Why do Koreans and China people share the same surname?
There are less than 300 surnames in Korea, but most people only use a few. The most common surnames are: Jin, Li, Park, An, Zhang, Zhao, Cui, Chen, Han, Jiang, Liu and Yin. South Korea's four major surnames, Kim, Lee, Park and Choi, account for half of the country's population, and intermarriage between the same surnames is still strictly prohibited.
During the Three Kingdoms Period of the Ancient Peninsula, Goguryeo began to use surnames in the first century A.D. ... followed by Baekje and Silla, who began to use surnames in the 4th and 6th centuries respectively. Due to the influence of China culture, Korean surnames are very similar to those of China people. Korean surnames can also be divided into single surnames and compound surnames. The most common surnames are Jin, Li, Park, Cui, Zheng and Jiang, and the compound surnames are, Zhuge, Dugu, Xianyu, Huangfu and Nangong.
According to 1985, there are 275 surnames of Koreans. It can be seen that Silla, the main body of the Three Koreas, used the Han surname 500 years later than Koguryo, while Baekje was a colonial dynasty established by Koguryo royal family in the Three Koreas, and there was still a gap of 300 years between its use of the Han surname and Koguryo.
The common surnames in Korea are Jin, Li, Park, An, Zhang, Zhao, Cui, Chen, Han, Jiang, Liu and Yin, which have hardly appeared in the history of Koguryo. Besides Jin Hepu, Li, Zhang, Zhao, Cui, Chen and Liu were the most popular and expensive surnames in China from the late Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Among the five major surnames in South Korea, Kim Benguan 106, Park Benguan over 70, and Cui Benguan 43, all of which are of local origin, and there is no common surname introduced from China. Of the 109 biographies of Li, about 30 were imported from China. Of the 35 biographies of Zheng, only two were imported from China, namely "The Biography of Ruishan Zheng" and "The Biography of Langya Zheng". An, Bian, Bian, Cai, Cao, Chen, Chi, Ding, Fan, Fang, Fang, Hong, Kang, Ji, Jiang, Kang, Kong, Lian, Lu, Ming, Nan, Pan, Qian, Qin, Qiu, Ren, Shen, Shi, Song, Shen. Surnames such as Lin, Lu, Liu, Che, Luo, Lu, Nangong, Rui, Wang and Wu are circulated in the genealogy. The ancestors were China people who entered the Korean peninsula during the Shang, Zhou, Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties.
Koreans don't have surnames. In the ancient Three Kingdoms period, Koguryo first began to use surnames in the first century AD. Baekje and Silla followed closely, and began to use surnames in the 4th and 6th centuries respectively. Due to the influence of China culture, Korean surnames are very similar to those of China people. Korean surnames can also be divided into single surnames and compound surnames. The most common surnames are Jin, Li, Park, Cui, Zheng and Jiang, and the compound surnames are, Zhuge, Dugu, Xianyu, Huangfu and Nangong. According to 1985 survey of population and national conditions in Korea, Koreans have 275 surnames.
Another strange phenomenon in Korean surnames is "Ben". When people introduce each other, they should not only say their surnames, but also their "Ben". The so-called "Ben" refers to the origin of surnames, which is equivalent to the native place of China people. For example, although everyone surnamed Jin is surnamed Jin, the "roots" are different. For example, there are Guangzhou Jinshi, Anton Jinshi, Yicheng Jinshi and Gyeongju Jinshi. Li includes Yan 'an Li and Hanshan Li. People with the same surname "Ben" are kindred.
In South Korea, the brand of ××× clan association can be seen everywhere. This clan association is responsible for the management of clan affairs. Such as the repair of ancestral graves, family temples and ancestral temples; Celebrate the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival for ancestors twice a year; Revise the genealogy every 30 years to help people solve various problems. In Korea, some surnames have only one "Ben" and some surnames have multiple "Ben". The most "Ben" is Jin, and there are 282 "Ben". Li also has 237 books.
In addition, there are more than 100 "Ben" surnames, such as Park, Cui and Zheng. The vast majority of Koreans are on the Korean peninsula, but there are also some "Ben" in China. This is because China and South Korea have been close neighbors since ancient times. In the years of mutual communication, some China people moved to the Korean peninsula, and brought their own surnames, which gradually merged into Korea and became Korean surnames.
In Korea, every surname family has its own genealogy. Genealogy records the origin of the ancestors of this family, the origins of various sects of this family, the official positions of each generation, where the men of this family married the women of this family, where the women of this family married the men of this family, and other related information, which is very detailed. Koreans attach great importance to genealogy and revise it every 30 years. All families should properly preserve the genealogy and pass it on from generation to generation. Even if you go overseas, you should pass it on from generation to generation and keep the genealogy, otherwise you will be in trouble if you can't produce evidence when you return to China to recognize your ancestors.
The earliest historical record of Korean culture was in 35 BC. After the Korean War, the confrontation between the north and the south of the Korean peninsula led to the differences of modern Korean culture, but the traditional cultures of the two sides came down in one continuous line. The Korean Peninsula has a close relationship with China in history, so its traditional culture is deeply influenced by China's traditional culture, but it still retains its unique characteristics.