1. Zhang Traditional Chinese: _.
2. The surname Zhang is one of the Chinese surnames. It is a multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname, mainly derived from the surname Ji and other surnames. Zhang Hui is the ancestor of this surname. Historically, during the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Er was named King of Zhao by Liu Bang, and Zhang Er's seventeenth grandson Zhang Gui (255-314) established the Qianliang Kingdom.
3. The surname Zhang ranked 24th in the Song version of "Hundred Family Surnames". In January 2019, according to data released by the Household Management Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security, the total number of people with the surname Zhang reached 95.4 million, ranking third among Chinese surnames.
4. The third most common surname in the Song Dynasty. The second most common surname in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
5. The original meaning of "Zhang" is "to string the bow", to stretch the string on the bow and to draw the bow, which is opposite to "to relax". It is extended to the meaning of bowing, stringing, catching, stretching, etc. Zhang is also the name of a star. It belongs to the fifth of the seven constellations of Suzaku. The arrangement of celestial phenomena is shaped like a bow. Zhang is the original celestial totem worshiped by clans who are good at making bows and arrows, and then becomes the clan name, place name and surname.