Yongnian County, Henan, Shangqiu County, Henan
The surname Tan is not a common surname in China, but it is also one of the older surnames in China. Ranked 118th in "Hundred Family Surnames".
The origin of "Tan"
1: After King Wu of the ancient Zhou Dynasty established the Zhou Dynasty, he commemorated the merits of the sages and kings , Wei Ziqi, the eldest son of Yin Emperor Yi, was granted the title of Tan State in the Song Dynasty, also known as Tan State. It was passed down to Tan Jun for thirty-six generations, but was destroyed by Chu State. His descendants took the country as their surname, and passed down the surname Tan. 2: According to "Xingyuan" records: Wei Ziqi, the eldest son of Yin Emperor Yi, was granted the title of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty by Zhou Wu. In the 36th generation of the Chu Dynasty, Tan Jun was destroyed by Chu. The descendants take the country as their surname? Looking out at Liang Guo and Guangping. (The Han Dynasty established Guangping County, which is now Jize County, Hebei Province.) 3: In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a doctor named Tan, and later there was also a Tan family. There is a theory in history that the Tan family was changed to the Tan family to avoid hatred. 4: Originated from his own surname. According to legend, the fiefdom of Shaohao's descendants was in Tan State (southwest of today's Tancheng, Shandong). In the early Warring States Period, Tan State was destroyed by Yue State, and their descendants took Tan as their surname. (In ancient times, "talk" and "tan" had the same pronunciation).