Zhang's distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Henan, Shandong, Hebei and other provinces, accounting for 27.5% of Zhang's total population, followed by Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Hubei and other provinces, with a concentration of 28.5%. Henan is 10. 1% of Zhang's total population, and it is the largest province in contemporary Zhang. The country has formed a high-grade northern Zhang surname area and a low-grade southern Zhang surname area bounded by the Yangtze River.
The origin of Zhang mainly includes:
1, from Ji:
(1) from the ancient yellow emperor Sun Hui, belongs to the official title as the surname. This Zhang family originated in Qingyang (that is, Qingyang in the east of Qinghe County, Hebei Province) and is a family. There is a folk saying that "Zhang's surname stays in Qinghe in the world". ?
(2) from the descendants of the Yellow Emperor Ji surname, genus word for surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a doctor in the State of Jin named Zhang, also known as Zhang. ?
2, from the change of surname:
(1) from the nie surname. Zhang Liao, the great general of the Three Kingdoms, was originally a descendant of Nie Yi (the initiator of Mayi's plan). In order to avoid resentment, his family changed his surname to Zhang, and his children took Zhang as their surname. ?
Give your own surname. Dragon, the leader of Nanman, lived in Yunnan. Zhuge Liang of Shu gave him the surname Zhang in the Three Kingdoms, and later generations took Zhang as their surname.
③ Originated from Gu Xi nationality. Zhang Zhongzhi, a native of Xi, now lives in Fanyang. Because he was good at riding and shooting, he was adopted as his adopted son by the prefect of Fan Yang, and his adoptive father's surname was Zhang. After Zhang Zhongzhi repeatedly made meritorious military service, he was appointed as Zhao Guogong by the Ministry of Rites.
(4) Surnames from ethnic minorities. In ancient times, some ethnic minorities, such as Wuhuan, Jurchen, Anta, Xianbei, Xiongnu and Qidan, changed their surnames to Zhang. Today, Achang, Naxi, Wa, Yao, Zhuang, Li, Gaoshan, Tibetan, and more than a dozen Manchu surnames, such as Hersekhara, Zardari, Zhangjiashi, Zhang Jinshi, Zakuta and Aiyi, have all changed their surnames to Zhang.
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Zhang's surname has been flourishing since it was accepted, and spread rapidly, attracting people's attention and becoming one of the most important surnames in China since ancient times. For more than 5,000 years, people surnamed Zhang have migrated to all parts of the country and even the whole world. Zhang's history of migration and communication is a history of migration and communication of the Chinese nation.
There are different opinions about the origin of Zhang's surname in academic circles. One of the most widely known is Sun Zihui, who originated from the Yellow Emperor. "Yuan He Shi Bian" said: "The fifth son of the Yellow Emperor was born and lingering. He bowed, watched the arc stars, made bows and arrows, and worshipped the arc stars because of his surname Zhang." He Guangyue, a famous contemporary scholar of ethnic origin, verified that Hui was the fifth son of Qingyang, the son of the Yellow Emperor, and his surname was Ji.
Teach people to make and use bows and arrows and hunt birds and animals. Because of his outstanding performance, Zhuan Xu named him Gong Zheng, also known as Zhang. Zhang people regard Zhang Hui as the ancestor of Zhang.
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