What is the origin and development of Lin surname?

The source, historical celebrities and current situation of Lin surname are as follows:

1, the source of Lin surname

Lin's surname mainly comes from the changes of Zi's surname, Ji's surname and minority's surname. One of Dongyi is called Chen after moving south. Lin Bu is similar to Cao, and the "wood" is the building wood, that is, the celestial pole table, also known as the fusang and the supporting wood. The two buildings stand side by side like a forest, and the apocalypse altar (progressive platform) is under the forest. Lin surname is another surname of Feng, and also a brahmin. The bound volume of Ci Hai published by Zhonghua Book Company contains: Lin, "the surname is also, and the history says that Yin Bigan took refuge in Changlin Mountain because of Lin's surname".

2. Historical celebrities

Among the names of Lin, there are Lin Wan in the Ming Dynasty, Lin Zexu in the Qing Dynasty and Lin Yutang in the Republic of China. Among them, Lin Zexu was a politician, writer, thinker and national hero in China in the late Qing Dynasty. Lin Yutang is a famous writer, scholar, translator and linguist in modern China, and a member of Jingxing Society.

3. Details of the current situation

In 20 16, the forest population was about14 160,000, and the forest rank was16, ranking fourth in South China. The forest population in Fujian Province is about 4.72 million, accounting for 14.8% of the total population, ranking first. There are about 365,438+065,438+00,000 Lins in Guangdong, 654,38+084,000 Lins in Zhejiang, 2 million Lins in Bao Dao, 654,380,000 Lins in South Korea, 5 million Lins in other regions and more than 20,000 people in the world. The population density of Lin surname is the highest in Fuzhou, Putian, southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong and Baodao.

Distribution and migration of Lin surname

In the pre-Qin period, Lin first moved in the area north of the Yellow River and east of Taihang Mountain. After entering the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Lin has spread to Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places. Shandong Lu is the first place where Lin was born. Throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, forests developed best in Lu, forming the famous Jinan forest. In the following Qin and Han dynasties, the Lin family in Jinan always occupied the dominant position of the Lin family.

During the Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was war in the north, chaos in the Central Plains and regime change. Lin moved around with the residents of the Central Plains, reaching Sichuan in the southwest and Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the southeast. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, Lin had crossed the Yangtze River, Nanling and Wuyishan, and entered Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. In the Tang Dynasty, Henan immigrated to Fujian twice, and a large number of ancestors named Lin settled in southern Fujian, and the center of Lin began to form in the southeast coast. Lin's surname appeared in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Lin surname.