The origin and current population of hundreds of families with high surnames.

The source of Gao surname mainly comes from Jiang surname, the descendant of Yandi Shennong.

Gao is a descendant of Jiang Ziya, and his style was originally a descendant of Emperor Yan, so Gao is a descendant of Emperor Yan, and his blood ancestor is Emperor Yan.

The book Dialectics of Surnames in Ancient and Modern Times and Genealogy all say that "the surname of Gao is the surname of Jiang". In ancient times, he was the tribal leader of Jiang surname, so Shennong was the blood ancestor of Gao surname.

As mentioned earlier, it is said that Emperor Yan and Huangdi are brothers. Because Emperor Yan grew up in (a tributary of Weihe River, now Qishan, Shaanxi Province), he took Jiang as his surname. Later, Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor had another conflict of interest. After three fierce wars, Yan Di was defeated by the Yellow Emperor again. Since then, the Yan Di tribe has further merged with the Huangdi tribe, and combined with some Jiuli ethnic groups, living in the Yellow River valley for a long time, forming the backbone of the Chinese nation in the future.

Legend has it that Emperor Yan was the earliest inventor of agriculture in ancient times, so he was called Shennong. According to legend, there was a large population, few livestock and insufficient food and clothing. Emperor Yan cut and kneaded wood into tools such as shovels and thunder, and taught people to reclaim land and sow grain. His son teaches people to grow vegetables on crutches. Legend has it that when he was thinking about how to teach people to sow grains, many kinds of grains fell from the sky. He collected the grain and planted it on the reclaimed land, and then he had food for people to eat. There are even more magical and beautiful legends. It is said that there is a red-covered Danque flying across the sky with nine ears of grain in its mouth. The grains on the ear fell to the ground, so Emperor Yan picked them up and planted them in the ground. Later, it grew into a tall and big valley. This precious grain can not only satisfy hunger, but also live forever.

Besides, Emperor Yan also fought against human diseases. Legend has it that he once whipped all kinds of herbs with a magic whip called "ochre whip". When these herbs are stirred, they are toxic, cold or hot, and their properties naturally show up. Emperor Yan treated people according to their different natures. It is also said that in order to further verify the medicinal properties, Emperor Yan personally tasted hundreds of herbs and was poisoned 70 times in one day, thus identifying many poisonous herbs. Finally, I tasted a kind of heartbroken grass with great toxicity, and finally sacrificed my life for the people because of rotten intestines. Until now, when people see this vine with small yellow flowers crawling on the wall or fence, they are very alert and know that it is very toxic, because it once killed Shennong in Yan Di. It is said that Shennong's medicine tripod is still preserved in Shenfugang, Taiyuan, Shanxi. He also said that in Chengyang Mountain, you can also find the place where Shennong whips medicine. That mountain is also called Shennong Garden, or Herb Mountain.

Emperor Yan saw that although the people were well-fed and well-fed, life was still inconvenient, so he asked the people to set up a market and exchange what they needed at the market. There were no clocks at that time, and there were no other ways to record time. Why set the exchange time? People can't leave their jobs and wait in the market all day! So Emperor Yan taught them to take the height of the rising sun as the standard. When the sun is at the top, they trade. After this time, the market broke up. Everyone thinks it is accurate and convenient to use, and everyone likes it.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Ziya was blocked in the State of Qi because he helped destroy the business.

He is a descendant of Emperor Yan, so he is called Gao's consanguinity. Qi Taigong, formerly known as Jiang, was called Jiang Ziya. His ancestors lived in Yu Shun and were sealed in Lu (now Nanyang West, Henan Province), and later generations took Lu as their surname. His name was Shang, which was later called Shang. According to historical records, the Qi Taigong family began to decline in the Xia and Shang Dynasties and lived in poverty. Although he is very talented and often wants to display his talents, he spent most of his life in obscurity, poverty and displacement. He once slaughtered cattle in Chao Ge (now Qixian County, Henan Province) and opened a restaurant in Jin Meng (now northeast of Jin Meng, Henan Province). When his energy had obviously declined, he had to come to Weishui, build a hut by the water and make a living by fishing. But he still has such a faint hope in his heart: one day he will meet Mingjun, so that his economic ambition can finally come in handy. However, year after year, his beard and hair finally turned from gray to white, leaving two deep dents on the stone where he threw bait and knees, but Mingjun's footsteps in hope were still slim. In the end, he even intends to lose this last hope and prepare to be a fisherman he doesn't want to be and live in seclusion for life. Unexpectedly, just when he was disheartened, he saw a man in black who looked like a king coming towards him, and a dramatic meeting began. Zhou Wenwang, who was thirsty for wisdom, soon realized that this man was the Great Sage he was looking for. Zhou Wenwang said: "My ancestors once said,' In the future, when saints arrive in Zhou, Zhou will be prosperous.' You must be the saint I taigong said! From then on, people called Lu Shang "King Tai Gong". Zhou Wenwang Xibo invited Qi Taigong to get on the bus and return to Beijing together, and appointed him as a captain (the military attache in charge of the army).

