The origin of Jiang surname

Jiang's family originated from Shennong, and Emperor Yan was born in. Jiang was named after water, and his descendant Jiang Ziya was sealed in Qi at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. By the mid-Warring States period, it was destroyed by Tian, and the descendants were scattered. Some people take the country name as their surname, or the surname as their surname. During the Qin and Han dynasties, Jiang moved westward to the rich Guanzhong, and later formed a famous county in Tianshui. Today, Jiang's family is widely distributed in China, North Korea, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.

Jiang's surname ranks 32nd among hundreds of surnames, and ranks 60th among the national surnames in 2007, accounting for about 0.34% of the national Han population. According to textual research, since the beginning of the Qi Dynasty, 102 surnames have been derived from ginger, including 64 single surnames such as Lu, Xu, Xie, Ji, Qiu and Lu, and 38 compound surnames such as Chunyu, Dongguo, Gaotang, Ziya, and Bull.

According to research, up to now, there are 102 surnames in the history of * *, all of which are derived from Jiang's surname. Some surnames have other origins, but Jiang's surname is their initial or most important origin.

Lu, Xu, Zhang, Xie, Qi, Gao, Guo, Lei, Yi, Fang, Wen, Shen, Lu, Chai Xing, Qing, He, Ji, Qiu, Bo, Lai Xing, Gai, Ding, Yun, Feng, Feng.

Sixty-four surnames include Zuo, Chong, Li, Tan, Lian, Xiang, Gu, Nie, Shang, Jiao, Ke, Rao, Jing, Pu, Li, Qiang, Xie, Yan, Tan, and Chunyu, Dongguo, Gaotang and Tan.

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Historical development:

In the pre-Qin period, Jiang lived mainly in Gansu and Shandong. Emperor Yan was born in Jiang Shui, and his descendant Jiang Ziya was sealed in Qi at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. By the mid-Warring States period, it was destroyed by Tian, and the descendants were scattered. Some people take the country name as their surname, or the surname as their surname. Jiang's surname has a history of more than 5,000 years, and as a surname, it began after the demise of Qi, at least 2,300 years.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the surname Jiang had developed into a big family in the east of Hanguguan, Lingbao, Henan Province, so it moved westward to enrich Guanzhong, and then formed a famous county in Tianshui.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, Jiang's surname had spread in Qinchuanlong, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but its population center was still in Shaanxi and Shandong. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the surname Jiang entered Fujian and Guangdong. Minister Huan Tingchang of the Tang Dynasty changed his surname to Jiang. ?

In the Qing Dynasty, due to Shandong immigrants, the full sinicization of Manchu Eight Banners and the use of Han surnames, the surname Jiang in Northeast China developed rapidly. In the Qing Dynasty, all Jiang families and some Zhang clans collectively changed their surnames to Jiang.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Jiang surname