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Our director's surname is "Xi", which seems to be a minority. Who can tell us the origin of this surname? What kind of ethnic minorities are they? Where are they distributed?
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Common surnames at present. Now it is distributed in Beijing, Tianjin Wuqing, Wuhai in Inner Mongolia, Hancheng in Shaanxi, Zhijiang in Hunan, Jingxian in Anhui, Jinxi in Jiangxi, Chenghai in Guangdong and Longchuan in Yunnan. Both Han and Bai people have this surname. Collection of Comrade Zheng * A Brief Introduction to Clans. Its source is different:

First of all, Zheng Qiao noticed the cloud: "The summer car is just behind Xizhong." "Discrimination of Ancient and Modern Surnames" also contains: "From Ren surname. After Xia Che was in the West, he took Wang Fu as his surname. " . In addition, the Book of Surname Origin Rhyme contains: "Xia Che moved to Pi in Xizhong, and later called Shi."

Second, the official history of Shu Wei contains: Bo and Da were changed.

Three. The surname is quoted from the Taoist history: "After Tuoba's family, there is Xi's family."

Fourthly, the surname of Bai nationality originates from the totem worship of clan, and chicken is the symbol of clan. In Bai language, "attracting shame" or "covering shame" means chicken clan in Chinese, taking surname as surname. The traditional Chinese character of "chicken" is "(Xi bird)", which is stored as "Xi".

Celebrities in Xi are:

Xi Volume: Han Dynasty, Lu Hou;

Yi Xi: Han nationality, Cheng Yanghou;

Mu: The secretariat of the Northern Wei Dynasty;

Helai: Tang people;

Xi Ming: Ming Dynasty, Wan Ping, supervisor of national history;

Xi Gang and Xi Tingxuan: People from Qing Dynasty.