The surname Hua
It inherits the Fan family, with Fan Wencheng as its founding ancestor, and is the 257th surname in contemporary China. The founding ancestors of the Hua family, who immigrated from the Great Locust Tree in Hongtong during the Ming Dynasty, were from Pingyang Prefecture, Hongtong County, Zhaocheng County and other places. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, they were relocated to other places in a concentrated manner from the Great Locust Tree in Hongtong. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, their descendants were distributed in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanxi and other places.
The earliest record of the surname Hua can be found in the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, in "Xingyuan".
There are mainly three sources of the surname:
① It originates from the surname Fan. According to the "Research on Surnames", in the later period of the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a Luan family in the State of Jin, which was very powerful and held sway over the entire court. When it was Luan Ying's time, his mother, Luan Qi, was the daughter of Fan Gai. Due to being widowed in middle age, she fled privately with her family's ministers and guests. Luan Ying discovered this and Luan Qi took the initiative to report to his father Fan Gai that Luan Ying was planning a rebellion. Fan Gai was worried that the power of the Luan family was too great and endangered the country. On this ground, he exiled Luan Ying. Luan Ying then occupied Quwo and openly rebelled. He borrowed elite troops from the State of Qi and at the same time made an agreement with Wei Shu, the commander of the capital, to cooperate from the inside out. After everything was ready, Luan Ying suddenly sent troops to surround the capital. Wei Shu also hurriedly gathered his forces, preparing to open the city gates to let the rebels enter. At this extremely critical moment, Fan Gai's thirteen-year-old son, Fan Yang, rode alone to Wei Shu's chariot, claiming in a mysterious way that "the Lord summoned him". Taking advantage of the moment when Wei Shu was in a daze, he jumped onto his chariot and kidnapped him with his sword. This is the story historically known as "Little Fan Yang's Intelligence Moved Wei Shu". As Wei Shu was kidnapped and the rebel army was not united, the rebellion was quelled. Later, Fan Yang also ruled in the State of Jin. Because Fan Yang was young, handsome, brave and resourceful, he was called General Hua. Among his descendants, there was a man named Fan Wencheng who admired Fan Yang's charm and took his nickname as his surname, which later changed to the surname Hua.
② It originated from the surname Hua and was changed. According to the "Research on Surnames", a branch of the Hua surname originated from the Hua surname. In ancient times, there was no Hua surname, and it was generally written as "Hua". Later, "hua" came to mean "flower" among flowers and plants, so some people with the Hua surname also changed their surname to Hua.
③ It originated from the surname Fan. According to the "General Annals: Brief Account of Clans", the Hua family originated from the "Xingyuan". Now, he looks Pingping. In the Jin Dynasty, there was Fan Yongji who changed his surname to Hua.
The main ancestral home of the Hua surname is Dongping Prefecture. Dongping Prefecture: During the Han and Jin Dynasties, the State of Dongping was established on the territory of the ancient State of Liang. In the Southern Song Dynasty (5th century AD), it was renamed Dongping Prefecture. It was equivalent to the area around Dongping and Tai 'an in present-day Shandong Province.
The main ancestral hall names of the Hua surname are Weiguo Hall and Jianxun Hall. Weiguo Hall: Hua Jingding, a great general of the Tang Dynasty, was extremely brave and valiant. In the early years of the Shangyuan era, Duan Zizhang rebelled in Sichuan. Jing Ding led a few generals to suppress him. Du Fu wrote a poem titled "Presenting Hua Qing" : "Among the fierce generals of Chengdu, there is Hua Qing."
The main couplets for the Hua surname are: "Chengdu Warrior (Hua Jingding)". Huaiyuan Yinghou (Hua Yun). Renowned throughout Chengdu (Hua Jingding) It is commonly known as Huaiyuan (Huayun). Yi Wang Bao Gu, fortunately met Lei Lao (Hua Yun). A filial daughter took over the garrison and was willing to change into men's clothing (Hua Mulan).
The "Great Dictionary of Chinese Names" includes 6 examples of the Hua family, and the "Great Dictionary of Chinese Names Through the Ages" includes 9 examples. Among the historical figures with the surname Hua in the Han Dynasty was Hua Qian. During the Tang Dynasty, there was Hua Jingding, a general under Cui Guangyuan, and Hua Jilu, the assistant minister of the Granary Department. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying, "Hua Yun, Huai Yuan Ren." There were also father and son Hua MAO and Hua Ying, both from Chao County. Some people are blooming again.
According to the statistics of the seventh national census, there are 3,469 people surnamed Hua in Shanxi Province, 99 in Linfen City and 15 in Hongtong County.
The ancestral altar of the Hua surname is enshrined in the No. 3 Altar in the Ancestral Hall of the Great Locust Tree.
The main genealogies of the Hua surname include: "Twelve Volumes of the Hua Family Genealogy of Wujin, Jiangsu Province" (North Map, Liaoning Map). "Fourteen Volumes of the Hua Family Genealogy of Wujin, Jiangsu Province" (North Map).
The first ancestor of the Hua family in Puyang moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Huazhuang Village, Liutun Town, Puyang County in the seventh year of Yongle during the Ming Dynasty. The first ancestor of the Hua family in Xin County moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Qianhuazhuang, Xin County, Shandong Province in the early Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of a branch of the Hua family in Xin County moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Houhua Village, Xin County, Shandong Province in the early Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of the Hua family of Qinghetou moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to Huazhuang, Qinghetou Township, Henan Province in the seventh year of Yongle during the Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestor of a branch of the Hua family in Jining moved from Hongtong County, Shanxi Province to Huamaliu, Rencheng, Jining, Shandong Province in the early Ming Dynasty. The founding ancestors of the Hua family in Zhanhua, Hui Fengchun and Fengyun, moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province to the Hua family in Zhanhua County, Shandong Province during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.