2. Li Shu's totem theory. In other words, Li's surname originated from totem worship and thought it was totem. Li Yin became an official in Dali and got his surname Li. Later, he took refuge for food. Because they eat wild plums, they are cultivated as domestic plum trees, and plum trees are regarded as sacred trees, that is, totem trees. Therefore, all descendants of Li often plant Li as a symbol next to the house, and this habit has been preserved to this day. Li Baijia had a peach and plum garden, and many plum trees were planted in the palace garden of the Tang Dynasty.
3, the source of Ji surname (tiger totem) said. In Shang Dynasty, there was a descendant of Zhou surnamed Ba, who lived in Zhong Lishan (now northwest of Changyang, Hubei). After the destruction of commerce, Ba people were named Ba Zi State (now Banan District, Chongqing). In 306 AD, Ba people established a great country in Sichuan, which was called Cheng Han in history. This was the first dynasty established by Li in China.
There is a view that Li's totem is not a plum tree but a tiger. The totem of Laozi's birthplace in Li Er, Chen Chu is a tiger, and "Li Er" means "tiger" in Chu language. Ba people regard the tiger as a totem, and Ba people read the tiger as Li. When the tiger totem evolved into a surname, the Ba people respected the surname of the Han people, so they used Li according to the sound.
Extended information Li surname is one of Chinese and Korean surnames, ranking 4th among the hundreds of surnames in China. This is the most populous surname in the world. Li is the first surname.
In order to distinguish it from homonyms, Li often calls it "eighteen sons of Li" and "". 1977 China historians pointed out in a paper on "surnames" published in Oriental Magazine that Li is one of the top ten surnames of Chinese people in the world. In North Korea and Vietnam, Li is also a common surname, and Li is the second largest surname in North Korea.
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