the "Eight Major Surnames" that later entered Fujian. After continuous migration and reproduction from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Huang surname formed prominent families in Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangxi and other places today. There was Huang Qianshan in the Song Dynasty, and his nine sons were scattered throughout Guangdong, mostly in Meizhou, and later developed into a common surname in Guangdong. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jin soldiers entered Kaifeng, and Huang Jianlian, a native of Gushi, Henan, moved south to Hangzhou, and later became a famous surname in Hangzhou, with branches in Zhangpu, Raoping, Lufeng and other places. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Huang family flourished in Fujian and Guangdong. By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, they began to immigrate to Taiwan. Later, many people moved overseas. The surname Huang is a relatively typical southern surname in my country.
Taiwan’s Huang surname ranks third after Chen and Lin. They followed Zheng Chenggong's army to regain Taiwan in the late Ming Dynasty and entered Taiwan in large numbers. By the Qing Dynasty, people from Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces came to Taiwan to live in Tao.
Some people from the Huang family have integrated into ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Shui, Buyi, and Dan. Before the Tang Dynasty, the Huang family had taken root among some ethnic minorities in Lingnan and southwest regions. Among them, those who are Dan people live in Shanan, Guangzhou; those who moved to Huangdong, Guangxi, are called Huangdong Man, most of whom are Zhuang; those who have integrated into the Yao ethnic group are widely distributed, living in many counties in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou. Townships, mostly in Guangxi.
Tang name
"Kuanhe Hall": Huang Ba was the prefect of Henan in the Han Dynasty. The officials at that time were very serious, and Huang Ba was independent in politics and was lenient. During the reign of Emperor Xuan, he served as Tingzheng (judicial officer) and was imprisoned for some matters. From the officials to the people, they all defended him, and Zhaoxue was finally vindicated.
"Jiangxiatang": Huang Xiang of the Later Han Dynasty. His mother died when he was young. He was the most filial to his father. He used a fan to cool his father's mat in summer and warm his father's bedding in winter. People praised his filial piety: "There is no one like him in the world, Huangtong from Jiangxia!"
Huang's family names also include "Sijing", "Yidun", "Dunmu", "Chichang", etc. "Chichang Hall" is named after the two characters "Chichang" at the end of Huang Qiaoshan's eight-line poem.
Historical Celebrities
Huang Zongxi: An outstanding thinker and historian during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. His "Confucian Studies in the Ming Dynasty" and "The Studies in the Song and Yuan Dynasties" are systematic philosophical monographs in Chinese history. They pioneered the trend of historical research in the Qing Dynasty. He was one of the three major thinkers in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Huang Shen: Painter of the Qing Dynasty. He is good at painting figures, and is also good at painting flowers, birds, and landscapes. He is one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou".
Huang Tingjian: Writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. His poems are called "Su Huang" together with Su Shi, and he founded the Jiangxi Poetry School. He was also one of the four great calligraphers of the Song Dynasty.
Huang Gai: A general of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. He used a bitter trick with Zhou Yu to lure Cao Cao into surrender, and used fire to defeat Cao Cao.
Huang Daopo: a female weaver in the early Yuan Dynasty. He lived in Hainan Island for more than 30 years, learned the textile technology of the Li people, improved and invented it, and returned to his hometown in his later years to teach textile technology.
Huang Shigong: A late man of the Qin Dynasty, he was familiar with the art of war. He once presented "Tai Gong's Art of War" to Zhang Liang on Xiapiwei (bridge).
Huang Xie: Prime Minister of Chu during the Warring States Period. Due to his meritorious service, he was granted the title of Marquis of Chun Shen. He was one of the four famous princes during the Warring States Period