The origin of lai xing

Judging from his surname Jiang, he is a descendant of Emperor Yan Shennong. According to legend, there are four descendants of Emperor Yan, belonging to four clans and tribes of the ancient Qiang people. One of them is Shanshi Lie. In ancient times, there was a strong connection with Litong, but it was also a voice of Lai, so Shanshi Lie, Lishan and Laishan were all the same.

In ancient times, Shanshi Lie lived in Fenshui Valley, Shanxi Province, and later moved eastward. During Shang Dynasty, Laiguo was located in Li Xiang County, Henan Province, and belonged to Shang Dynasty. When Zhou Wuwang attacked the merchants, Lai moved south, and later accepted the title of Viscount Zhou Wuwang and became Lai Guo Zi. In the Spring and Autumn Period, in the fourth year of Lu, King Chu Ling destroyed it and his people moved to it. His son and grandson take the country as their surname and call it Lai. It's for Lai in Hubei or Henan.

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Surname, the symbol of family blood, originally originated from matriarchal society. Before the ancient Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, surnames and surnames were divided into two parts, with men saying surnames and women saying surnames. "Surname, unified from the place where the ancestors took the exam", bid farewell to marriage. The same surname is the descendant of the same ancestor, and the same surname cannot marry. According to legend, Shennong surnamed Jiang, Xuanyuan Huangdi surnamed Ji, both from the woman.

It shows that at that time, the society passed down the family line according to the female line, and the legacy remained forever. Stone is a branch of the descendants of the same clan, which originated from the patriarchal society, and its role is to "borrow his descendants to stand on their own feet" and be superior to others. Since Qin and Han dynasties, surnames have been combined into one. Therefore, looking back at the history of China, the appearance and extension of surnames are both early and long, lasting for four or five thousand years. Up to now, there are more than 14000 surnames in China.

After the Song Dynasty, China's common surnames were followed and compiled into hundreds of surnames. Of course, there are more than one hundred surnames, which only refers to many of them. Among them, the generalized surname of China accounts for more than 90% of the current total population.

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