Lin is the most popular surname at the 16th National Congress of China. It has a large population, accounting for about 1. 17% of the Han population in China.

■ the origin of surnames

Lin has three sources:

1, in terms of surname, is the descendant of Shang Tang's surname after Gao Xin of the Yellow Emperor, and its ancestor is Bigan. According to the Preface to the Compilation of Jin 'an Genealogy, Yuanhe Family and other related materials, Shang Tang is a descendant of his son's surname after the Yellow Emperor Gao Xin, taking his place of residence as his surname.

2. Judging from the surname, Ji's ancestor had an illegitimate child. According to Tongzhi Clan Strategy Taking the Word as the Family Name, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the illegitimate child was given the surname of Kai, and later generations took his grandfather's word as the family name and called it Lin.

3. Change the surname from ethnic minorities. According to the Records of Shu Wei Guan's Family, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty changed a part of his family's original compound surname into a Chinese character named Lin, that is, Lin's surname in Luoyang, Henan Province.

■ Take the surname of the ancestors

Lin Jian. In the last years of Shang Dynasty, Shang Zhouwang doted on da ji, went wild and killed Zhongliang. As Zhou Wang's uncle, Beagan discouraged Zhou Wang's immoral behavior many times. Zhou Wang never listened to or believed Beagan's loyalty, so he cut open Beagan's chest and cut out his heart. The news of Beagan's murder reached home. Bi Gan's wife, Chen, worried about harming her again, regardless of her pregnancy, fled to Changlin Mountain (now Jixian County, Henan Province) with her handmaiden and gave birth to a son there. Because she often drinks spring water, she named it spring. After Zhou Wuwang destroyed the business, he was buried again and searched everywhere for the whereabouts of his descendants. Chen went to see him with his son's right. Zhou Wuwang felt that Bi Gan's son was born in the mountains and his father was unyielding, so he changed his surname to Lin Mingjian. Since then, Lin Jian named after Zhou Wuwang was formally born. So he became the ancestor of Lin.

■ Migration distribution

Lin was born in Henan province. Because Zhou Wuwang was famous for Lin Jian, Lin Jian lived in Boling (now Anping, Hebei), and his descendants inherited his title. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lin lived in seclusion in Zhou (now Shaanxi and Henan), Shandong, Qi and Wei due to official relocation. During the Warring States Period, the prime minister of Zhao, Lin Hao, began to live in Jiumen (now northwest of Gaocheng County, Hebei Province), with nine sons: Wen, Cheng, Xuan, Hua, De, Xiu, Ming, Mian and Zhao. His father and son are very virtuous, and they are called "the father of Kowloon" and "the gate of ten virtues". Later, because the prince of Zhao was jealous of his talent, he forced the Lins to take refuge in Xihe (Yulin River, which flows through Yulin, Shaanxi Province and flows into Yongding River). In the Han Dynasty, Lin's descendants successively held official positions such as Shaofu and Taifu, making them famous families in Jinan. Later, due to political persecution, the surname of Lin in the Central Plains moved southward in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and moved to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. By the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the surname Lin of the Central Plains began to enter Fujian. Lin Mao, the eldest son of the eighty-first generation Sun Linying, was the prefect of Xiapi and was named Xiapi Forest. The second son, Lu Lin footballer, was the magistrate of Jin 'an and the king of Jin 'an County. After his death, he was buried in Jiulonggang, Tuling County, Hui 'an County, and became a sacred place for Lin's family, the founder of Fujian. Its Miao people are scattered in Houguan, Tang Fu, Changle, Hui 'an, Longxi, Zhangpu and other places, which is called "Jin 'an lineage of Lin Min" and has become the largest and most famous branch of Lin surname. There are many tribes in Jin 'an derived from Lin's surname, of which two are the most prosperous: one is the lineage of Houguan (now Fuzhou, Fujian), and the national hero Lin Zexu belongs to this branch; One is the lineage of Putian. Starting from Sun Lin Sui of Lin Luzhi, Sun Linsheng of Lin Sui XIII gave birth to nine sons, all of whom were named "Jiu Mulinjia". The famous branches of Jin 'an School are Qiongzhou School and Suiyang School, which moved to Hainan in the Tang Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty respectively, and some of them were scattered in Henan and Gansu in the Ming Dynasty because of the war. Lin first entered Taiwan Province in the Tang Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the surname Lin from the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong began to migrate to Taiwan Province Province and flourished there. Lin surnames are widely distributed in Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan Province provinces, accounting for about 60% of the national Lin surnames. It is a typical southern surname in China, and now it has spread all over the country, and also exported to Hong Kong, Macao and abroad. Lin is the most popular surname at the 16th National Congress of China. It has a large population, accounting for about 1. 17% of the Han population in China.