According to legend, the Yellow Emperor had a grandson named Hua, who directed Hua. His name is Gong Zheng, and he specializes in making bows and arrows. He also works part-time as a star officer and customs officer. Zhang is one of the 28 stars, and its shape is six stars. So Lao Tzu said: Heaven is still a bow. Swing this person is the first person whose surname is "Zhang".
We can say that Zhang Hui is the ancestor of Zhang's surname. Zhang's earliest activities were in Qinghe, Hebei Province and Puyang, Henan Province, which are the two branches of Zhang's today. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhang family was a nobleman of the State of Jin. The most famous of them are Zhang Laohe, and they are also regarded as ancestors by many descendants of Zhang.
Zhang ancient population distribution:
In the Song Dynasty, there were about 4.9 million people surnamed Zhang, accounting for 6.3% of the national population, and it was the third largest surname in the Song Dynasty. The province with Zhang surname is Shandong province. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong and Henan provinces, accounting for 27.7% of Zhang's total population, followed by Sichuan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei, Shanxi, Gansu, Jiangxi and other provinces, with a concentration of 54.5%. The whole country has formed a population gathering center in North China, Northwest China and Central Plains named Zhang.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 5.6 million people surnamed Zhang, accounting for about 6% of the national population, and it was the second largest surname in the Ming Dynasty. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, accounting for about 36% of Zhang's population. Jiangsu Province has become the largest province in Zhang. Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu in the south and Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Henan and Shaanxi in the north have been formed in China.