What does the Tianshui family mean?

Tianshui aristocratic family refers to the aristocratic family of ancient Zhao.

Tianshui aristocratic family refers to the aristocratic family of ancient Zhao. After Qin destroyed Zhao, Zhao scattered all over the country, taking the country as his surname. Before the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao, who was "assisted by Xirong and lived in Tianshui", was a noble family. The Zhao family was appointed Marquis in the Han Dynasty and was worshipped in the Tang Dynasty.

Tianshui Zhao was a medieval gentry, which rose in the Western Han Dynasty and lasted for a long time from the Western Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Zhao Gongfu, the son of Wang Jia, settled in Tianshui, Longxi, and was the ancestor of Zhao in Tianshui. The early figures of Zhao in Tianshui are Zhao Yihe of the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. There were many prominent officials in the Han Dynasty in Tianshui Zhao.

In addition to the figures recorded in historical books, there are Zhao Zhongkuang, Shao Fu and Zhao Junyou in the Western Han Dynasty, Yunzhong and Zhao Youdu in the Western Han Dynasty, Dunhuang and Zhao Ziren in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Zhao Kuan, the captain of Qiang protection in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, they have developed into a big family in Longyou area.