County Hope Hedong County: The Qin Dynasty established Hedong County, and its governance is now Xia County, Shanxi Province. According to "Customs of Customs": After the Qi doctor gave birth to his son. Looking out to the east of the river. Yingyang County: it was called "Lushang" in the Spring and Autumn Period, "Juyang" in the Warring States Period, "Yingzhou County" in the Qin Dynasty, "Xiyang County" in the Han Dynasty, "Song County" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and "Yingyang County" in the Sui Dynasty. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was merged into "Ruyin", in the Yuan Dynasty it was under the jurisdiction of "Yingzhou", and in the Ming Dynasty it was changed to "Fengyang Prefecture".
"Chu" originated from
Taking Wang and his son as their surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a doctor named Chuzi in the state of Qi, who had friendship with Mencius. The descendants of Chu Zi take the ancestral character "Chu" as their surname.
Got the surname of the ancestor
Uncle Chu. According to historical research by surname scholars, the Chu family in our country are the descendants of Chu Zi, a friend of Qi State and Mencius. Regarding this origin, there are also records in "A Survey of Surnames" and "A Survey of the Origins of Qianjia Surnames". The family surnamed Chu has a long history. It was famous as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has a history of more than 3,000 years. After the Jin Dynasty, it became prosperous in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in the southern part of Jiangsu Province. The Chu family is a famous local family. The famous family lived in Hedong County (now north of Xia County, Shanxi Province). Descendants of the Chu family respect Uncle Chu as the ancestor of the surname Chu.
Migration distribution
During the Song Dynasty, there were less than 10,000 people with the surname Chu. They were mainly distributed in Fujian, Jiangsu, Henan, Zhejiang and other places across the country. Fujian was the province with the largest surname of Chu, with about Accounting for 33% of the total population with the surname Chu in the country. During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 26,000 people with the surname Chu. Jiangsu was the province with the largest number of people with the surname Chu, accounting for about 41% of the total population with the surname Chu in the country. Secondly, it is distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Ningxia, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and other places. The contemporary population with the surname Chu is about 230,000, making it the 267th most common surname, accounting for approximately 0.018% of the national population. In the 1,000 years since the Song Dynasty, the growth rate of the population with the Chu surname has shown an A-shaped trend. The distribution of Chu surnames across the country is currently mainly concentrated in Anhui, followed by Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hunan, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Shaanxi and other places. The schematic diagram of the distribution frequency of the Chu surname among the population shows: in Anhui and Su, northwest Zhejiang, northern Jiangxi, eastern and southwest Hubei, eastern Henan, southern Shandong, southern Shaanxi, northern and southeast Chongqing, most of Hunan and Guizhou, Guangxi, northwest and northwest Guangxi, In southwestern Yunnan, the proportion of the local population with the Chu surname generally reaches more than 0.06%, and it can reach more than 0.3% in the central area. The area covered by the above areas accounts for about 11.6% of the country's total area, and about 61% of the people with the Chu surname live there. Hall name
Shengzhutang: This hall is the name of the main ancestral hall of the Chu family in Guanlin Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province. There are ***3 ancestral halls, all in Chuxiang Village, with grand halls. The Chu family moved from Hedong County, Shandong Province, and have multiplied for generations. Later generations built ancestral halls to offer sacrifices, and the clansmen worshiped "Five Phoenixes Flying Together" (referring to the previous generation of the Chu family). There was once a family of five people who passed the exam at the same time) to encourage their descendants to study hard and strive for fame. Xuezheng Hall: This hall is the ancestral hall of the Chu family in Xiyang Village, Hai'an County, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. There is a detailed family tree from Chinese characters to backwards.