The origin of Yao's surname (yāo was the same as Yao in ancient times, but had nothing to do with the simplified word "Yao"): Yao's surname was an earlier surname, which was recorded in Surname Garden in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Ranked 420th among the 500 most popular surnames in China.
Yao's family is now distributed in guanxian, Tongzhou, Tangshan Hangu Management District and Fengnan District, daming county, Hebei Province. Guantao county, Baoding Tang county, Nanjing Pukou, Xinjiang, Henan, Lingbi county, Anhui and other places in the three northeastern provinces.
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1, first-class artist Moxilong. Male, born in 1950. He is currently the deputy director of Shenyang Literature and History Research Institute, the vice chairman of Shenyang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the director of Mo Painting and Calligraphy Museum.
2. Yao Zhensheng, professor, a famous climatologist at home and abroad, is a statistical climatologist in China. During his 65-year teaching and research career, he set foot in various fields of climatology, especially devoted himself to the development of statistical climatology, and established statistical climatology by combining statistical theory with climatology. He is a pioneer in setting up climatology specialty in China University.
3. Mo Hong, a native of Shenyang, is a famous soprano and a first-class actress of China Opera House. She enjoys special government allowance from the State Council and has won many awards in various national and international competitions.
4. Mo Zhilou, male? Deputy commander of South China Sea Fleet, former commander of Zhanjiang Naval Base, served as deputy chief of staff of South China Sea Fleet from June 5438 to February 2004, and served as deputy commander of South China Sea Fleet from June 5438 to February 2008. Major general level.
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