Gan surname, one of China surnames. In the Song version of Hundreds of Surnames, it ranked 245th, and now surnames are more common. It is widely distributed in the north and south of the motherland. Today, Yuncheng in Shandong, Susong in Anhui, Taihu Lake in Anhui, Jiading in Shanghai, Fengcheng in Jiangxi, Pingxiang in Jiangxi (Lianhua County, xiangdong district County, luxi county County and Shangli County) and yugan county (Ganziling in jade pavilion town and Ganjia Village in Hongjiazui Township).

Nanfeng County, Jinxi, Chongren, Gao 'an and Nanchang, Yulin, Wuzhou, Guigang, Beihai, Liuzhou, Pingnan, Baise, Xishui, Macheng, Hong 'an and Ebian in Hubei, Luzhou, Hejiang and Linshui in Sichuan, Zunyi, Bijie and Xingyi in Guizhou, Miluo in Hunan and Wan Yue Village in Xiangyin, Hunan.

Huian, Xianyou, Guangdong Xinxing, Shunde, Zijin, Wuhua, Yunnan Longchuan, Hekou, Henan Nanzhao, Guangshan and even Beijing, Hebei Jingxian, Hebei Nangong Ganlangzhong Village, Hebei Gaocheng Xima Village, Shandong Pingyi, Longkou, Inner Mongolia Wuhai, Wenzhou Dongtou, Northeast Jilin, Shanxi Taiyuan and Gansu Lanzhou are all distributed, among which Shiyan, Hubei,

Han, Zhuang, Dai, Yi, Tu, Dong, Tujia, Buyi and Manchu all have this surname. Zheng tongzhi's genealogy collection.

Ganxing ancestor

Gan Pan Wu Ding, a famous teacher in the Shang Dynasty, studied under a scholar named Gan Pan when he was young. Later, when he succeeded to the throne, he hired Gan Pan as his photograph. This Gan Pan, praised as a saint by later generations, has always been the ancestor of Gan, who has been researched by scholars. Compilation of Surnames, Surnames Spectrum and other books pointed out in unison: "Gan, after Wu Zhi Gan Pan". Therefore, the descendants of Gan respectfully call Gan Pan the ancestor of Gan's surname.

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Ganxi's former residence is now Nanjing Folk Museum, which is a specialized institution for collecting and displaying folk goods, studying folk customs and promoting excellent folk traditional culture in Nanjing. Ganxi's former residence is commonly known as "ninety-nine and a half rooms", also known as "you gong ting". Gan was a famous scholar and bibliophile in Nanjing in the late Qing Dynasty, and he wrote such local chronicles as Bai Xia Suo Yan, Tong Yin Essay and Bai Xia Miscellaneous Knowledge.

Because he is quite famous in the family, his home was named "the former residence of Ganxi" by later generations. In the former residence, there is a famous library building in the south of the Yangtze River-Jinda Building, which was built in the 12th year of Qing Daoguang (1832), imitating Tianyi Pavilion in Ningbo. There are more than 100,000 volumes of books upstairs, and the stone tripod downstairs is full of brilliance. Xianfeng three years (1853), destroyed by fire.