The origin and evolution of Chen's surname

After listening to the report in the afternoon, I still want to explore Tik Tok with my mobile phone in my spare time. The striking word "Chen" attracted me. After all, I am the "Chen" of my ancestors. If you can't solve the problem, ask Baidu. I also searched for Chen Wenhua on Baidu to learn about his history.

Chen's ancestors were the Yellow Emperor, the Yellow Emperor, the Yellow Emperor and the Yellow Emperor. Chen is one of the surnames of China, and his ancestor is. It originated in Wanqiu (now Huaiyang, Henan Province) and spread all over the world in Gushi (now Gushi County, Henan Province) and Yingchuan (now Xuchang City, Henan Province). This surname is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which mainly comes from the changes of Guangxi surname and minority surname.

Chen is the fifth largest surname in China, with the greatest influence in Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces. At present, the population of Chen accounts for about 4.63% of the total population of China, and the total population of Chen is about 58 million.

The origin and evolution of Chen's surname

According to legend, the girls of Huangdi and Xiling have three sons: Changyi, Xiao Xuan and Dragon Temple. Changyi's grandson is Zhuan Xu of Levin, who succeeded the Yellow Emperor; Xuantao's grandson is Di Ku of Gao Xin, who succeeded Zhuan Xu as emperor; After the Dragon Temple, it moved south to become the ancestor of Nan Man. Marry Chen's daughter and give birth. He became Yao after he acceded to the throne. Shun tribe lives near Gui River in the south of Zhou Pu Town, Yongji, Shanxi Province. Shun tribe named Gui after the river. In 2070 BC, Yu Jishun established the Xia Dynasty. Shang, son of Feng Shun, lives in Henan, and the ancient city is in the southwest of Yucheng, Henan. History is called Yu's family, and later Yu's country. Now there is Shang Jun's Tomb Village in the west of Yucheng, a descendant of Shang Jun's tomb .. Shun, who lives in Yuxiang, near Gui River, was sealed in Sui by Yuan Dynasty, and his hometown is now in the northwest of Ningyang, Shandong Province. The descendants of Gaisui in Shang Dynasty were in Chen, and the ancient city was in the southeast of Huaiyang, Henan. The place where Chen lives is the hometown of Chen Fengbu, the mother family of Emperor Yao, and it is called Chen Gang. Chen Guo was born in Shang Dynasty.

In the week of 1046 BC, the direct descendant of Zhou Wuwang Jun was the descendant who replaced the pro-business. Chen Guo was the 12th Wang Zhiyi in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and its national strength and position were second only to the "Five Overlords". After the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the national strength declined sharply. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period in 479 BC, King Hui of Chu finally destroyed Chen Guo. The descendants of Chen take the country as their surname, and Huaiyang, Henan Province is the birthplace of Chen. Up to now, Huaiyang is still nicknamed "Old Chen Hu". Chen's surname has a history of at least 3,500 years, counting from the State of Chen in Shang Dynasty.

In 672 BC, Chen Wan, his son, fled to Qi and became Chen Weitian. After Qi Jinggong, Chen Wan's descendants are several important ministers of Qi. In 4 10 BC, the grandson Sun Mourning established Tianqi, and in 378 BC, the surname Jiang of Qi died. 22 BC1Army Qin Shihuang destroyed Tian's surname Qi and unified China. Tian Fu, the third son of Tian Jian, King of Qi, defected to Chu State before the subjugation of Qi State, and became the Lingyin of Chu State, being the Hou of Yingchuan. His fief was in the north of Changge City, Henan Province, and his surname was restored. It is the ancestor of Yingchuan Chen. This Chen surname has become the most important and largest tribe in contemporary Chen surnames. The former residence of Chen Ya, a descendant of Yingchuan School and a famous minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, is located in Chen Gu Village, Dongguqiao Township, Changge County, Henan Province. The name of this village has not changed since 2000.

The distribution and migration of Chen's surname in history

In the pre-Qin period, Chen mainly lived in Henan, Anhui, Hubei and other places. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Chen had set foot in Hunan, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Shandong and other places.

At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and residents moved south in succession. Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi are the main areas where Chen moved back. At the same time, Lin, Huang, Chen and Zheng, the main surnames in the Central Plains, took the lead in entering Fujian. By the Southern Dynasties, Chen had become one of the four surnames in Fujian, mainly a descendant of Yingchuan School. Chen Mao's tenth grandson, Chen Baxian, went to Nanjing to establish the Chen Dynasty, known as Chen Wudi in history. In the Southern Dynasties, the State of Chen created many Wangs with Chen surnames, and their descendants spread all over the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, which played an extremely important role in the development of Chen surnames in Southeast China. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, with Gushi as the main force, Zheng Chen, Chen Yuanguang and his son led fifty-eight surnames to enter Fujian via Jiangxi. Four generations of grandparents and grandchildren have always been the chief executive of Zhangzhou, and later generations have been honored as "Wang", and their descendants have become Chen Zhupai of Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and Nanyang islands. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of people from Gushi, Wang Jianli and Fujian, once again immigrated to Fujian. Since then, Chen has become the first surname in Southeast China.

In the Song Dynasty, there were about 3 million people surnamed Chen, accounting for 3.9% of the national population, and it was the sixth largest surname in the Song Dynasty.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 4.2 million people surnamed Chen, accounting for 4.5% of the national population, and it was the fourth largest surname in the Ming Dynasty.

Distribution and atlas of contemporary Chen surname

The contemporary population of Chen has reached 58 million, which is the fifth largest surname in China, accounting for about 4.63% of the national population. In the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population of Chen has soared from 4.2 million to 58 million, an increase of nearly 14 times, slightly exceeding the growth rate of the national population. During the period from 1000 since the Song Dynasty, Chen's population growth rate showed an upward trend. At present, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Sichuan, Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, accounting for about 40% of Chen's total population, followed by Henan, Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Taiwan Province, Shandong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Jiangxi provinces, with a concentration of 38%. Guangdong is the largest province of Chen, accounting for 13% of the total population of Chen. The whole country has formed a situation that the Yangtze River is the watershed, with few Chen surnames in the north and many Chen surnames in the south. Formed a highly concentrated center of Chen's surname in Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang, and then gradually decreased to the northwest.

The surname Chen is widely distributed in the crowd, but it is not balanced. In Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan Province, Qiongzhe, southern Jiangsu and Anhui, most of Jiangxi, southern Hunan, most of Guangxi and the border areas of Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou, the proportion of Chen in the local population is generally 5.2%, and the highest can reach 1 1%, accounting for 12.2% of the total land area, and it is inhabited by about. Northern Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, most of Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei, most of Lu Yu, southwestern Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, eastern Qinghai, eastern Inner Mongolia, western Heilongjiang, northern Liaoning and northwestern Xinjiang account for 2.6%-5.2%, accounting for 33.3% of the total land area, and about 34% of the population surnamed Chen lives.

(To be continued) Continue to learn Chen Wenhua tomorrow.