The next sentence is what's your last name, my last name is Xu, Xu, and Xu at noon. This sentence comes from a passage by the surname Song in the first grade of primary school. By reading the surname of Song, we can understand the traditional surname culture of China people and stimulate our interest in literacy.

The characteristics of hundred surnames

When it comes to hundreds of surnames in ancient China, the most famous one is Hundred Surnames, which has been compiled since the Song Dynasty. The editor was a scholar-bureaucrat in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). Although it is called a hundred surnames, there are actually more than 100 surnames. According to relevant records, it contains 438 surnames, including 408 single surnames and 30 compound surnames.

The order of each surname is not based on population, but on political status. For example, from Zhao, because the surname of the emperor at that time was Zhao, and then money, because a separatist dynasty established by the surname of Qian in Qiantang area, in addition to pushing the surname of Zhao, the local government also accepted the direct leadership of the surname of Qian.

As for the following surnames, such as Sun Lizhou and Wu. , have a plenty of the empress dowager's surname, have a plenty of the queen's surname, status is not ordinary surname can than. Because these hundreds of surnames are arranged according to rhyme, each sentence has four words, which are catchy to read, easy to learn and easy to remember, so they have spread widely and are known to women and children so far.