What is the origin of Liao surname?

Liào has many ancient surnames, which originated from 6: 1 and gave his own surnames. In ancient times, he was a descendant of Liao Shuan and took the country name as his surname. According to "The Customs of the Twenty-ninth Year of Zuo Gong", it is said that Emperor Zhuan Xu had a descendant named Shu 'an. Xia was named Shu 'an because of Gao Guo (also known as Gao Guo, now south of tanghe county, Henan Province), and later generations took Zhu as their surname.

2, from the surname Ji, the descendants of the son, take the fief as the surname. According to Guang Yun and Textual Research on Surnames, there was a son named, and his son Sun also took Liao as his surname because he was sealed in Liao city. Liao Jia is looking for a giant deer.

3, from the Yan family, the holy descendant of Yao and Shun, taking the country name as the surname. According to "On the Hidden Husband", "After the establishment of the Hao Tao court, it was sealed in Guo (now Gushi County, Henan Province), and later generations took the country as their surname." The holy descendant of Yao and Shun was sealed by Guo in the summer and built by descendants in the Spring and Autumn Period. King Chu Mu destroyed Britain in four years and established two countries, and later generations took the country as their surname; Or take the surname as surname, that is, Liao.

4, from avoiding yin and tyranny, to Miao and Yan. According to the textual research on the origin of Liao's ancestral temple in Xiaoxi, Miao and Yan were given by the emperor. At the end of Shang Dynasty, when Yin was in power, they were cruel and heartless. Miao and Yan lived in seclusion in the northwest of the Yellow River (now the Yellow River section at the junction of Shaanxi and Shanxi) and changed their surnames to Liao.

5. From Zhang, he was adopted and changed his surname. According to Liao's Genealogy, Fujian people were adopted by their son-in-law in the Ming Dynasty and changed their surname to Liao, and their descendants were Liao.

6, from the given surname or other ethnic minorities have Liao surname. In the twenty-third year of Qing Qianlong, Taiwan Province Province was given seven surnames, one of which was Liao; Liao is the surname of Mulao, Yao, Shui and Miao.

Ancestor: Liao Shuan. According to legend, Emperor Zhuan Xu was born in Ruoshui and lived in Diqiu (now southeast of Puyang, Henan). He is the ancestor of the southern Chu State, and his descendant Shu 'an was sealed in Zhuan Xu (Ancient Liao) in the Xia Dynasty, so he was called Zhu An (Liao). During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Liao State was destroyed by Chu, and the Chinese people took Zhuan Xu as their surname, calling it Liao State. As the founding monarch, Liao Shuan was honored as the ancestor of Liao State.

Liao surname-migration distribution Liao surname first originated in Henan Province. Runan county, the largest county in Liao's history, came from this place in its early days. At that time, the prosperity of Liao surname in Henan was self-evident. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the surname Liao began to migrate to the surrounding areas. A branch of Liao Bo formed Julu County. In addition, Liao Hui, a descendant of Liao surname in Runan, moved to Henan to avoid the chaos of the Qin Dynasty (according to the preface of Liao's Origin). During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, following the "Yongjia Rebellion", Liao in the north moved southward on a large scale. During this period, Liao Hua, the descendant of Liao Hui, moved to Sichuan from Xiangyang (now Xiangfan, Hubei) and was the ancestor of Shu. From Liao, now living in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and two sons living in Luoyang and Yongjia, Zhejiang respectively. From Liao Yanling, he served as the satrap of Wuwei (now Gansu). In addition, Liao Tang, a hermit in Jin Dynasty, was the first to enter Fujian. In the Tang Dynasty, many people entered Fujian. At the beginning of Tang Dynasty, Liao entered Fujian with his father and son, and at the end of Tang Dynasty, Liao entered Fujian with Wang Chao and Wang. Liao Hui's branch spread to Liao Chongde, who was appointed as Jiangxi Hua Qian Order. Later, some people moved to Shibizhai, Ninghua and Tingzhou in Fujian, and then moved to Shanghang and other places. In Song Dynasty, Liao was the most popular surname of Fujian, and many celebrities came forth in large numbers. Before the Yuan Dynasty, the migration of Liao Hui was clearly recorded in Xing Liao Genealogy: "His ancestral home was in Runan, and during the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, he moved to various parts of the south of the Yangtze River due to the war in the north. In the Tang Dynasty, his ancestors moved from Yidu, Jiangxi Province to Shibizhai, Ninghua, Tingzhou, Fujian Province to avoid the chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Later generations moved to Shunchang because of chaos, and Liao's residence in Fujian benefited many people. By the end of the Song Dynasty, Ninghua passed Changting, Shanghang and Yongding, and then re-entered Guangdong-Tai Po, Meixian, Xingning and Wuhua. " In the Ming Dynasty, Liao, a big pagoda tree in Shanxi, moved to Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Beijing and other places. During the Qing Dynasty, some people from Fujian, Guangdong and Liao countries entered Taiwan Province and then moved to Thailand and Singapore. Today, most Liao surnames are distributed in Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces. The above five provinces account for about 73% of the population of Liao of Han nationality in China. Liao is the 66th surname in China with a large population, accounting for 0.34% of the Han population in China.