First, the source of Liu's surname

According to the historical records Hanshu, Tongzhi Genealogy and Chinese Surnames, it mainly comes from three surnames: Qi surname, Ji surname and the change of foreign surnames. Liu, whose surname is Qi, has two homologous branches: one comes directly from Liu Lei and was formed in Xia Dynasty; In the early Spring and Autumn Period, a scholar society composed of descendants of Liu Lei was formed. Originated from the formation of Ji surname in the Spring and Autumn Period, taking the city as the standard. The change of foreign surname was formed in the early Western Han Dynasty. During the Wei, Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms period, Liu Bang gave his family the surname Liu.

Second, Liu's history.

Liu, whose surname is Qi, has two homologous branches: one comes directly from Liu Lei and was formed in Xia Dynasty; In the early Spring and Autumn Period, a scholar society composed of descendants of Liu Lei was formed. Originated from the formation of Ji surname in the Spring and Autumn Period, taking the city as the standard. The change of foreign surname was formed in the early Western Han Dynasty. During the Wei, Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms period, Liu Bang gave his family the surname Liu.

Liu's birthplace:

Liu's ancestral home is Tangxian County, Hebei Province, and his surname is now Shaanxi. More than 300 years BC, Liu began to spread to Henan and Jiangsu. Later, Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty and enfeoffed his descendants on a large scale. Liu is widely distributed in Tianshui, Zhongshan and Nanyang.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, Wei Liu in the Central Plains escaped the "Dong Zhuo Rebellion" and began to migrate in all directions, mainly to Sun Wu in the southeast and Sichuan in the southwest. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liu Daju moved south, which had a great influence in Jiangnan. Since the Tang Dynasty, Liu's surname has spread all over the country. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Liu crossed the ocean to Taiwan Province, and further went overseas.