The Origin and History of Qian Family

Qian's surname can be traced back to Peng Zu, the seventh grandson of the Yellow Emperor. The 880-year-old birthday girl's real name is Cuikeng. Later, he was appreciated by Yao and was named the ancestor of Peng.

Peng Zu's son, Cui Fu, was a sergeant in the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Cui Fu took "money" as his surname, so Peng and Qian were originally a family, and there is still a folk saying that "Peng and Qian are not separated". Since the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty was in Haojing, Chuifu was bound to be an official in Beijing, so Qian also originated in Shaanxi.

In the pre-Qin period, Qian's surname was unclear. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the surname Qian developed quietly in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. During the Three Kingdoms period, Qian had spread all over Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. During the Jin Dynasty, Jiangxi became another important base of Qian surname.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Qian had spread to the Central Plains and the north and south of the Yangtze River. The heyday of Qian's development was in the Tang and Song Dynasties, when Qian Liu proclaimed himself emperor in Lin 'an, that is, Wu Yueguo was established in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and spread to five great masters. The descendants of Qian Liu were enfeoffed to various places for 86 years and soon multiplied in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Qian's population distribution

According to the "300 Most Surnames in China (Middle)" in 2006, the population of Qian is nearly 2.2 million, ranking 96th, accounting for about 0. 18% of the national population. In the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population of Qian surname has increased from 530,000 to 2.2 million, an increase of more than four times. The population growth rate of Qian surname is much lower than that of the whole country. From the Song Dynasty to the present, the population growth rate of Qian family showed an A-type trend during 1000 years.

The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, accounting for about 52% of the total population of Qian, followed by Guangdong, Shanghai and Yunnan, which account for 20%. Jiangsu has 24% population of Qian surname, which is the largest province with Qian surname population. The Yangtze River Delta region with a high proportion of Qian surname has been formed in China. In the past 600 years, the degree and direction of money population flow are somewhat different from those in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Although there are cases of migration to Central China and North China, migration to the southeast and south is still the mainstream.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Qian surname.