The eight major families that have never declined in Chinese history, come and see if your family belongs to them?

China is a huge country with many surnames. Some have been buried by history, while others are still standing today. Let me talk about these eight major surname families.

The first one is Li. The surname Li is the national surname of the Tang Dynasty. Today, the surname Li is concentrated in Hebei, Sichuan, Henan and other provinces. It is also the most common surname in China worldwide, with a total number of people exceeding 100 million.

The second place is Wang. In 2014, the number of people with the surname Wang in mainland China reached 94.68 million, accounting for 7.1% of the country's total population. There was an emperor named Wang Mang in history.

The third place is Zhang. This surname originating from bows and arrows now has a population of 87.502 million, accounting for 6.83% of the total population of China. Zhang Hui is the ancestor of this surname.

The fourth place is Liu. Historically, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei of the Shu Han Dynasty were all accomplished emperors of the Han Dynasty and representatives of the Liu surname.

The fifth place, surnamed Chen. This surname is different from the previous ones. Although it can only rank fifth in terms of population, among the 50 million Chinese overseas, it is also known as "Chen Lin Half the World". Descendants of the Chen surname even established political power in Vietnam, Singapore and other places.

The sixth place is Yang. This is a typical multi-ethnic surname with multiple origins. It is today's Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, the starting point of the great immigration in the early Ming Dynasty. Representative figures include Yang Zhu, a thinker of the Warring States Period, and Yang Zhen, a writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The seventh place is Zhao. The national surname of the Song Dynasty is now also a common surname in the north. However, the economy and culture of the Song Dynasty were still relatively developed. Six of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties were from the Song Dynasty. The great scholars Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming also came from the Song Dynasty.

The eighth place is Huang. Zhu Rong's son Lu Zhongwei was the founder of the surname. The population of the Huang surname is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hubei, Fujian and other places in the south. This is because after the Huang State was destroyed by the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, the people began to move south.