My surname is Chen. What is Chen's introduction?

My last name is Chen. Chen is one of the oldest surnames in China. Today, Chen's development in China is particularly rapid. Chen has a population of more than 50 million, accounting for 4.53% of the Han population today, and is the fifth largest surname in China. In Taiwan Province Province, Chen is the first surname. Widely distributed in China, especially in Henan, Hunan, Guangdong and other provinces.

Characteristics and sources of Chen's surname

Chen's surname is one of the surnames in China, and it is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname, which mainly comes from the changes of Gui's and minority surnames. Is the ancestor of Chen.

Chen is a descendant. Before Shun was born, Yao married his two daughters to Shun and let them live by Gui River. So the descendants of Shun are called Gui surname. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after Zhou Wuwang destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he found Gui Man, a descendant at that time, married his eldest daughter, sealed him in Chen, and established the State of Chen, with its capital in Wanqiu (now Huaiyang, Henan).

He made Chen Guo prosperous for many years by selecting talents, promoting good and punishing evil, and making great efforts to govern. After Guiman's death, posthumous title was named Gong Hu, so he was also called Chen Hugong and Gong Hu. Later generations took the country as their surname, called Chen, and respected Chen as the ancestor.