The surname is Zhuang
It is a descendant of the Mi and Zi families, with its ancestors being King Zhuang of Chu and Duke Zhuang of Song. It is the 138th surname in contemporary China. MingThe founding ancestors of the Zhuang family, who migrated to the Great Locust Tree in Hongtong, were from Pingyang Prefecture, Hongtong County, Zhaocheng County and other places. In the early Ming Dynasty, they were sent to Hongtong
The large locust trees in the cave were concentrated and moved to other places. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the distribution of their descendants was: Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin,Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Shanxi and other places.
The earliest record of the Zhuang surname can be found in the Guangyun of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The main sources of his surname are two:
It originated from the surname Mi. According to the "Ji Ji Zhang" and "A Collection of Words and Deeds of Famous and Virtuous Clans", in accordance with the posthumous name system of the Zhou Dynasty, it was favoredMonarchs who fought in war were often posthumously honored as Zhuang after their death. In the later period of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Zhuang of Chu ascended the throne. He not only had an extraordinary capacity but alsoSun Shu Ao, a renowned prime minister, was found and highly valued by King Zhuang of Chu from the Yunmeng Marsh. King Zhuang of Chu knew people well, trusted them and was kind to them
By employing people, the State of Chu eventually became powerful rapidly, and he also became one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. After his death, he was posthumously honored with the title Zhuang, which carried a sense of solemnity.
Respect. Among the descendants of King Zhuang of Chu, there was a branch that took his posthumous title Zhuang as their surname.
② Derived from the surname Zi. According to the "Zuo Zhuan", the Zhuang surname originated in the Song Dynasty. The so-called Wuzhuang clan was Duke Zhuang of Song
Among the descendants are those with the surname Zhuang.
The main ancestral homes of the Zhuang surname are Tianshui, Kuaiji and Lehai. Tianshui Commandery: Established in the early Western Han Dynasty. Equivalent to today
The area east of Tianshui and Longxi in Gansu Province.
The main ancestral halls of the Zhuang surname are Nanhua Hall and Wuqiang Hall. Nanhua Hall: During the Warring States Period, Zhuangzhou wrote the "Nanhua Jing".
Together with Laozi, they are the ancestors of Taoism and are known as "Laozi and Zhuangzi".
The main couplets for the Zhuang surname are: "Dianchi Lake is in charge" (Zhuang) Seclusion in Dingshan (Zhuang Chang). Fu Ling Pu Bai
The advantage of the years (Zhuang, rou, zheng); The name of Hanlin Biao Si Zhi (Zhuang Chang). Lin Yu (Zhuang Yougong), who contributed poetry and lyrics; The drum basin left the songs of the officials (Zhuangzhou). "Jing Zhu Nan Hua (Zhuang Zhou);" Yin Ge Dong Yue (Zhuang Xi).
The "Great Dictionary of Chinese Names Through the Ages" includes 72 cases of the Zhuang family. There were historical figures of the Zhuang surname during the Warring States period in the Song Dynasty
The philosopher Zhuangzhou was also known as Zhuangzi. In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a rhapsody writer named Zhuang Ji, but the minister Zhuang did not recognize him. In the Song Dynasty, there was a writer named Zhuang Jiyu. The Yuan Dynasty
There is a book collector named Zhuang Su; In the Qing Dynasty, there were calligraphers Zhuang Yougong and Confucian scholars Zhuang Youke.
According to the statistics of the seventh national census, there are 4,542 people surnamed Zhuang in Shanxi Province and 614 in Linfen City.
Hongtong County has 27 people.
The ancestral altar of the Zhuang family is enshrined in the No. 4 altar of the Ancestral Worship Hall in the Great Locust Tree Scenic Area of Hongtong.
The main genealogies of the Zhuang surname include: "The Zhuang Family Genealogy of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province" (East China Normal University). Wujin Village, Jiangsu Province
The first volume of the "Thirty-Volume Revised Genealogy of the Clan" (North Map) "Supplementary Genealogy of the Zhuang Family of Wujin, Jiangsu Province, Volume □□" [Map of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province (Volumes 7-9)] "Jiangsu Wujin Jinling Zhuang Family Genealogy without Volume Division" (Liaoning Map) "Ten Volumes of the Genealogy of the Zhuang Family of Jingnan, Yixing, Jiangsu Province" (Institute of History) "Twenty Volumes of the Zhuang Family Genealogy of Luhu, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province" [Quzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Administration, Zhejiang Province (Volumes 2, 4, 8, and 20)] "Fujian Shaxian Songyang Zhuang Family Genealogy □□ Volume" [Fujian Map (Volume 11)].
According to collection, the existing generation list of a branch of the Zhuang surname in Dantu, Jiangsu Province, is: "Guangxian Wenyou, Zongxiu Shancheng."
In the fourth year of the Jianwen reign of the Ming Dynasty, the founding ancestor of the Fangshan Village branch of the Hongtong Great Locust Tree Migration moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Da 'anzhuang Village, Fangshan District, Beijing. The founding ancestor of the Zhuang family in Wuyi moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Wuyi County, Hebei Province in the early Ming Dynasty. Up to now, it has been passed down for twenty-one generations. The founding ancestor of the Yanggu Zhuang family moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Zhuanghai Village, Xihu Township, Yanggu County during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.
