1, given by the emperor. For example, according to the Records of Mahu County and Xuzhou County, Yang Tusi in Leibo County was given the surname "Yang" in the fourth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 137 1).
2. Take the surname of China, which is homophonic with the Yi people. Among the many surnames of the Yi people, many surnames have the same or similar pronunciation as hundreds of surnames of the Han people, so the Yi people use homophony to take their own Chinese surnames. Such as Mars, take China's surname Ma; The words "Mu, Mo and Meng" in Mu Xi, Mo Se and Meng Kong are similar in pronunciation to China's surname "Mao", so the surname is Mao.
3. Translate Yi surname into Han surname. Most of the Han surnames taken by Yi people are translated from Yi surnames. For example, the surname of Qubi means "white", so the surname of China people is "white". Another example is the surnames of the Yi people, such as Russia, Lord, Yihuo and Aliu, which are translated into bear, fox, willow and monkey respectively, so they take the surname of bear again, and some take the surnames of Hu, Liu and Hou.
4, the teacher took the scientific name. In 1950s, due to the long names of Yi people, it was difficult to remember, and the teachers of Han nationality could not pronounce the names of Yi students correctly. In order to make it easier to remember, the teachers of the Han nationality gave some Yi students Chinese surnames.
It is the same surname as the Han nationality in our village. 1949 after the founding of new China, some Yi people moved from the mountain where they used to live to Bazi where they lived with the Han people. In daily life, for the convenience of addressing and remembering, the complicated Yi surname is omitted, and it is the same surname as the Han nationality in the same village, such as Liu surname of the surrounding Han nationality.
Although the Han surname of Liangshan Yi people does not conform to the traditional surname structure and name structure of Yi people, the number is far less than that of Yi people. However, for modern Liangshan Yi people, especially those living in modern cities, China's surname has gradually become a frequently used name.
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From the 2nd century BC to the beginning of A.D., the activities of Yi ancestors concentrated in Dianchi Lake and Du Qiong (now southeast of Xichang, Sichuan). These areas are inhabited by tribes engaged in agriculture or nomadism, such as Du Qiong, Kunming, Laojin and Yunnan. According to the historical legend of the Yi people, their ancestors lived in the "Qionglu Road" in ancient times, and then they went south to the banks of "Eno" and "Quyi" (namely Jinsha River and Anning River basins).
After the 3rd century A.D., the ancestors of Yi people gradually expanded from Anning Valley, Jinsha River, Dianchi Lake and Ailao Mountain in Yunnan to northeast Yunnan, south Yunnan, northwest Guizhou and northwest Guangxi. Since the ancestors of the Yi people settled in the southwest, they have been continuously integrated with other ethnic groups. For example, many descendants of Pu people in ancient south have become Yi people today.
There are many records about "Pubian Yi" in the ancient Yi language book Southwest Zhiyi in Guizhou. At the same time, there are many other Yi tribes in the areas where the ancient Yi people lived. So the names of Yi people in history are very complicated.
In 937 AD, the feudal "Dali regime" replaced the "Nanzhao" which collapsed due to the uprising of slaves and peasants. From then on, the Yi people in Yunnan began to move towards feudalism. /kloc-After 0/3rd century, "Dali" and "Luodian" were successively conquered by the Yuan Dynasty, and roads, prefectures, counties and propaganda departments were set up in these areas.
At the end of Yuan Dynasty, the feudal landlord economy in many Yi areas in Yunnan developed rapidly, but in some areas, the landlord economy and the remnants of slavery still existed to varying degrees. In the Ming Dynasty, there were three official positions in Yi area: floating official, local official and local official, which greatly promoted the economic development of Yi area.
1840 After the Opium War, China gradually became a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society, and the Yi people also suffered greatly. Opium is rampant in Yi areas. The Yi slave owners in Liangshan exchanged opium for a large number of guns, silver and cannons. They further expanded their power around and plundered people of all ethnic groups as slaves.
At the end of 19, the Yi and Hani nationalities in Jinping and Yuanyang have repeatedly resisted the French invaders who invaded the border areas of China. The Yi and Han people in southern Yunnan have repeatedly opposed the French invaders to build the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. In the 25th year of Guangxu (1899), the incident of burning down French "customs" led by Yang Ziyuan of Yi nationality broke out in Mengzi.
In the Revolution of 1911 and the movement to defend the country, many Yi people took part in the struggle to overthrow the imperial system. From 19 13 to 19 16, a great uprising of the Yi people against slavery broke out in Mianning and Yue Yong areas of Liangshan Prefecture. Because the climax of the uprising was 19 14, which was the Year of the Tiger in the Yi calendar, it was called "Lahu Uprising" in history.
During the War of Liberation, under the leadership of the Party, the Yi people in Guishan and Maitreya West Mountain in southern Shandong established guerrilla armed forces and revolutionary base areas to bravely fight against the Kuomintang army. The Yi people in southern Yunnan, northeastern Yunnan, western Yunnan and Liangshan have also established guerrillas, which have contributed to the smooth March of the China People's Liberation Army and the liberation of these areas. Many outstanding sons and daughters of Yi nationality gave their precious lives in the revolutionary struggle.
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