How many generations of Cai?

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Cai surname is one of the surnames in China, and it is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which mainly comes from the changes of Ji surname, _ surname and minority surnames. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Cai was the ancestor.

Cai ranked 155 among the hundred surnames in Song Dynasty. By the end of 20 13, the total population of contemporary Cai surnames has reached 5.52 million, accounting for 0.46% of the total population in China, and the total population ranks 44th among the surnames in China. The distribution of Cai surnames in China is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, and a high proportion of Cai surnames have been formed in the southeast coastal areas.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Cai traveled all over Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hubei, Anhui, Shandong, Hunan and Guizhou. During the Warring States Period, the Chua clan set out from Caidian, Hubei Province, entered Changde, Hunan Province, and entered Guizhou along Yuanjiang River, mixing with local aborigines and becoming the ancestors of Chua clans such as Miao, Tu, Yao and Buyi. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Cai's family mainly distributed in the Central Plains, and formed Jiyang Cai's family in eastern Henan and western Shandong. This is the most glorious period in Chua's history, with many celebrities and far-reaching influence. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a war in the north, and a large number of people in the Central Plains moved south. Cai began to enter Jiangsu and Zhejiang in a big way. During the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains immigrated to Fujian twice on a large scale, and Cai was one of the main surnames, which laid the foundation for Cai to become a famous surname in the south. Cai Yongyuan is the ancestor of the Cai family who entered Fujian. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, a war broke out in the Central Plains. Henan people of Chua's family entered Fujian with Wang Chao and Wang. They first lived in Ninghua County, Fujian Province, and then moved to Meizhou, Guangdong Province. By the Song Dynasty, Chua's family had spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and Chua's main force had been formed in Fujian. Cai entered Taiwan Province Province in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Since then, a large number of people surnamed Cai have moved from Fujian and Guangdong to Taiwan Province Province, and some have moved to Southeast Asia and Europe and America.