The origin of Zhang can be traced back to ancient legends.
The Yellow Emperor is the common ancestor of all ethnic groups in the legendary Central Plains, and his wife Lei Zu is the creator of the legendary silkworm rearing and treatment method, and is regarded as the silkworm god by later generations. They gave birth to a son, whose name is very famous, and because of Taitai's practice, they said less, and he was the leader of Dongyi tribe after Taitai.
The fifth son is less famous, and the official went to Gong Zheng (the official who supervised the manufacture of bows and arrows). When he watched the arc star at night, he saw that Arrow Nine was in the southeast of Sirius, which looked like a giant bow in the sky. The arrow was facing Sirius, so he was inspired to make a bow and arrow and named it Zhang. The original meaning of the word Zhang is to bow, and it is extended to bow and longbow, which is closely related to the official name Gong Zheng and the ancient star name Arc.
Zhang also has a surname based on the name of his ancestors. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Zhang Hou in the State of Jin, named Zhang Jie. Later, he took the word grandfather as his surname. Since then, the state of Jin has a surname of Zhang. In 403 BC, after Zhao, Han and Wei carved up the State of Jin, Zhang's population was also scattered in three vassal states.
Both of these statements explain the origin, reproduction and even the reason why it has become the third largest surname today. First, Zhang has a long history and is one of the earliest surnames in China, which is highly valued. In primitive clan society, hunting is an extremely important means for people to make a living, and the status and role of bows and arrows can be imagined. Moreover, at that time, a few tribes in Dongyi flourished all over the vast area between Shandong Peninsula, northern Jiangsu and Jianghuai. According to legend, Shang tribe is its direct descendant.
Second, the surname Zhang is widely distributed, and Jin has this surname. As the three clans divided into Jin, they spread all over Zhao, Han and Wei, that is, the vast areas of North China and Central Plains today.
There are still many people who have been given the surname Zhang; For example, in the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang gave Longyou a title; Zhang Liao, the general of Cao Wei, was originally Nie, and later changed his surname to Zhang. Many non-Han people changed their surnames to Zhang. The Tejia family in Jin Dynasty took Zhang as their surname because they lived in Zhanghuangbao for generations. In the Yuan Dynasty, many Mongolians and Semu people changed their surnames to Han, and they often changed their surnames to Han, which also expanded Zhang's population.
According to records, during the Jin Dynasty, Zhang moved from the Central Plains to Fujian. During his tenure as a general, he was ordered to enter Fujian, accompanied by Zhang of the Central Plains Military Academy. After Wang Chao and Wang entered Fujian, people from Gushi, Henan, accompanied them to live in Meixi, Gutian, and were later named Liang Guogong. Zhang Fujian was roughly divided into Jianhu, Jin Po, Bangor and other schools according to its place of residence, and later moved to Guangdong. It is said that its ancestors came from Gushi, Gwangju, Henan. Since the early Qing Dynasty, Zhang people from Fujian and Guangdong have moved to Taiwan Province Province, and many people have gone abroad to make a living.
Zhang is mostly from the north, mainly from the Han nationality, but many people have merged into ethnic minorities in many great ethnic integrations. Zhang, who has emigrated overseas, is now mainly distributed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Panama and other countries and Hong Kong.
A brief introduction to the origin of Zhang surname in China
Puyang, Longxiang Town, has a long history and splendid culture. It is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation and the ancestral home and surname of our Zhang ancestors.
Zhuan Xu, the ancestor of Zhang in China, is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. Princess Leizu of the Yellow Emperor has two sons: the eldest son Xuantao is a tearful father; The second son Changyi was the father of Emperor Zhuan Xu. Diqiu (now Puyang) was the capital of Zhuan Xu Emperor, so Puyang was called "Zhuan Xu's Legacy Capital". Yao lived with his father Xuantao at the Guqing River near Qiu since childhood, and later assisted Zhuan Xu in making bows and arrows. He made outstanding achievements. Emperor Zhuan Xu named him Gong Zheng, also known as Gong Chang, and gave him the surname Zhang. So it is the ancestor of Zhang in China, and Diqiu (now Puyang) is the earliest ancestral home of Zhang's ancestors.
Surname culture is one of the excellent traditional cultures in China. Zhang is one of the most popular surnames in China, which originated in Puyang. With a population of nearly 100 million, Zhang has made great contributions to the prosperity and development of the Chinese nation.
This website focuses on the origin and development history of Zhang, in order to develop ancient cultural resources, carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, enhance the centripetal force and cohesion of the Chinese nation, promote the great unity of the Chinese nation and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.