Bohai County, now Cangxian County, Hebei Province.

【 Tracing the origin of children's family 】

"Yuan He Shi Bian" records: "Zhuan Xu gave birth to an old son, and his grandson took Wang Fu as his surname." It can be seen that the earliest ancestor of Tong's family was Lao Tong, and his descendants took Wang Fu as their surname. According to legend, Lao Tong is the son of Zhuan Xu, born with a good voice with musical charm, and later generations take his name "Tong" as his surname, which is called Tong's.

[children's fame]

Tong's family name is not the most popular, and the number is not too much, but the celebrities from Tong's family still occupy a certain position in history. For example, in the Han Dynasty, there was a rich man, Tong Zhongyu, who was charitable and deeply loved by the people, and two sons, Tong Hui and Yi Tong, who were all names in the Biography of Officials in the Later Han Dynasty. Tong Hanqing, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, and Tong Zong, a gentleman who took notes for Liu, said. In the Song Dynasty, there were Tong Guan, a great scholar, and Tong Chengda, a scholar. In the Ming Dynasty, there were poets and scholars named Tong Ji. There were poets and painters such as Tong Yu in Qing Dynasty.