What is the origin of Lan surname?

Lan's surname originated from Ji's surname and Mi's surname, and Ji's surname Lang came from Zheng Gong in the Spring and Autumn Period, belonging to the ideological surname. Lang's surname comes from the youngest son Lan, belonging to the ancestor's surname. In addition, in the second Chinese character simplification scheme, many languages were simplified by the blue surname.

Lan surname originated from Ji surname, from Zheng Mugong, the monarch of the State of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was named after his ancestors. According to the history book Tongzhi Genealogy, the monarch of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn Period was Zheng Mugong Jilan. During the reign, his half-brother was sealed in Zheng (now hua county, Shaanxi Province), known as the last vassal state of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Twenty-five years after Zheng spread to King Xiang of Zhou (627 BC), Sun Ziji succeeded to the throne.

Legend has it that when Zheng Mugong's mother gave birth to him, she dreamed of a bluegrass and soon gave birth to a son, so she named it "Lan". Ji Zilan reigned for twenty-two years. After his death, posthumous title Mu was known as Zheng Mugong in history. Some of his descendants took Wang Fu as their surname, called Lang, which is true in history.

Migration distribution

Longquanyi, Ya 'an, Yingjing, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Guang 'an and Langzhong in Sichuan Province, Changchun in Jilin Province, Datong and Huangyuan in Qinghai Province, Shangrao in Jiangxi Province, Wuji, Zhaoxian, Botou, Baoding, Nanpi, Cangzhou, Sanhe, jizhou city and pingdu city in Shandong Province.