The origin of the Wei family

Wei is the 44th surname of China, which has advantages in Henan, Hebei and Qinchuan. Contemporary Ren Wei accounts for about 0.45% of the national population, with a total population of nearly 5.7 million.

Wei's name and totem:

Wei, place name. In the ancient clan in the northwest, in order to pray for the gods to bless the bumper harvest of grain, a group of witches with high hats and a bunch of tall grass jumped wildly under the guidance of witches. This custom that all people take part in Nuo dance to sacrifice to the gods is called "Nuo". The headdress worn by this witch is also called Wei. Wei is related to ghosts and gods. Those who make good use of this technique take Wei as their surname and emblem, the place where they live is called Wei Yi, and those who build walls are called Wei Yi. As a result, the country was established and the surname Wei appeared.

The origin and evolution of Wei surname;

There are four main branches of contemporary Wei surnames: Kui surnames, Ji surnames, Yan surnames and foreign surnames.

The first name comes from osmium. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Gui Fang, a northwest tribe living in the territory of Wei State, eventually developed into a country, namely Wei State. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Wei State, named Kui, was located in Maweipo, west of Xingping, Shaanxi Province, at the northern foot of shouyangshan in Qinling Mountains and in the middle reaches of Weihe River. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Wei was Wei's surname, and later generations took the country as their surname. Wei has a history of at least 4000 years. The primary school named Kui is weak and poor in classics. Wei Kui actually lost to Wei Ji.

The second one comes from Ji's surname. At the end of Shang Dynasty, it was the first place to seal the country. After Zhou Wuwang destroyed the business, he made his brother Bi Gong higher than Bi Gong, and now he is Bi Guo in Xianyang, Shaanxi. Wei was moved to Weicheng, northeast of Ruicheng, Shanxi. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Bi Wan, a descendant of Bi, assisted him. In 66 1 year BC, small countries such as Geng, Huo and Wei were wiped out. After the completion of the seal, Wan was named Wei, and another name was established. In 445 BC, Sun Weisi, the twelfth generation of Sun Weisi, namely Wei Wenhou, became a vassal in 403 BC. In 369 BC, the State of Jin was carved up with Korea and Zhao, and the powerful State of Wei was established, becoming one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. He was sent to Wei Wangjia for the third time and was destroyed by Qin Shihuang in 225 BC. His descendants took the country as their surname. Wiki's surname is at least 3 100 years old.

The third comes from the surname. During the Warring States Period, Wei Ran, the prime minister of Qin State, was Xuan Di's younger brother and a descendant of Yan. After the death of Qin Wuwang, there was a civil strife in the State of Qin. Wei Ran won the title of Zhao Qihao of Qin State, and Wei Ranchu became a general. Later, he served as Qin Xiang for a long time, and was sealed in Tang Dynasty, now Dengzhou, Henan Province, with the title of Tang Hou. After the Five Kingdoms broke the State of Qi, Taofeng became the northern part of Dingtao in Shandong. Our surname is Wei, which has a history of at least 2300 years.

Integration of foreign genes:

Fourth, the expenditure comes from foreigners changing their surnames. Wei surname in China, like other surnames, keeps communication with other ethnic groups, and there is a flow of genes between them. The events in which foreigners joined the Wei surname group mainly include: in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the border people in the Western Wei Dynasty had the Wei surname, and the Wuchehe clan with the Eight Banners surname was collectively changed to the Han surname Wei in the Qing Dynasty, and the clansmen later became the Han nationality.

The distribution and migration of Wei surname in history;

In the pre-Qin period, Wei was first active in Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the main active areas of Wei were the North and the Central Plains. After the Tang Dynasty, Wei entered Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. Especially when the Central Plains moved south to Fujian for the second time, Wei entered southern Fujian in large numbers. At the end of Yongle in Ming Dynasty, Wei was named Taiwan Province Province.

In the song dynasty, there was W.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 450,000 Wei surnames, accounting for 0.49% of the national population, and it was the 48th surname in the Ming Dynasty. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the national population growth rate was 20%, and the population growth rate of Wei was much faster than that of the whole country. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Fujian, Jiangsu and Jiangxi, among which Wei's surname accounts for about 43% of the total population. Followed by the distribution in Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Hebei, 32% of the places are concentrated in Wei. Fujian is the largest province with Wei surname, accounting for 19% of the total population of Wei surname. Over the past 600 years in Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the overall pattern of Wei surname distribution has changed as follows: its entrance mainly moved to Jiangnan area. Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong are China's two major Wei settlements.

