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Where did Liu come from?

Liu's earliest birthplace is in today's Tang County, Hebei Province. This is the place where Liu's descendants lived in ancient times. They held up axes and bravely conquered nature with their totems.

Starting with the etymology of the word "Liu", we can trace the source. Liu Ziyuan often said, "Liu's surname, Liu" when people introduced Liu's surname. This is what people see today, representing the number of China people in the world and the blood emblem of tens of millions of people, named Liu.

According to available data, the oldest Liu Di is located in Tangxian County, Hebei Province. The interpretation of "Liu" in the Four Hundred Pages Dictionary by Sanmin Bookstore is "Liu, the place name", the fief of the descendants of Emperor Yao, in Tangxian County, Hebei Province. The great historian of the Song Dynasty wrote in Tongzhi Shiyi: "Emperor Yao was later sealed in Liu, and his land is now in Tangxian County, Dingzhou."

The oldest known birthplace of the Liu family is in today's Tang County, Hebei Province. This is the place where the Liu family held high the axe with "Liu" as the totem and blood emblem in ancient times and lived in the process of bravely conquering nature and pioneering civilization.