The area around Luoyang City in Henan Province, the Pingyuan County area in the northwest of Shandong Province, the area around Wuzhi County on the north bank of the Yellow River in Henan Province, and the area around Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province.
The origin of "Lu"
1. It is said that Wu Hui was the fire god Zhurong during the reign of Emperor Yao, and his son was named after him. Because it is in the Luxiang area, it is called Lu Zhong. Some of his descendants took Lu as their surname and were called the Lu family. 2. During the Warring States Period, King Xuan of Qi, a descendant of Tian Wan, had a grandson named Tong, who was granted the title of Lu Township, Pingyuan County, which was Lu Zhong's hometown, so he took Lu as his surname. It is known as the authentic Lu family in history, which is the origin of the Lu family in Shandong. 3. From Lu Hun Kingdom. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a country named Lu Hun. It was destroyed by the Jin State in 525 BC. After the fall of the country, the survivors of Lu Hun followed the custom of the Han people and took the country as their surname, and their descendants took Lu as their surname. 4. Change of surname from another clan. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were many Xianbei people in northern Xianbei who had the compound surname Bu Lugu. They changed their name to Lu after they moved to Luoyang with Emperor Wen of Wei Dynasty.
Hall name
Sanweitang: Lu Yun, the first-rank general of the Qing Dynasty and the official of the eight-point town. During the Yongzheng Dynasty, Lu Yun, the general of the Zhenguo, died. He showed sympathy to his deceased ministers and granted him the title of Duke of Zhenguo. The funeral ceremony was never divided into eight points and was hereditary. ?Since then, Enfeng has also been awarded the title of Marquis of Jinling, Chang'en Bo (Cheng'en Bo), and Xiaoqi Er. The ancestor was originally the ninth-level knight of the clan. He was the Duke of Buruibafen Town and the general of the auxiliary country. The rank is the first grade military attaché. After his death, he was favored by the emperor and granted the title of Duke of Bafen Town. Give Jiangning Town a national government building. "Sanweitang" means "fear of the power of heaven, fear of the anger of the earth, fear of the human heart", which expresses the way of serving as an official by inheriting the power of heaven from the emperor, upholding the laws and regulations of the country, and obeying the people's will. It is also a tribute to the descendants of the Lu family. Instructions for future generations. Zhonglie Hall: Lu Xiufu, the left prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, vowed not to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty until his death, and established King Yi in Fuzhou. When the Yuan soldiers came to kill Lu Li, Lu Xiufu calmly drew his sword and drove his wife and son into the sea to die, and then threw himself into the river. Depose Ba Tang: During the Han Dynasty, Lu Jia followed Liu Bang to destroy Qin and establish Han Dynasty. He was very eloquent and went on two missions to South Vietnam. He also wrote a "Xinyu" as a gift to Emperor Gaozu, to the effect that he worshiped the king and deposed the hegemon. The Lu family also took the titles of Henan, Pingyuan, Hanoi and Wujun as their hall names.
Migration Distribution
The Lu family, which originated in present-day Shandong, and the Lu family, which was changed from the Xianbei compound surname to the Lugu family, developed into two main branches of the Lu surname. The two groups of Lu surnames are mainly distributed in present-day Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei and other provinces. Most of the people with the Lu surname in these places are descendants of Lu Tong. The Lu surname is ranked lower among the surnames in Taiwan. According to the "General Chronicles of Taiwan Province, People's Chronicles, and Clan Chapter" (compiled by Sheng Qingyi, published by the Documentation Committee in 1973 and published by Zhongwen Books), it is ranked 108th. , the number of households is 439. According to "A Brief Introduction to the Origin of the Top 100 Surnames in Taiwan" (compiled by Lin Tianfu, He Jinci, He Qinteng, and Lin Jinshan, compiled and printed by the Taiwan Name and Surname Origin Research Association, published in May 1990), Lu is ranked in the list, and the Lu surname is the most popular in Taiwan. It ranks 94th among all surnames. According to this, the number of people with the surname Lu has increased significantly compared with 1973. There are also two records in the book: one is about the information about the Lu clan's migration to Fujian, Guangdong and crossing the sea to Taiwan, which is not yet clear; the other is about the situation of the Lu family in counties, cities and towns in Taiwan, among which there are more people in Taiwan. The counties and cities are: Taipei City, Kaohsiung County, Taipei County, Kaohsiung City, and Yilan County. The towns and villages with the largest distribution are: Kaohsiung Qiaotou, Taipei City Songshan District, Taipei City Daan District, Yonghe City, and Taipei City Guting District.