Distribution and Atlas of Surnames in Contemporary Wei Dynasty;

Wei currently has a population of nearly 5.7 million, ranking 44th in the country, accounting for about 0.45% of the national population. In the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population of Wei increased from 450,000 to 5.04 million, an increase of more than 1 1 times. The population growth rate of Wei surname is lower than that of the whole country. Since the Song Dynasty, the population growth rate of Wei surname has been formed within 1000 years. At present, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Henan, Sichuan, Hebei and other provinces, accounting for about 28% of the total population of Wei, followed by Hubei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Gansu, Anhui and other provinces, accounting for about 32% of the total population of Wei. Henan is the largest province with the surname of Wei, and the population of Wei accounts for 9.6% of the total population. The distribution of Wei surnames in China has formed two Wei surnames clusters: Qinchuan, Henan and Hebei. In the past 600 years, the degree and direction of population movement in Wei was very different from that in Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The migration from southeast to Central Plains and North China is very strong, especially to western Sichuan.

The schematic diagram of the distribution frequency of Wei surname in the population shows that the proportion of Wei surname in the local population is generally 0.81%in most parts of Gansu, Ningxia, southwestern Shaanxi, eastern Qinghai, western and northeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Sichuan and Chongqing, western Hubei, the border area of Hebei, Shandong and Tianjin, most parts of Jilin and southeastern Heilongjiang. The area of the center can reach more than 2.6%. The above-mentioned areas account for about 65,438+07% of the total land area, and about 34% of Ren's great men live here. In Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, northwestern Shaanxi, central and eastern Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, northwestern Jilin, central Heilongjiang, northern Anhui and Jiangsu, western Hubei, central Sichuan and Chongqing, central Guizhou and northeastern Fujian, the proportion of Wei in the local population is generally between 0.54% and 0.81%,accounting for about 24% of the land area.

Traditional culture of Wei surname;

The county names of Wang and Wang mainly include Julu and Rencheng. In addition to the same name as the county king, Wei also includes Jiuhe. Jiuhetang's name comes from Jiang Wei, a doctor in the Jin Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period. When Jin Gong was eulogized, there was no last son in the north to make peace with Shanrong. Wei said, "There are five advantages to peace with Xiang 'an. Jin made an alliance with Zhu Rong. Jiang Wei did not suffer from the invasion of Jin Rong, the prosperity of the country, nine princes in eight years, and the revival of hegemony.

Wei's important couplets have the following five pairs:

And achievements; Save Zhao.

Screen painting; Picture works.

Swear to the house; There is a rental style.

Loyal to the country; Be alert and capable.

Tigers talk about classics and analyze similarities and differences wonderfully; Cranes are recognized and reasonable in the industry.

Family precepts: Wei Shou, a minister, historian and writer of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, is the first of Wei's family precepts, which are full of philosophy. Based on the pipeline, he said, "Who was given more weight than the body?" No one is more terrible than his mouth. As early as a year ago. The view of "only a gentleman takes a long-term view" warns children to "assess the situation, live within our means, be self-sufficient, and be self-sufficient."

From 755 to 79000, 224 celebrities named Wei were paid, accounting for 0.49% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 45th among celebrities. Famous writers of Wei accounted for 0.6 1% of the total number of writers in China, ranking 4 1. Wei's famous doctors account for 0.33% of the total number of medical doctors in China, ranking 6 1. Famous Wei artists account for 20% of the total number of artists in China.

0.32%, ranking sixty-fifth.

The main figures of Wei surname in history are: Wei Jian, Wei Ke and Jiang Wei, doctors of Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period; Wei Wei Wenhou in the Warring States Period, Wei Wuji in Xinlingjun, and Wei Ran in Qin Xiang; Wei Bao, Wei Xiang and Wei Xin, the governor of Julu, the famous ministers of the Western Han Dynasty; Eastern Han Dynasty alchemist Wei Boyang; Shu Han general Wei Yan; Wei Shou, a historian of the Northern Qi Dynasty; There were six prime ministers of Wei in the Tang Dynasty. They were Wei, Wei Wei, Wei Wei, Wei Zhigu and Wei Fu. Ye Wei, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty; Wei Liaoweng, a famous micro-student and scholar in Southern Song Dynasty; Wei Liangfu, Amin Dynasty opera musician; Wei, Minister of Qing Dynasty, Minister of Punishment Wei Xiangshu, essayist Wei, thinker, historian and writer Wei Yuan and Wei Xiuren; Wei is a contemporary medical microbiologist, linguist, writer and actor in film and television drama.

Blood type of Wei surname:

Generally speaking, the distribution of blood types in Ren Wei is: O type accounts for 32.9%, A type accounts for 28.7%, B type accounts for 29.3%, and AB type accounts for 9. 1%.