The surname Nian is a family that took the name of their ancestor as their surname. It is a surname that appeared during the ancient period of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, belonging to the Jiang clan. It has a ranking in the Hundred Surnames and is also a surname with a certain status. Now, let's have the editor from Huayi Fortune-telling Network tell you about the migration locations and the clan titles of the Nian surname.
Where are the migration locations of the Nian surname mainly?
Firstly, according to records in "Lushi", in the ancient times, after Jiang Taigong helped King Wu of Zhou establish the Zhou Dynasty, he was enfeoffed and established the state of Qi, so Jiang Taigong was also known as Qi Taigong. A classical book called "Lushi" says: "After Qi Taigong, there were surnames named Nian." That means that one branch of Jiang Taigong's descendants took the surname Nian, and Qi Taigong is the ancestor of the Nian surname. Qi Taigong is the descendant of Jiang Ziya, the wise minister who assisted King Wu of Zhou 3,000 years ago, and later became the descendant of Qi Huan Gong. The Nian surname has a long history of thousands of years.
Another branch joined the Nian surname during the Ming Dynasty. This new blood came from the Yan surname. The famous clan of the Nian surname lived in Huaiyuan Commandery. According to the "Ming History: Biography of Nian Fu", it says, "The Nian surname originally had the surname Yan, but later it was mispronounced as Nian." The famous clan of the Nian surname lived in Huaiyuan Commandery (the seat of the commandery was in Huaiyuan County, now in the area of Walucun, Zhangzheng Township, east of Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region).
The famous clan comes from Huaiyuan Commandery.
What are the clan titles and commanderies of the Nian surname?
The term "Tang Hao" originally refers to the name of a hall or room. The Tang Hao is a substitute for the family's gate, an important part of the family culture. For the same surname people, they wrote the name of the hall on the plaque of their ancestral temple or family temple to worship and offer sacrifices to their common ancestors. Therefore, the Tang Hao also contains the meaning of the name of the ancestral temple, which is a marker to indicate the lineage and branches of a family; it is a symbol that shows the virtue of ancestors and promotes harmony among family members; it is an embodiment of the awareness of roots and the worship of ancestors.
Therefore, the Tang Hao and the "commandery" are both unique concepts in Chinese surname culture. They are also a concept that must be familiarized with when Chinese people search for their roots and honor their ancestors.
Commandery
Huaiyuan Commandery: This is the same as Huaiyuan County. There were two historical Huaiyuan Counties: ① In today's Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In the third year of Jiande of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (Jia Wu, 574 AD), the Huaiyuan Commandery and Huaiyuan County (now Walucun, Zhangzheng Township, Yinchuan City) were established in the original Han Dynasty Yinhan City, under the jurisdiction of Lingzhou. This was the beginning of the establishment of Yinchuan City. In the second year of Yifeng of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (Ding Chou, 677 AD), the Huaiyuan County was destroyed by a Yellow River flood. The following year (Wu Yin, 678 AD), a new Huaiyuan City was built west of the old city along the Tanglai Channel (now Yinchuan City), laying the foundation for the development of Yinchuan City. ② In today's Huaiyuan County, Bengbu City, Anhui Province. As early as the Tang and Yu periods, Huaiyuan was the settlement of the Tushan State, and it is one of the important origins of the Huaihe River culture and the Great Yu culture. In the fifth year of Baoyou of the Southern Song Dynasty (Ding Si, 1257 AD), Huaiyuan Army and Jingshan County were established, covering the current areas of Huaiyuan County and western parts of Bengbu City, as well as part of Guzhen County. The eastern part of the current Bengbu City belonged to the Zhongli County of Huzhou. All these areas belonged to the Huainan West Circuit. In the seventh year of Xianchun of the Southern Song Dynasty (Xin Wei, 1271 AD), Huai'an Army and Wuhe County were established, covering the current Wuhe County, belonging to the Huainan East Circuit. In the twenty-eighth year of Yuanshi of the Yuan Dynasty (Xin Mao, 1291 AD), the Huaiyuan Army was abolished, and Jingshan County was renamed to Huaiyuan County. The western part of the current Bengbu City belonged to Huaiyuan County, while the eastern part belonged to Zhongli County, both under the jurisdiction of Anfeng Road, Huzhou. The current Guzhen County belonged to Suzhou, Wuhe County belonged to Sizhou. In the twenty-seventh year of Zhizheng of the Yuan Dynasty (Ding Wei, 1367 AD), Huzhou was promoted to Linhao Prefecture. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhongli County was successively renamed to Zhongli County, Linhuai County, and Fengyang County. The western part of the current Bengbu City belonged to Huaiyuan County, and the eastern part belonged to Fengyang County. The current Guzhen County was divided among Suzhou, Huaiyuan County, Lingbi County, Wuhe County, and Fengyang County. Linhao Prefecture was later renamed to Zhongli Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, and the counties of Huaiyuan, Lingbi, Wuhe, and Fengyang were all under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Prefecture. In the first year of the Republic of China (Ren Zi, 1912 AD), Fengyang Prefecture was abolished, and Huaiyuan County and Wuhe County directly belonged to Anhui Province. Later, they belonged to the Huasi Dao of Anhui Province. At the same time, the three county offices of Bengbu were abolished, and the area north of the Huaihe River in the current Bengbu City was assigned to Lingbi County, while the area south of the Huaihe River was assigned to Fengyang County. The current Guzhen County was still divided among Suzhou, Lingbi, Wuhe, Huaiyuan, and Fengyang counties. In the sixteenth year of the Republic of China (Ding Mao, 1927 AD), the National Government of Nanjing was established, officially abolishing the Dao system. Fengyang County, Huaiyuan County, Lingbi County, and Wuhe County successively directly belonged to Anhui Province. On October 8, 1983, the State Council approved the transfer of Huaiyuan, Guzhen, and Wuhe counties of the Suzhou region to the jurisdiction of Bengbu City.
Tang Hao
Bingyan Hall: Nian Gengyao governed his army with the strictest discipline. The clan took pride in this and thus named their hall "Bingyan Hall". Later, to avoid the disasters of the Nian family, some clan members changed their surnames to Chen and Lian.
Huaiyuan Hall: Established based on the commandery.
