The Origin and History of Cai's Surname

1, Cai, one of the surnames in China, is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which mainly comes from Ji's surname, _ surname and the surname change of ethnic minorities. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Cai was the ancestor.

2. Chua ranked 155 among the hundred surnames in Song Dynasty. By the end of 20 13, the total population of contemporary Cai surnames has reached 5.52 million, accounting for 0.46% of the total population in China, and the total population ranks 44th among the surnames in China. The distribution of Cai surnames in China is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, and a high proportion of Cai surnames have been formed in the southeast coastal areas.

3. From Ji's surname. He is a descendant of King Ji Chang of Zhou Wen, taking the country as his surname. After the King of Wu destroyed the business, his fifth brother was awarded a degree in Cai, which was called the capital of Cai Shu in history. Now, the son of Cai Shudu was renamed Cai, and the new Cai State is in Shangcai County, Henan Province. After Chu destroyed Cai, Chinese people took the country as their surname and scattered around.

4, from _ last name. From the branch of Huangdi _ surname fief, belonging to the name of fief. The surname _ is a direct descendant of the Yellow Emperor. In Yao, Shun and Xia dynasties, the clans to which surnames belonged were Yan, Kan, Yin, Cai and Lu, which were distributed in the east and west Yellow River basins of Henan. As a branch of Cai's surname, it holds a high sacrificial duty in the tribe. Cai and Ji were commonly used in ancient times, so Cai came from Ji.

5, from ethnic minorities. The incident of Cai's surname flowing into foreign blood mainly occurred after the Song Dynasty. Later, Wu Lin, the jurchen of the State of Jin, changed her surname to Cai. In the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners, Wu Ling 'a and Samara all changed their surnames to Cai. After living together with the Han nationality for a long time, these foreigners gradually assimilated into the Cai surname of the Han nationality in the north and flourished in the northeast. A large part of Cai's surname among the ethnic minorities in Guizhou and Guangxi was assimilated into the southern Han nationality, mainly in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

6. Some have ancestors with surnames. The surname Hu, also known as Cai Zhonghu, is the grandson of Cai Shu, the son of Cai Shu, and the second monarch of Cai, a vassal state in the Western Zhou Dynasty. After the destruction of the business, his brother and uncle were appointed to Cai and established Cai. After Zhou Chengwang succeeded to the throne, Cai Shu rebelled with Guan Shu and others, was exiled after failure, and died soon after moving the capital. Hu, the son of Cai Shu, changed his father's old habits and respected virtue and goodness. When the Duke of Zhou heard about it, he recommended him to be an official of the State of Lu. Duke Zhou suggested that Hu be sealed in Cai State to serve Cai Shu's ancestors and his descendants would take the country as their surname.

7. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Cai traveled all over Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hubei, Anhui, Shandong, Hunan and Guizhou. During the Warring States Period, the Chua clan set out from Caidian, Hubei Province, entered Changde, Hunan Province, and entered Guizhou along Yuanjiang River, mixing with local aborigines and becoming the ancestors of Chua clans such as Miao, Tu, Yao and Buyi.

8. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Chua's family mainly distributed in the Central Plains, and formed Jiyang Chua's family in eastern Henan and western Shandong. This is the most glorious period in Chua's history, with many celebrities and far-reaching influence. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a war in the north, and a large number of people in the Central Plains moved south. Cai began to enter Jiangsu and Zhejiang in a big way.

9. During the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains immigrated to Fujian twice on a large scale, and Cai was one of the main surnames, which laid the foundation for Cai to become a famous surname in the south. Cai Yongyuan is the ancestor of the Cai family who entered Fujian. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, a war broke out in the Central Plains. Henan people of Chua's family entered Fujian with Wang Chao and Wang. They first lived in Ninghua County, Fujian Province, and then moved to Meizhou, Guangdong Province.

10. By the Song Dynasty, Chua's family had spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and Chua's main force had been formed in Fujian. Cai entered Taiwan Province Province in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Since then, a large number of people surnamed Cai have moved from Fujian and Guangdong to Taiwan Province Province, and some have moved to Southeast Asia and Europe and America.