1, from Jiang. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wei Yan, a doctor of the State of Qi, was enfeoffed to Yan, which is now Yancheng in the northwest of Qihe County, Shandong Province, so he took Yan as his surname. His descendants also followed the surname Yan, forming a branch of the surname Yan.
2. He comes from a family in Luzhong and is a descendant of Yan Zian in Luzhong. The fifth son of the legendary ancient emperor Zhuan Xu was named An Yang, and his descendants took Yan as their surname. In the Spring and Autumn Period, together with Gao, Guo and Bao, they became the four famous families in Qi State, and served as officials in Qi State for generations.
3. From the mouth of Yan Long, the minister of ancient Yao Dynasty. According to legend, Yan Long was the music of Yao and the earliest Yan Emperor in history. Yan Long is regarded as the ancestor of this strict family.
Ancestor: Yan 'an. The origin of the Yan family is recorded in the oldest special edition of Shiben in China: "Luzhong is after Yan 'an." In addition, Textual Research on Surnames said: "Shi Ben, Lu Zhongwu, a native of Yan 'an, had Yan Long in Tang Dynasty, and had seen Shan Hai Jing. It turned out that it was for Yan's sake that I turned my attention to Qi. It can be seen that the Yanshi family is an ancient family with thousands of years of history. Their ancestor was Yan 'an, the fifth son of Lu Zhong. Lu Zhong is the son of Zhu Rongjia Wu Hui. It is speculated that they are descendants of the Yellow Emperor and the people of the Dragon Totem. This ancient Hakkas spread to the Spring and Autumn Period, and their families flourished, becoming one of the four big noble in Qi. It mainly breeds in present-day Shandong Province. Therefore, a minister who compiled Yuan He's surname described their origin, saying: "Zuo Chuan, with a weak surname, is also a family, giving birth to a baby, the word accidentally, Yan Furong, Yan and his family merged, and the official department captain was in Han. "Noble families live in Qixian County (now Linzi County, Shandong Province). Yan's descendants respected Yan 'an as their ancestor.
Second, migration distribution.
(Missing) Yan is not in the top 100 in Taiwan Province Province. Yan surname comes from Jiang surname. In ancient times, the Yellow Emperor was a famous clan leader, and his clan worshipped the dragon totem. The Yellow Emperor had a grandson named Zhuan Xu, who was also a famous clan tribal leader. Zhuan Xu also has a great-grandson, Yan 'an, who is the ancestor of Yan's surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, a doctor in the State of Qi was sealed in Yan (now Yancheng in the northwest of Qihe County, Shandong Province), and his descendants took the name of the fief as their surname, which was passed down from generation to generation, forming the present name of Yan. Yan's aristocratic family lived in Qixian County, which is today's Linzi area of Shandong Province. Yan surname is a rare surname today, but it is widely distributed, accounting for about 0.027% of the Han population in China, ranking 324th. Especially in Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other provinces, Yan's surname accounts for 82% of the Han population in China.