Where did Jin Huitao's surname come from in Fengxian, Shanghai?

According to the record of surname test, Tao originated in Dingtao, Shandong Province.

Before the Zhou Dynasty, Tao's surname was invisible in history books. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the first person who went down in history appeared, that is, Ying Tao, a woman handed down from generation to generation with salvation. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Tao's surname gradually moved southward to the present Lankao area in Henan Province, and then developed, forming Jiyang County, the county with the largest Tao's surname in history.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there were Taoshe and an official in Chang 'an, and Taoqing was publicly sealed, and later generations inherited their duties and lived in the local area. During the Han Dynasty, people surnamed Tao gradually moved south to Jiangsu and Anhui and settled in Jiangnan. For example, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hou from Xuzhou and Liyang were all from Danyang (now Xuancheng, Anhui). During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the gentry of the Central Plains moved southward, and Tao surnames from Henan and Shandong began to move southward to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Tao surnames from northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui also crossed the river to enter Zhejiang and Jiangxi. During this period, many famous Taoists emerged in the south of the Yangtze River, such as A Shizhong, the Taiwei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Tao Kan, a native of Poyang (now Boyang, Jiangxi). Later, he moved to Xunyang Chaisang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and the famous poet Tao Yuanming was his great-grandson. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiaochang Xiang Tao Zhenbao and Jin 'an Hou Longtao were both from Moling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). After continuous reproduction, Dow has formed a huge family and prosperous descendants. Therefore, the Tao surname of later generations took Danyang and Xunyang as county names.

Before the Song Dynasty, the development of Tao surname was based on the above two places, and slowly spread to the whole south of the Yangtze River, and a branch of Tao surname entered Hunan. In the Song Dynasty, Tao surname was developed in the north, and it was found in Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and Hebei. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, smoke filled the south of the Yangtze River, and Dow spread to Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Tao, as one of the surnames of Sophora japonica in Hongdong, migrated to Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and other places, while the Tao surnames of Hunan and Hubei filled the migration wave in Sichuan with Huguang, entered Sichuan and then migrated to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

In the Qing Dynasty, Tao's surname had spread all over the country, and some people crossed the sea to Taiwan Province and then moved overseas. Therefore, most of the Dow in Taiwan Province Province immigrated from Fujian in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Tao, Chairman of Taiwan Province Dow Publishing House: "It is a great pleasure to return to the birthplace of Dow this time. The distribution of Tao surnames in Taiwan Province Province is still general. According to current statistics, there are about 10,000 people in Taiwan Province Province. "

Today, the distribution of Tao surnames is mostly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, accounting for about 23% of the total population of Han Tao surnames in China. Tao is the 106 surname in China, with a population of about 2.56 million, accounting for 0. 16% of the national population.

So I know that you are a descendant of Tao She and Tao Qing. They were officials in Chang 'an, Tao Qinggong sealed the national seal, and their descendants inherited their duties and lived in the local area. During the Han Dynasty, people surnamed Tao gradually moved south to Jiangsu and Anhui and settled in Jiangnan.