The origin and history of the Huang family:
First, it originated from the won surname, taking the country name as the surname. There are three sayings:
1. The distant ancestor can be traced back to Bo Yi, the leader of Dongyi tribe in the period of Emperor Shun. Bo Yi was given the surname Won by Emperor Shun for his meritorious service in water control. One of his descendants was Huang, who established the State of Huang in Huangchuan, Henan Province at the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu dominated, and only Huang and Suiguo dared to compete. In 648 BC, the State of Huang was destroyed by the State of Chu. After the national subjugation, the descendants of Huang take the country name as their surname.
2. The distant ancestor can be traced back to Shao Hao, the Jintian family in the Five Emperors' era. Shao Hao Jin Tian's descendant Tai Qian, the head of the water official, was sealed in Fenchuan when he was in Zhuan Xu. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the descendants of Taiqian established the States of Shen, Yi, Qi and Huang, which were later destroyed by the State of Jin. Among them, the descendants of Huang Guogong took the country as their surname.
3. The distant ancestor can be traced back to Lu Zhong, the son of Ng Wui (Zhu Rong), the ancient official in charge of fire. During the Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Lu Zhong were sealed in the Yellow Land and established the Yellow Kingdom. The State of Huang was later destroyed by the State of Chu, and its descendants were scattered all over the country. They took the country name as their surname and called it Huang.
second, it originates from the official position and takes the official position as the surname. There are two kinds of sayings:
1. It comes from Huanglong Division, an official subordinate of Fuxi in ancient times. Huanglong division, also known as Huanglong, Huangshi, Huangzhongguan, Longshi, etc., is the official name set by Fuxi and is a middle official. The descendants of the Huanglong division, some of whom took the ancestral official as their surname, were called Huanglong, and later referred to as the single surname Huang and Long.
2. Huang Yun, an official under the ancient Yellow Emperor. Huang Yun, the official name set by the Yellow Emperor, is a middle official. Huang Yun's descendants, some of whom took their ancestors' official names as surnames, were called Huang Yun's, and later referred to as Shan's surname Huang and Yun's.
Third, it comes from the change of surname:
1. Other Han surnames were changed to Huang surnames: In ancient times, Huang and Wang had the same pronunciation, so some wang xing were changed to Huang surnames; There are other reasons for changing the surname of Huang: such as Lu, Wu, Wu, Jin and Huang.
2. The Hui people changed their surname to Huang: Today, the Hui people changed their surname to Huang by a few Pu Hui people to avoid the scourge of "anti-color eyes" at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
3. Manchu changed its surname to Huang: Wu Zala, a Manchu, originated from Ningguta (now Ning 'an, Heilongjiang Province) with a large number of people. Later, there were four Han surnames, namely Huang, Zi, Hong and Bai. ?
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Migration and communication:
In ancient times, in today's eastern Inner Mongolia and south of Yanshan Mountain, it was one of the birthplaces of Huang's surname, and the clansmen followed Zhuan Xu and moved to the Central Plains. In 648 BC, after Huangchuan was destroyed by Chu, a few people of Huang's surname fled to central Henan, while a large number moved to the hinterland of Chu and settled in Hubei and other places.
from the warring States period to the Qin and Han dynasties, Huang's surname had been widely spread to Hubei, gradually forming two Huang's counties, Jiangling and Jiangxia, and based on this, it developed to the south of the Yangtze River, "floating in the south of the Yangtze River and taking the seashore as a solid place". Huang's footprint has reached Shaanxi and Sichuan in the west, the East China Sea in the east and Hunan and Jiangxi in the south. At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the four surnames of Lin, Huang, Chen and Zheng in the Central Plains took the lead in entering Fujian.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huang surname.