The Wan Surname Ancestor Memorial Hall in Wan Surname Culture

Interpretation of hundreds of surnames and ten thousand surnames. In this issue of Wanxing Culture, we will explain to you the Memorial Hall of the Ancestors of Wanxing in China. The surname Wan is among the top 100 common surnames in mainland China. According to the results of the sixth census, the mainland's population with the Wan surname is 2.54 million, accounting for 0.21% of the total Han population in the mainland, ranking 92nd in the mainland.

The Ancestor Memorial Hall of Wan Surname Culture

The Chinese Wan Surname Ancestor Memorial Hall was established by the Zhaodong Buddhist Association with the approval of the government’s religious management department. 11,970 surnames are enshrined in the memorial hall. Ancestor tablet (another addition to the "Chinese Surname Dictionary"). The 11,969 surnames officially listed in the "Dictionary of Chinese Surnames" published by Mr. Yuan Yida of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1996 are used as the basis for the ancestral surnames of past dynasties. In this way, we commemorate the heroes and ancestors of our Chinese nation for five thousand years. Zong, infects the people, inspires people's hearts, enhances the cohesion of the Chinese nation, and forms a huge force to revitalize China and promote unification. Just imagine, whether they are Buddhist disciples, people who have just entered Buddhism, or people who have not yet heard of Buddhism, as soon as they step into this sacred hall, which descendant of the Yan and Huang descendants will not be excited and excited? We should admire this idea and cheer for this move.

How many surnames have appeared in China’s five thousand years of history? How many ancestors have there been worth worshiping? It's a mystery, and no one can solve it. However, there are many people who are interested in research in this area in the past, and they have accumulated very rich data and results. The 11,969 surnames established by Mr. Yuan Yida in the "Dictionary of Chinese Surnames" are based on the previous ones and contemporary ones. The latest results of other disciplines are obtained after collecting, mining, sorting and summarizing. Of course, what's more important is that this research work has been recognized by the country's highest research institution and included in national-level research projects. It has also received attention, cooperation and support from peer scientists around the world.

Currently, our country is at the leading level in this research field. Mr. Yuan Yida realized that Chinese surnames are diverse, and many of them were formed due to changing surnames. In modern times, a clan's surname needs to be divided into clans due to development, and the separated clans can no longer use the old surname, so there are more and more types of surnames. At the same time, many people changed their surnames and used existing surnames, so that the common surnames became larger and larger, and the composition of the common surnames became more and more complex. Why have many surnames disappeared? The main reason is that the ethnic group with this kind of surname is too small and cannot be preserved from generation to generation. On the other hand, the Han surname of the ethnic minorities has given up the original ethnic surname and completely changed to the Han surname. Therefore, the common surnames in China include other surnames. By blood, I am part of you and you are part of me. A surname will not die out for no reason in the world, nor will a surname be created without any reason. All surnames should be equal, and everyone should live in harmony and prosper.

Changing surnames has caused the diversification of Chinese surnames, but in essence (from a genetic point of view), changing surnames only changes the symbol expressed by the surname, and there is no change in the genetic material of the father passed down from generation to generation. For example, in the current society, women must strive for gender equality and let their sons not use their father's surname. It seems that you are fighting for equality. At that time, you only fought for your son to use the grandfather's surname. He was still passed down from father to son, and the chromosome that represented the father's inheritance was still the son's biological father. Changing Chinese surnames does not change the inheritance pattern from father to son, nor does it change the content of chromosomes. Therefore, there is no necessary connection between striving for social equality between men and women and changing surnames. Our ancestors’ original definition of surnames and the rules of generational tradition were extremely scientific. They completely followed the principles of evolution of the material that represents paternal inheritance in humans, and are natural laws that remain unchanged despite thousands of years. So if there is no special need, it is best not to change your surname.

The views of Mr. Yuan Yida of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: First, the number of surnames that have appeared in Chinese people throughout the ages is far more than 11,969. He has collected 22,000 surnames so far. Together with the collections of other people, this number It needs to be enlarged. At an appropriate time in the future, after research and verification, it will be made public in the form of a formal publication. Add new surname tablets to the ancestral halls of Chinese surnames; secondly, China's five thousand years of civilization has produced countless heroes and spiritual wealth, and the traditional culture that can be passed down contains infinite vitality.

Every one of us Chinese, no matter how high our position is, how powerful we are, or how knowledgeable we are, we cannot easily deny traditional culture. We should respect history, use history, apply it in the contemporary era, and benefit future generations. People should criticize less, study more, belittle less and promote more. Revitalizing Sinochem cannot be separated from modern science and technology, nor from traditional civilization and cultural foundation. The purpose of erecting the ancestral tablets of the surnames of the Chinese nation throughout the ages is to enable our descendants to always remember our roots and origins.

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