There are less than 300 surnames in Korea, including Kim, Lee, Park, Ahn, Zhang, Zhao, Cui, Chen, Han, Jiang, Liu, and Yin. The common surnames are: Kim, Lee, and Park , An, Zhang, Zhao, Cui, Chen, Han, Jiang, Liu, and Yin. South Korea's four major surnames, Kim, Lee, Park and Choi, account for about half of the country's population.
The common Korean surnames Kim, Lee, Park, An, Zhang, Zhao, Cui, Chen, Han, Jiang, Liu and Yin almost never appeared in the history of Goguryeo. Moreover, in addition to Jin and Park, which are considered native Korean surnames, surnames such as Li, Zhang, Zhao, Cui, Chen, and Liu were all common and noble surnames in China from the late Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Korean people originally did not have surnames. In ancient times, Baekje and Silla, the ancestors of the Korean nation, began to use surnames in the 4th and 6th centuries respectively. Due to the influence of Chinese culture, Korean surnames are very similar to Chinese surnames, but most of them have nothing to do with Chinese blood and are just borrowed.
Korean surnames usually consist of 3 syllables, which are composed of 3 Chinese characters pronounced in Korean proverbs. The surname comes first, and one character in the first name usually represents seniority.
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The origins of the Kim and Park surnames in Korea
1. The Kim surname originated in Silla:
"The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms of Silla" is the first part: In the spring of the ninth year (65), to the west of Jincheng, the king heard a rooster crow in the woods. When Chi Ming gave Hu a gift, a small golden box hung on the branch, with white cuckoo underneath. Hu Hu also reported this. Cut to King making size coffin, little man inside, great looking.
He happily said to the left and right: "This is the intangible cultural heritage that has left a deep impression on me." Then, it adopts the long-term, wise and rich wisdom, and its wisdom is in the wind. middle. It takes its name from the golden box, the name of gold. It was renamed Linjilin, hence the name of the country.
2. Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms Volume
The second taste of Master Zou Ni is now standing on a cloud. Mother Pu, the daughter of King Gwen. Queen Kuixi, the king's daughter, her obstacle is a group of chickens, the obstacle is in the womb, and then plays the doctor.
Then the obstacles on the road began, the obstacles saved the road, the obstacles saved the first person, the first person produced Yu Fu, Yu Fu produced the road of hostility, and then the road of tailwind began. trip.
3. The origin of the Park surname:
The "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms of Silla" is the first one: it records that the ancestors were named Park, and it was taboo for Dutch to live in the world. Along the forest, there was a horse neighing on its knees. I went to see it, but suddenly there was no horse, only big eggs. Tsk, don’t have kids. Then accept it and improve it.
And Yi Ranfeng was in her teens. Sixth, regard his life as a god and respect it. He ascended the throne as Emperor Yan. Chen Ren said that for the sake of Pu Yuan, he would be like Hu as soon as possible, so Pu Yuan became his surname. in the west. King Chen Yan said, it is still Yunnan and Guizhou.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Korean Surnames