One branch of the Dongchang Zhuang family, whose ancestral name was Donghai, moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Dongchang Zhuangzhuang, Shandong Province during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of the Zhuang family in Tai 'an moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Zhuangmiao, Dongping County, Shandong Province in the early Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of the Zhuang family in Dezhou moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Zhuangke, Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. One of the founding ancestors of the Zhuang family in Jining moved from Hongtong County, Shanxi Province to Zhuangzhuang, Rencheng, Jining City, Shandong Province in the early Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of the Zhuang family in Jining moved from Hongtong County, Shanxi Province to the west of Zoucheng, Jining City, Shandong Province during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of the Zhuang family in Jining moved from Hongtong County, Shanxi Province to Jinxiang, Jining, Shandong Province during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. One of the founding ancestors of the Hanting Zhuang family moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Beizhuangjia, Hanting District, Shandong Province during the Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of the Zhuang family in Jiaonan moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Yaxia, Jiaonan City, Shandong Province.
During the Pre-Qin period, the activities of the Zhuang surname were mainly in Shandong, Hubei and Hunan regions. At one time, the northwest reached the southern part of Shaanxi Province.
It reaches Anhui Province in the southeast and the southern end of Henan Province in the north. At the end of the Warring States Period, the Zhuang surname first spread to Sichuan, passed through Guizhou and entered Yunnan, and settled north in He
The southern hinterland. After the Qin and Han dynasties, the Zhuang surname quickly spread to Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and other places. Shizhuang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties
The surname moved to Gansu. During the two major waves of southward migration in the Tang Dynasty, the Zhuang surname entered Fujian in large numbers via Jiangxi. By the Song Dynasty, the Zhuang surname had already
It has spread all over the country. In the early Qing Dynasty, the Zhuang surname entered Taiwan from Fujian and Guangdong.
During the Song Dynasty, there were less than 50,000 people surnamed Zhuang, accounting for approximately 0.06% of the national population. The province with the largest surname Zhuang is Fujian.
It accounts for approximately 32% of the total population with the surname Zhuang in the country. Its distribution across the country is mainly concentrated in Fujian, Jiangsu and Henan
The Zhuang surname in the province accounts for approximately 80% of the total Zhuang population in the country. Secondly, it is distributed in provinces such as Shanxi and Fujian. The whole country has taken shape.
Two Zhuang surname concentration areas centered on the southeast coast and Henan Province.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were approximately 120,000 people surnamed Zhuang, accounting for about 0.12% of the national population. It ranks 132nd. During the more than 600 years of the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the growth rate of the Zhuang surname population was greater than that of the national population. Fujian remains the largest province with the surname Zhuang, accounting for approximately 25% of the total population with the surname Zhuang in the country. The distribution of the Zhuang surname across the country is mainly concentrated in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. These four provinces account for approximately 76% of the total population with the Zhuang surname. It is also distributed in Guangxi, Anhui, Shandong, Hebei, Hunan and other provinces. During the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, its population mainly migrated from north to south. The population concentration area of the Zhuang surname in the coastal areas centered on Fujian and Guangdong has been re-formed across the country.
The contemporary population with the surname Zhuang is over 1.6 million, ranking 113th among all surnames in China, accounting for approximately the entire country
0.13% of the population. Over the past 600 years from the Ming Dynasty to the present, the growth rate of the Zhuang surname population has been the same as that of the national population
Speed. The growth rate of the Zhuang surname population has been in a formative pattern over the past 1,000 years since the Song Dynasty. At present, the Zhuang surname is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan and Jiangsu, which account for approximately 68% of the total population. It is also distributed in Zhejiang, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shanghai and Liaoning, with another 19% of the Zhuang surname concentrated in these six provinces and municipalities. Guangdong is the province with the largest population of the Zhuang surname, with approximately 25% of the Zhuang population residing there. The distribution feature of the surname Zhuang across the country is in a shape that spreads outward with the southeast coast as the center.
The Zhuang surname is widely distributed but unevenly. In Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, most of Jiangsu, western Anhui, southeastern Shandong, most of Jiangxi, western Yunnan and most of Heilongjiang and Jilin, the proportion of the Zhuang surname in the local population is generally above 0.18%, and in the central areas, it can reach over 1.3%. The above-mentioned areas cover an area of about 16% of the total land area, and about 73% of the Zhuang surname people live in these areas. In most of Shandong and Anhui, the northwest corner of Jiangsu, the eastern part of Henan and Hubei, the northwest of Jiangxi, most of Hunan and Guizhou, Guangxi, the eastern part of Yunnan, Sichuan, the southern part of Chongqing, the southern part of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai, the eastern end of Hebei, the eastern part of Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, the western part of Jilin and the northwest part of Heilongjiang, the proportion of the Zhuang surname in the local population is generally between 0.06% and 0.18%. Its coverage area accounts for approximately 25% of the total land area, and about 22% of the Zhuang surname population lives in this region.