Where is the birthplace of the surname "Wang" among the hundreds of surnames?

There is a small town with a long history in Jing County, Anhui Province - Taohuatan Town. Stone-paved streets and buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties. It makes the town look elegant and simple.

The Qingyi River that passes through the town divides the town into two parts. It can be said: "The ancient buildings, ferries, boats and clear river water make the town famous. According to relevant historical data According to records, the person who really made the town famous was Wang Lun, the magistrate of Jingxian County in the Tang Dynasty.

Dai Xinbiao, secretary-general of the Taohuatan Town Cultural Preservation Association. : In our area in southern Anhui, the surname Wang is common in large households. As the saying goes, nine out of ten surnames are Wang. The ancestor of the Wang surname in Taohuatan Town, Jing County, Anhui Province, was Wang Lun, who came to Jing from a neighboring county (Yixian County) during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. He came to the county as county magistrate and lived in Taohuatan Town, Jing County until his death. From then on, the surname Wang spread in Taohuatan Town.

It can be said that after Wang Lun left office. When they settled in Taohuatan, they also took root in this beautiful place. After more than a thousand years of reproduction, Wang Lun's descendants have developed into a wealthy family here.

Descendant Wang Shunshui: I am the 57th generation descendant of Wang Lun. I heard from my father that he is the 56th generation. Our family genealogy was not kept well in the hands of my great-grandfather. After moving many times, it was lost. There are more than a dozen families with the surname Wang in Tan Town, with a total population of more than 300. With so many people named Wang, we are all one family, and we are all descendants of Wang Lun.

What we see in front of us. This ancient building was rebuilt in the 13th year of Qianlong's reign. There is no evidence of its original construction date, but it records the touching story of Wang Lun inviting the great poet Li Bai to visit here during the Tang Dynasty and singing songs to see him off.

Dai Xinbiao, Secretary General of the Taohuatan Town Cultural Preservation Association: The place we are standing on is the Dongyuan Ancient Ferry in Taohuatan. Behind us is the Tage Ancient Bank. The Tage Ancient Bank is a gatehouse built by later generations to commemorate Wang Lun's gift of Li Bai. At that time, Wang Lun He wrote a letter and invited Li Bai to visit here. The letter said that there are ten miles of peach blossoms and thousands of hotels. After receiving the letter, Li Bai came happily. Wang Lun entertained him warmly. When Li Bai left, Wang Lun led all the villagers to see him off. Li Bai was deeply moved and wrote a poem "To Wang Lun". The poem goes like this: Li Bai was about to leave in a boat when he suddenly heard people singing on the shore. The poem has become a legend through the ages, and has also become a great allusion that the descendants of the Wang family are proud of.

According to historical records, the surname Wang originated from the descendants of the Wang Mang family in the ancient vassal kingdom and has a history of more than 4,000 years. Well, regarding this point, there is a passage from Confucius in "Guoyu·Luyuxia": "When King Yu summoned the princes of the world at Kuaiji Mountain, Fangfeng came after him in disobedience and was killed by Yu." He was the king of the ancient Wangmang Kingdom. At that time, he was ordered to guard Fengshan and Yushan in Wukang County, Zhejiang. This vassal state had always existed before the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, but it is not known when the ancient state died. According to historical records, the descendants of the Wang Mang Kingdom after the fall of the country took the original name of the country and were called the Wang Mang family, which was later omitted to the Wang family.

In addition, Zhang Shu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in "Looking for the Origin of Surnames". It is said in the book that the son of Lu Chenggong was granted a surname in Wangdi in Shandong, and his descendants took the name of the fiefdom. This formed another branch of the surname Wang, but the specific location is unknown. The earliest Wang surname was found in historical records. However, there are well-documented records of Jiang Chu's behavior in the Spring and Autumn Period.

The migration of people with the surname Wang from their place of origin began in the late Warring States Period. By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the surname Wang had become a prominent family in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Zheng, Chen Yuanguang and his son were ordered to go to Fujian to open up Zhangzhou, and they were accompanied by a general named Wang. After the Song Dynasty, there were residents with the surname Wang in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places in the south. Since the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, people with the surname Wang in Fujian, Guangdong and other places began to live there. People have immigrated to Taiwan one after another. Currently, there are residents with the surname Wang in various parts of Taiwan. The surname Wang ranks 74th in Taiwan.