1. History of surnames: The original origin of surnames in ancient China is primitive religious worship, totem worship and ancestor worship based on "Heaven". The so-called "heaven" is the law that everything has. Primitive totem worship is the root of China's ancient surnames. A large number of ancient documents support this view.

Descendants from the same ancestor are called clans. Surnames are derived from the names of tribes or tribal leaders. Its main function is to distinguish the descendants of different clans in the tribe and facilitate intermarriage between different clans. Therefore, the appearance of surnames marks the change from group marriage system to consanguineous marriage system, which is an important milestone in the progress of human civilization.

2. Present situation of surnames: Among the common surnames in contemporary China 100, 87% of the national population is concentrated. Among them, there are 19 surnames, accounting for more than 1% of the national population, namely: Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou, Wu, Xu, Sun, Hu, Zhu, Gao, Lin, He, Guo and Ma. Historically, about half of China's population is concentrated in this 19 people with the same surname.

The Significance of the Research on Surname Culture in China;

1, China surname culture is a key to understand the ancient social structure of China.

2. China surname culture is a historical monument of population migration in the history of China.

3. The surname culture in China is a reflection of the cultural characteristics of the times.

4. Chinese surname culture is the bond to strengthen the cohesion of the Chinese nation.

5. Surname culture in China is a special social and economic resource.