Ji surname is one of the eight surnames in ancient China. The ancestors were the Yellow Emperor, the early ancestors of China people. The Yellow Emperor took Ji as his surname because he lived in Jishui for a long time.

The second is ginger.

Jiang's family originated from Shennong, and Emperor Yan was born in because he was named Jiang after water.

Jiang surname is also one of the origins of many surnames in China today, such as Lu surname, Xie surname, Qi surname, Gao surname, Lu surname and Cui surname. According to textual research, from the first generation of the monarch of Qi to now, there are 102 * * surnames derived from Jiang.

Regarding the source of Jiang's surname, there are the following statements:

First of all, it originated in Jiang Taigong.

According to the book of surnames, "Emperor Yan was born in, because of his surname, he was born as a squire, sealed, destroyed by heaven and earth, and his descendants were scattered, and later sealed as ginger". Jiang's surname is from Lushang, Jiang Ziya. Last name is Jiang and last name is Lu. During the Warring States Period, the State of Qi with ginger was replaced by Tian (Tian Daiqi), and the descendants of Lu Shang were scattered all over the country, some surnamed Lu and some surnamed Jiang.

Second, it originated from the surname "Gui".

Legend has it that Jiang is a descendant of "your daughter", which is consistent with one of the sources of Yao's surname. The descendants of your daughter add "female" to the mother's "expensive" to form the Jiang family, and add "female" to the left of "expensive" to form the Yao family. According to legend, if you don't marry a woman, you will have an emperor, and then if you marry a woman, you will have an emperor. After a woman marries the emperor, her offspring are surnamed Jiang.