Looking for roots and origins The Song family is a common surname in China, ranking 22nd among the 100 common surnames in contemporary China. The Song family is a descendant of Chengtang, and was originally named Zi. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he granted Wu Geng, the king of Shang, the son of Zhou, in the old capital of Shang (now Shangqiu, Henan). In the 21st century BC (the time of King Cheng), King Wu of Zhou collapsed, and Wu Geng rebelled with Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai. King Cheng ordered Zhou Ping to rebel, kill Wu Geng and Uncle Guan, and exile Uncle Cai. He also granted the territory to Wei Ziqi, Zhou's brother-in-law, and named him Song Gong. He became the Song Kingdom and established Shangqiu as its capital. It was passed down for 32 generations. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xianggong of the Song Dynasty dominated the Central Plains and was one of the "Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period". By the time of Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty declined and moved east to Pengcheng, which is now Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. By 286 BC, the Qi State destroyed the Song Dynasty, and their descendants took the country as their surname. Counting from the time when King Wu Ding of Shang was granted the title of Song Dynasty, the origin of the surname Song is at least 3,200 years ago, and the Song surname was generally used for nearly 2,300 years after the fall of the country. There is a saying among the people that "Song Dai's family has the same ancestor as Song and Kong". According to the "Confucius Family Sayings" indexed to "Historical Records: Confucius' Family", it says: "Confucius, after the Weizi of the Song Dynasty." According to Song Xiaoxiang, chairman of the China Song Dynasty Cultural Research Association and the China Song Dynasty Shangqiu Charity Council, according to research, Confucius was a Weizi The fifteenth generation grandson of Wei Zhongyan, Qi's second brother. (Note: The bloodline of the Song surname has always been relatively simple. It was not until the Five Dynasties that there was an influx of foreign genes. That is, the Song family of the Chenzhou barbarian chieftain in the Yuanling area of ????western Hunan during the Five Dynasties, and the Dangxiang family of the Xixia Kingdom in the northwest during the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, the Songjia clan of the Eight Banners in Manchuria later changed their surname to Song. The three branches that made up the Song surname were all from ethnic minorities. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Song family has grown in size with the continuous addition and assimilation of foreign ethnic groups. The birthplace of the Song surname: An overview of the Song surname in Shangqiu City. The Song surname ranks 22nd among the 100 surnames, with a population of about 10.53 million, accounting for 0.81 of the country's total population. Generations are determined by songs, and each character in the song represents the first character in the name of each generation. For example: Songjiagang, Shigang, Xinzhou, Hubei. Genealogy faction: Yan Xinyuan, Miaosi Yunzhi, since the Holy Pilgrim, Jinghongxi, Mingting, Yurui Shiqi, literary merits, learning from Deyu Tao, pure light couplet, a book to celebrate the springs. Kai Cheng Kong Hou wrote about Pi Zhen in Xichang, Sichuan: (In the third year of Hongwu Gan, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, that is, AD 1390, Yuelu Tiemur, a descendant of the Yuan Dynasty, was conquered and brought to Xichang. After the rebellion was suppressed, Meigu Village, ten miles away from the city, is now Sichuan. He settled down and started a family in Chuanxing Town, Xichang City, and his descendants multiplied and became the Songwang clan.) Generation order: Town Wenzhen Zhenyuan Jinyou The Phoenix of the Dynasty Should Shou Zeting Zhi Ke Li Hong Ji Heng Feng Jin Cui Yi Lu Tai Fu Qian Ming will always worship the Zongzong, share the same heart, Shao Zu, cherish blessings, Quan Zhaoyan, celebrate virtue, offer Yong Xi, Dian Mo, pure repair, inherit the ancestors, Yu Fan and inherit the Song family's online ancestral hall