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History of Gu surname in Tongxin County, Ningxia

For the Xia Dynasty, Shun Yao's surname was Kunwu Guguo, and Guo was the surname.

There is a record in the classic Ode to a Poet Merchant: "Wei Gu has been cut, Kunwu Xia Jie." There is a record in the history book Biography: "There is a country, and there are worries.

Gu and Kunwu are both surnames. "

In terms of surnames, they are descendants of Zhuan Xu the Great, the grandson of Huangdi III, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Sun Yao, the descendant of Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was named Dongyi (now Yongjia, Zhejiang) for helping the princes to destroy Qin. Later, Yao also betrothed his son to Huiji, called Gu.

Later, Gu's descendants took the family name "Gu" of their fiefs as their surname, forming a Gu family with the title of their ancestors as their surname, which was called authentic in history.

From South Gu and North Gu, these two Gu surnames, one originated in the north and the other originated in the south, and later generations called them "South Gu" and "North Gu".

Today, when people surnamed Gu talk about their origins, they still say "looking south" and "looking north".

After Gu's surname, "North Gu" did not develop as well as "South Gu", and South Gu soon became the most popular surname in Huiji (now Wuxian, Suzhou). During the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, they were called Huiji four surnames together with Lu, Zhu and Zhang.

Because Gu's surname mainly originated from and grew up in Huiji, Huiji became one of the counties with Gu's name.

Later, the Gu family moved to Wuling (now Wuling West, Suzhou) and developed rapidly, so Wuling became another county of Gu family.

From Mongolia, he belongs to Chinese culture and changed his surname to surname.

From Manchu to Chinese, the surname was changed to surname.

From Xibo nationality to Han culture, the surname was changed to surname.

According to Tongzhi Genealogy in Qing Dynasty and Tongdian Genealogy in Qing Dynasty, the surnames of Manchu Eight Banners, Xibo nationality and Manchu Gourga, also known as Guoerjia, Guoerluojia and Gourga, lived in Badbuzhantai (now Sanchazi, Tieling, Liaoning), Nenhe (now Nehe, Heilongjiang) and Changbai Mountain.

If Manchu is the surname, Manchu pinyin is Giya Hala.

As far as Yugur nationality is concerned, it belongs to sinicization and changes its surname.

Originated from changing one's surname and taking care of oneself, it is a branch of Dagutou Gu, which changed its surname to surname for some reason.

Originated from other ethnic minorities, it belongs to Chinese culture and changed its surname to surname.