Origins
Surname Origin
In the era of the ancient emperor Zhuanxu, Pang Jiang was one of the Eight Talented Sons; his descendants took the character “降” from his name as their surname.
Jiàng Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 67Jiàng / Chiang
Historical Records
Documentary Record
The earliest recorded mention of the Jiang surname is in the Ming-dynasty work Wanshi Tongpu.
Population Record
The fourth population census recorded 4,334 people with the Jiang surname in Shanxi Province, 26 in Linfen, and 1 in Hongdong County.
Commanderies and Clan Halls
Ancestral Offering
The ancestral tablets of the Jiang surname are enshrined in cabinet No. 2 of the Hongdong Locust Tree Ancestral Hall.
Migration and Distribution
Among the Jiang migrants from the Hongdong locust tree in the early Ming period, descendants were distributed by the late Qing period across Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Shanxi, and other areas.
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