What is the origin of Yang's surname?

1, Yang, one of the surnames in China, is said to have originated from Yangguo (now Hongdong County, Shanxi Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period, and is the national surname of Sui Dynasty and Southern Wu Dynasty. It is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which mainly comes from the surname of Ji and the change of surname of ethnic minorities. Yang Boqiao is the ancestor of surnames.

2. From Ji's surname:

From the royal family of the Western Zhou Dynasty after the Yellow Emperor, there are three kinds of sayings, all of which originated from the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty.

(1) Sun's native place, his second son, the younger brother of Xie's father. When Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty (the eleventh grandson), he named his second son Hou Yang, the ancestor of Yang.

(2) originated in Zhou Xuanwang's eldest son and father. During the reign of Wang Xuan, the eldest son and father were named Yang Guo (now Hongdong County, Shanxi Province), and they were destroyed by Yang Weijin in the Spring and Autumn Period, and their descendants took Yang as their surname.

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Overseas distribution

In southern China, especially in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces, people surnamed Yang migrated overseas after the end of the Yuan Dynasty, especially after Zheng He's voyage to the West in the Ming Dynasty. Mainly to avoid natural and man-made disasters and make a living overseas. The main areas of immigrants are Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and other countries in Southeast Asia today.

From the Opium War to the beginning of the 20th century, the main areas where Yang people moved were facing the West, Europe and America, or seeking political asylum, or pursuing western science and technology, or seeking revolutionary truth, which was the second important period for Yang people to cross the ocean.

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