Guan surname originated from Guan Long in ancient times. During the reign of Shundi, Zhuan Xu's descendant Dong Fu (the ancestor of Dong's surname) was Shunyang Dragon, and was later given the name of Dragon (the words "Qian" and "Guan" were commonly used in ancient times). At the end of Xia Dynasty, Xia Jie was dissolute, and the doctor Guan Longfeng was killed for remonstrance. Later, the descendants of Guan Longfeng simplified the surname to Guan, and respected Guan Longfeng as the ancestor of Guan.

First, the origin of Guan surname

1, from the surname.

Xia Di is violent and dissolute. He takes wine as a pool, and wine troughs pile up into mountains. He drank all night and turned a blind eye to national affairs. Guan Longfeng, a relative, went to protest and angered Jay. As a result, he was imprisoned and brutally killed. After Guan Longfeng, the surname is Guan.

2, from Yin's family

According to legend, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Laozi went to Hangu Pass to the west and wrote a 5,000-word Tao Te Ching for Guan Ling Yin Xi. After spreading this book, Yin also followed Lao Zi to Hanguguan. His son and grandson take the official name as their surname.

Second, the distribution of Guan.

Guan surname is a common surname in China, ranking 13 1 in the surname list, which has advantages in Guangdong, Northeast China and Henan. Nowadays, people with Guan surname account for about 0. 1% of the national population, and the total population is about 1.37 million.

In recent 1000 years, the population growth rate of Guan surname showed a V-shaped trend. At present, the population distribution is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Henan provinces, accounting for 52.5% of Guan's population. Secondly, it is distributed in Jilin, Hebei, Shanxi and Anhui. These four provinces have concentrated 17.3% of the population.

At present, the province with the largest number of Guan surnames is Guangdong, accounting for about 16.6% of the total population of Guan surnames in China. There are three distribution clusters of Guan surname in southern Guangdong, three northeastern provinces and central Henan.

Third, the name of Guan

Guan, the original meaning is bolt. There was no door lock in ancient times, but a ring was added to each of the two doors. When closing the door, insert a vertical wood in the ring to connect the two doors and close the door, just like a bolt. The inscription on the bronze inscription is a knowing word, just like a ring and a vertical stick on the left and right of the door, which vividly shows the scene of closing the door with a bolt.

This leads to the meaning of closing and ending. It also leads to passes, passes and checkpoints, such as Hangu Pass, Shanhaiguan Pass and Customs. It was a group of people who invented the latch, regarded it as a totem of clan worship, named the clan name and emblem, and finally appeared the surname Guan.