What is the surname that is only owned by 17 people of the same clan in China and has not moved out of the county for a hundred years?

The surname is a magical product that emerged in the development of human civilization. It is the most unique symbol for each of us. In ancient times, most people separated into different settlements based on the mountains and rivers where they lived. , nation, and later different professions and social division of labor were born, resulting in various different surnames.

Japanese people mostly use place names as their surnames, such as Edogawa and Hasegawa. Many British people have derived their surnames based on their occupations. Apple CEO Tim Cook, The surname Cook means chef. In comparison, the concept of surnames in China is more complex.

In ancient times, human civilization was still in its infancy, and people carried out activities in small groups such as tribes. In order to distinguish each other, different families gradually derived different "surnames". This is why the surnames have the character "female" next to them. After all, ancient tribes were matriarchal societies.

After entering the hereditary system, the matrilineal society was replaced by the patrilineal society, thus giving birth to the "surname" to distinguish status. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when rituals and music collapsed, surnames merged into one and became what we use today.

Chinese civilization has many surnames, and the combination of these surnames has an inexplicable musical beauty. In the Song Dynasty, someone even wrote "Hundred Family Surnames" as an enlightenment book for children at that time.

However, if there are good-sounding surnames, there will also be bad-sounding surnames. If there are big surnames with prosperous people, there will be small surnames that are rare in number. In China, which surname is the rarest? Many people think that compound surnames such as Gongsun and Nangong are the rarest. In fact, although these surnames are rare, they are not so rare that they cannot be seen almost anywhere.

According to official data, the surname with the rarest population is "Feng". The surname "Feng" sounds quite nice at first glance. There is nothing particularly surprising about the pronunciation or meaning of this surname, and it is not particularly difficult to come up with a name. So why is this surname so rare? This has to start with its origin.

During the Kangxi period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Hu Yunqing, a native of Anxi, became a court official and was sent to Yicheng County, Anhui Province as the county magistrate. On one occasion when he went out to inspect the public sentiment, Hu Yunqing saw a scantily clad, skinny little beggar under a maple tree.

Seeing the beggar's pitiful appearance, Hu Yunqing immediately understood his compassion and took the beggar by his side so that he could escape the fate of starving to death. Since the two met under a maple tree, Hu Yunqing named the little beggar after Feng. Hu Yunqing was kind to Fengzi, so after Hu waited for Yunqing to retire and return to his hometown, Fengzi followed Hu and served him.

After Hu Yunqing’s death, Fengzi stayed in Anxi, Fujian, where he married a wife and had children, and flourished. Today, the surname Feng has the seventeenth generation of descendants, and the household registration Files show that there are only 17 people with the surname Feng in the country, and all of these 17 people live in Anxi, Fujian. ''Feng'''s family has lived here for more than three hundred years, and their descendants have never left Anxi County.

The reason why the surname "Feng" is rare is mainly because it was born in the Qing Dynasty, not too far away from modern society. Secondly, the only ancestor of this surname is the little beggar. He is not from a famous family, so it is impossible for him to be particularly prosperous.

Behind every surname represents the continuous changes of a family for hundreds or even thousands of years, witnessing the birth of Chinese civilization to its peak. I hope that when we meet those weird surnames in the future, we will laugh less and have more respect.