Since then, Qi Taigong has assisted Xibo in recruiting talents, reorganizing internal affairs, expanding armaments, and making expeditions to the north, which has made great contributions to laying the foundation for cutting merchants. After the Xibo people became complacent about Jiang Ziya, they annexed several small countries nearby, moved their capital from Qixia (now north of Qishan County, Shaanxi Province) to Feng (now east of Huxian County, Shaanxi Province), and forced them to sing praises to the capital of Shang Dynasty step by step. After Xibo's death, he helped King Wu destroy the business, took the lead and made great contributions. Therefore, when King Wu sealed a vassal state, he sealed it in Qi and Yingqiu (later called Linzi, now northeast of Zibo), and Qi Taigong became the founding monarch of Qi, a vassal state of Zhou Dynasty.

Jiang Taigong made a great contribution to the establishment of the state, and was sealed in the State of Qi when it was enfeoffed, with Yingqiu as its capital (now Linzi North, Shandong Province), and established the State of Qi in Bo Gu's hometown between Mount Tai and Bohai Sea. It governs the eastern and northern parts of Shandong Province, including the Yellow River basin north of Mount Tai and Jiaodong Peninsula. Since the eighth grandson (Tanabata) (that is, Gao (Tanabata)) was given the high surname, the high surname has always played an important political role in Qi. The Gao family, the Guo family, the Xian family and the Yan family are the largest slave owners and nobles in Qi. Therefore, in ancient times, the surname Gao had considerable influence in Linzi, Shandong Province today.

After King Tai Gong came here, he cultivated his morality, respected the local people's customs and habits, simplified cumbersome etiquette, took advantage of fishing and salt making by the sea, developed commerce and handicrafts, and made the country rich and strong, and nearby residents moved to settle down one after another. Later, he also gained the power to conquer the princes of the world. If anyone disobeys the Zhou royal family, is not loyal to his duties, or is at fault, he can send troops to punish him for Zhou. As a result, he destroyed the small countries in the East and made Qi the main force to help the Zhou royal family control the coastal areas and regions of the Bohai Sea.

To Lv Chi, that is, the sixth Sun Wengong, a son in Gaoyi (now Henan Yuxian) titles, said Gongzi Gao. During the Zhou Dynasty, the most distinguished ministers of Qi were Guo and Gao Ergong, and their appointments were directly granted by Zhou. The grandson of Gongzi Gao (decorated) was a good friend with his brother Gongzi when he was in Qi Shangqing. After being killed by Sun's ignorance, (Qi) United with Guan Zhong and other ministers to quell civil strife, Zhu killed Sun's ignorance and made Sun a monarch, that is. Because of the contribution of (Qixi), he was named Wang Fu and Gao (Qixi). Later, he took Gao as his surname, which was Shandong Gao's.

After the Han and Wei Dynasties, although Gao's surname was not among the four major surnames in Shandong and the six major surnames in the south of the Yangtze River, it was always among the most popular surnames in China, especially in the north, which was basically within 30 surnames. In modern times, the development of Gao surname was particularly rapid. China Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Genetics 1992 China surname survey results show that Gao's surname ranks 15 among the main surnames in China, accounting for about 1.068% of the total population in China. At present, there are about130,000 people in China.

The distribution of people with high surnames is basically the same in ancient and modern times, with more in the north and less in the south. Gao's surname originated in Shandong, Henan and Hebei, and its spread has three directions. It develops westward along the Yellow River to Shaanxi and Shanxi in the middle and upper reaches, north and south on the east coast, Jiangsu and Shanghai in the south and Liaoning and Jilin in the north. Therefore, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places are areas with relatively concentrated distribution of high ethnic groups. The Institute of Linguistic Application of China Academy of Social Sciences conducted a spot check on the population census of China 1982. The ranking of high surnames in seven regions is: Shaanxi 7th, Beijing 10, Liaoning 1 1, Shanghai 15, Fujian 34th, Sichuan 50th and Guangdong 62nd. This result explains the distribution of high surnames more accurately.

In addition, there are also high surnames among ethnic minorities in China. In addition to the Korean nationality mentioned above, there are also high surnames among ethnic minorities such as Jing, Li, Miao, Gelao, Hani, Bai and Dongxiang. Most of the reasons for his surname are the result of following the Han surname.