Huang's totem was originally a phoenix, and later it evolved into a phoenix.
During the period of Huangdi-Shun, the leader of Dongyi tribe was named Boyi, who won the surname by Shun because of his meritorious service in helping Yu control water and "helping Shun tame birds and animals, and many birds and animals were tamed".
Legend has it that there are 14 descendants of Boyi. One of them, Huang, established the Huang State in Huangchuan, Henan Province in the late Shang and early Zhou Dynasties. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu in the south dominated the world, and only Huang Guo and Sui dared to compete with it.
In 648 BC, King Chu Cheng accused Huang of not paying tribute to the State of Chu, making a wrong analysis of the situation, ignoring the criticism of the State of Chu and being unprepared. As a result, that summer was destroyed by Chu.
Huang Guo (Xia Dynasty in 265438 BC+Late Spring and Autumn Period in 048 BC-648 BC) According to the Records of the Old Town of Huang Guo, in 265438 BC+048 BC, Huang Guo was founded in Gulong Township, the old town twelve miles west of Dingcheng, Chunguang County, by Da Lian, the eldest son of Boyi. After the national subjugation, all the descendants of Huang who took the country name as their surname were Huang.
No matter whether Huang comes from Boyi or Luzhong, he is generally a descendant of Emperor Zhuan Xu, taking the country as his surname.
There is another saying about the origin of Huang's surname that he was born after.
The yellow race moved from the west of Huangshui River to the lower reaches of Fenshui River in Zhuan Xu. Huang was destroyed by Jin in the early Spring and Autumn Period, which is also one of the sources of Huang's surname.
In many great ethnic integrations in history, some members of the Huang family have integrated into the Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Shui, Buyi and other ethnic minorities. After the national subjugation, some of Huang's adherents fled to the Central Plains, a large number of them moved to today's Hubei, and some of them worked as officials in Chu. It is said that Huanggang, Huangpi, Huangmei and other places were named after the yellow race moved here.
After the Han Dynasty, Huang moved south to the north and south of the Yangtze River, south to Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places, and north to Gushi and Nanyang in Henan. Jiangxia Huang Feng, also known as Huang Feng, has lived in Fujian since the Jin Dynasty.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Huang claimed to be prosperous in Fujian and Guangdong. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, he began to emigrate to Taiwan Province Province, and later many people emigrated overseas.
Huang is the seventh surname in China today. In addition, the surname Huang is more common among Taiwan Province residents, and enjoys the reputation of "Huangzhengman Street" with the surname Zheng.