What is the origin of the hundred family names Li?

Hundreds of people surnamed Li originated in the north, mostly in Gansu, Shaanxi and Henan provinces. Li moved south three times in the Tang Dynasty, once in the early Tang Dynasty, the second time in the "An Shi Rebellion", the third time in Huang Chao to the Five Dynasties, and most of them moved south to Fujian and Guangdong, and some of them moved south to Southeast Asia, Taiwan Province Province and Hainan.

In the history of China, there were more than 60 people named Li as kings. In the 300 years of the Tang Dynasty alone, there were 4 1 rooms for emperors named Li. Li is a man of the hour, with prominent figures in Li Er, Li Yuan and other industries.

Migration and distribution of Li surname

In the pre-Qin period, Li's activities began in Henan, and by the end of the Warring States period, Li's activities expanded to Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei and other places. The Qin and Han Dynasties was an important stage of Li's migration. After Qin Shihuang pacified South Vietnam and Ou, Li began to enter Guangdong and Guangxi. Descendants of Li Er entered Gansu, developed into aristocrats named Li in Longxi, and those who lived in Hebei became famous families named Li in Zhao County.

East to Shandong, southeast to Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, south to the South China Sea and Beibu Gulf. The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of Li's surname, and Li's surname spread to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty 19 in Longxi for 289 years. Li's surname is a national surname, and there are Li's relatives and relatives everywhere, and the population of Li's surname is expanding rapidly. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li began to enter Fujian and Hainan in large numbers. During the Ming Dynasty, Li entered Taiwan Province Province.

In the past 600 years, the degree and direction of Li's population movement were very different from those in Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, especially the migration from the east to Central China and North China was greater than that from the north to the southeast. At the same time, the migration to the southwest and northeast has become an important flow direction.