What are the ancient surnames?

Ancient surnames:

1, Ji, this family name is the Huangdi's family name, but also the state name of the Zhou Dynasty. The surname Ji first originated from Huangdi, who is no stranger to the Chinese nation's humanistic ancestor. It is said that he was the son of Shao Dian and Attachment Bao, and his original surname was Gong Sun, which was later changed to Ji. The state language - Jin language" records: the yellow emperor to Ji water into, into and different virtues, so the yellow emperor for Ji. The Yellow Emperor had twenty-five sons, fourteen of whom got their surnames as the twelve surnames.

2, Jiang surname, this surname from the Shennong clan, Emperor Yan was born in the ginger water. In later years, the Jiang surname also began to derive, such as Qi, Lv, Xu, Xie and other surnames, and also derived 38 compound surnames. The third surname Si (sì), whose ancestor was Dayu, who was celebrated throughout the ages for his water-healing work, is also one of the outstanding saintly ancestors of the Huaxia. Compared to the first two, the history of the Si surname is a few hundred years shorter, but it is still a very old surname. As times changed, the descendants of the Si family name inevitably changed their surnames, especially after the fall of the Xia Dynasty.

3. The family name Ying began during the reign of Emperor Shun, and later historians believe that the founder of the family name was Gaotao. The name Bo Yi may have been his eldest son, but this is still a matter of debate. If they were father and son, then they were both ancestors of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty. The decline of the surname Ying started after the fall of Qin, and historians kept discrediting Ying and Qin, so they had to change their surnames to avoid trouble. So after Qin, there were very few people with the surname of Ying, and their surnames gave rise to the surnames of Zhao, Qin, Huang and Zhong.

4. The Food Surname, which is the descendant of Zhuanxu Emperor's grandson, Zhu Rong Clan, from which Dong, Peng, Luo, etc. were derived. The sixth Gui surname, Shun lived in Gui water, so he made it his clan. The seventh surname Yao, first originated from a matrilineal clan, Emperor Shun was surnamed Yao. This family name should be today's eight ancient surnames among the population is still large, but its long history, but also derived from Yu, Chen, Hu, Tian and other surnames.

5, 姞姓, which was one of the twelve basic surnames given by the Yellow Emperor back then, has an ancient and honorable tradition. However, with the development of time, Ji surname was gradually replaced by Ji surname or other surnames, Yang, Kong, Yin, Cai, Lu from this. Nowadays, most of the eight ancient surnames have become rare, except for Yao, but most of the Chinese surnames are derived from them and actually exist in a different way.