The origin and history of Jiang surname

Jiang's surname is one of the ancient surnames in China, which mainly comes from Ji's surname, Won's surname and Zi's surname. In 623 BC, Jiang Guo (now Zhengyang County, Henan Province), a vassal state in the Spring and Autumn Period, was destroyed by the State of Chu, and later generations took the country name as their surname. ?

Jiang's family ranks 14 1 among the top 100 surnames in the Song Dynasty. The total population of contemporary Jiang family is about 3.62 million, ranking 74th, accounting for 0.22% of the total population of China. Jiang's population is mainly distributed in Huaihe River Basin, Qilu Region, Yangtze River Basin and its south area in Henan Province, mainly in Henan, Fujian, Guangdong, Shandong, Taiwan Province Province, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangxi.

Main source and flow direction

Originated from the won surname.

After Zhuan Xu was born, the fief belonged to Sun Boyi. Boyi's youngest son, Xuanzhong, was sealed at the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty to establish Jiang Guo. Because it was located between Chu, Song and Qi, the Huaihe River flooded, so it was not strong, and was finally destroyed by Chu. After Jiang Guo's death, his descendants lived in various places. In order to commemorate the motherland, China people take Jiang as their surname. ?

Originated from Ji surname

It belongs to Weng's family and belongs to the surname given by the elders. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Wang Zhao Hungzhi were sealed in Wengshan (now in the east of Dinghai County, Zhejiang Province, and in the east of wengyuan county, Guangdong Province), and later took the city name "Weng" as their surname. Weng, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian Province in the early Song Dynasty, had six sons, namely Hong, Jiang, Weng, Fang, Gong and Wang. Among them, the second son is named Jiang, and his descendants are also surnamed Jiang (there are no descendants of Weng Jiang now).

Derive from sb.' s surname

In the late Tang Dynasty, Prime Minister Xiao Li took refuge and changed his surname. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, wars were frequent. Xiao Li, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, died in the Huang Chao Rebellion. The second son, Xiao Zhen, crossed the river with his family from Xin 'an, Huizhou, Anhui Province, and came to his father's refuge, Huangdun, Shexian County. In order to commemorate the refuge from the North River, Xiao changed to Jiang, later known as Jiang. The descendants mainly gathered in jiangwan villages, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province.

Ethnic minorities

① Mongolians changed their surname to Jiang: Mongolians lived in Buerhatu (now Yanji, Jilin), followed by Manchu, and their pinyin was ji yang Hala. Jiang Jijia, a Mongolian in Ming Dynasty, was surnamed Jiang, and Jiang Jijia, a Manchu, was surnamed Jiang after the middle of Qing Dynasty. ?

② Tibetans changed their surname to Jiang: In the Qing Dynasty, Sichuan Tusi was named Hemuping, a Tibetan, whose father was Jianzan, whose clan surname was Jianzan, and later changed his surname to Jiang. ?

(3) During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan Province Province, the aborigines in Taiwan Province Province used the Japanese surname Aramoto. 1945 After Japan's defeat and surrender, the aborigines were ordered to abolish the Japanese surname and use the Han surname Jiang. ?

Direct ancestor

Ginger, the word encheng, the word bell, the third son of Boyi. He was appointed as Dali (the official in charge of the criminal name) by the Xia Emperor, was sealed in, and established Jiang Guo, with its capital in the ancient city of Jiang Guo, Zhengyang County, Henan Province. In 623 BC, Jiang Guo was destroyed by Chu, and later generations took the country name as their surname and called it Jiang. They respect Jiang as the ancestor of Jiang's family. ?

Migration and communication

Jiang's family originated in Zhengyang, Henan Province, and mainly developed and multiplied in Henan in the early days. After the national subjugation, the descendants of Jiang fled from Zhengyang to Huaiyang (now Henan), then moved from Huaiyang to Chenliu Pixian (now Yu Town, Qixian County, Henan), and then moved to Kaocheng, Jiyang (now Lankao, Henan). It developed into a noble family here, so Jiang took "Jiyang" and "Huaiyang" as county names. ?

During the Yongjia period of the Western Jin Dynasty, due to the war in the north, people named Jiang moved to Jiangsu and Zhejiang on a large scale, and the development focus of Jiang began to shift from the north to the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, most of the descendants of the Nanjiang family believed that their ancestral home was in Jiyang County (now northeast of lankao county, Henan Province), and they took "Jiyang" as their special hall name, which has been in use ever since. ?

By the Tang Dynasty, the destination of southward migration had extended to the Minjiang River Basin. In the early Tang Dynasty, a native of Gushi, Henan Province, was ordered to enter Zhangzhou County, Fujian Province, accompanied by Jiang's surname in Henan Province.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, in order to avoid the nomadic people and the Yuan Army, Jiang moved to the south on a large scale with the immigration tide. Their descendants multiplied in wuyue and formed a big family. Later, some moved to Anhui, and some moved to Fujian and Guangdong, which spread in Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the large-scale immigration organized by the government and the sending of troops to defend the border, the Chiang people spread all over the country. Jiang followed into Taiwan Province, settled in Taiwan Province Province, and some clans immigrated to Southeast Asia. Today, members of the Chiang family have settled in Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, China and Hongkong.

Today, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces.