The most special surnames in China are the three minor surnames, which are the last one "difficult"; the second "die"; and the third "shan" (pronounced "ya"). The number of people is about a thousand. .
The latest ranking of China’s 100 surnames has been released a few days ago. Li, Wang, and Zhang are the three major surnames. But what few people know is that according to the survey results of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the three minor surnames of Chinese people are: It is the last "difficulty"; the second "death"; and the third "mountain" (pronounced "Ya"). The number of people is about a thousand. According to the Shanghai Evening News, Yuan Yida, a researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who led the research, said that in addition to the rare "three small surnames" found in the study, there are actually hidden mysteries in Chinese surnames. There are three mysteries: Chinese surnames. Mystery one is related to genetic culture: surnames hide genetic codes. Yuan Yida said, "The purpose of this surname survey is not limited to counting the number of surnames. In fact, surnames are a bridge connecting cultural inheritance and biological inheritance." Yuan Yida explained that in China, for a long time, surnames followed men, and genetics From a perspective, only males have the Y chromosome. Therefore, the Y chromosome is inherited to male offspring along with the surname. Therefore, people with the same surname also have the same type of Y chromosome and the genetic genes it carries. The survey found that many genetic diseases are only spread among people with the same surname. Statistics of the number and distribution of names will be of great help to the study of human genetics. Mystery 2: People with the same surname do not necessarily have the same family. Yuan Yida said that Chinese people always ask for their names when they meet. If they find that they have the same surname, they will feel more cordial and think that the two were "one family five hundred years ago." In fact, this is not credible. After investigation, , found that a common surname may have hundreds of origins. For example, the most common surname in China is "Li". Some are derived from the surname "Ying" and some are derived from the surname "Zhao". Mystery three: Chinese surnames have the most connotations. Yuan Yida said that in fact, not only in China, but also in the world, surnames are also an important symbol of cultural inheritance, but no country in the world has inherited surnames as completely and connotatively as China. For example, in Japan, although surnames exist, they have very little cultural connotation.
It was discovered that Koreans with "difficult" surnames come to search for their roots
Yuan Yida pointed out that during this surname survey, many uncommon and strange surnames were also discovered. These surnames have never been recorded. When I saw it in the past, I thought these strange surnames were caused by clerical errors. Yuan Yida cited the last surname "Nan" among the "three small surnames" as an example. In Henan, the research team found four small villages with the surname "Nan". The men, women and children in them all had the surname "Nan". At that time, the research team thought that this surname It was a clerical error, but when the Korean Cultural Affairs Bureau heard the news, it was extremely surprised and immediately organized a "root-seeking delegation" to China. It turns out that for Koreans, the surname "Nan" is their origin. Some Koreans said that a stone tablet from the Northern and Southern Dynasties was unearthed in Henan, recording the deeds of a Xianbei official. His name was "Nan Lou". The surname "Nan" moved north with Xianbei, and the Songhua River was also renamed "Nanjiang" at that time. Later, these Xianbei people with the surname "Nan" arrived in what is now the Korean Peninsula.
The penultimate surname "Death" is mainly distributed in northwest China. It was developed from the four-character compound surnames of ethnic minorities during the Northern Wei Dynasty. The number of people is currently on the decline.
The third to last surname is "Shan". This surname was accidentally discovered by the research team in Guoyang County of Anhui Province and Zhangwu County of Liaoning Province. There are about 2,000 people in the country. Interestingly, these people have no contact with each other, but they all know the origin of their surnames. They all claim that they are the direct descendants of Yue Fei. They were persecuted by Qin Hui and fled here. They turned the word "Yue" upside down to form This new surname. The research team helped them get in touch with each other, and at the same time, verified that the origin of the surname was indeed what they said.