guǎng 广

Migration and Distribution (Missing) The Guang surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the mainland and Taiwan. It is said that in ancient times, there was a rare virtuous man named Guangchengzi. In order to cultivate his body and mind, he lived in seclusion in a stone house in Kongtong Mountain. Emperor Huang often visited him to seek the great principles of governing the country and ensuring social stability. His descendants first took Guangcheng as their surname and later simplified it to Guang. In the Han Dynasty, Li Zuoche, who once served as an official in Guangwu (now Yanmen, Henan Province), his descendants originally took Guangwu, the name of the place, as their surname and later simplified it to the Guang clan. At the same time, Chen Yu also served as an official in Guangwu, and his descendants also took Guangwu as their surname at first and then simplified it to the Guang surname. The prominent family of the Guang surname is located in Danyang (now Xuancheng, Anhui Province). Over the past 2,000 years, there have been several counties named Danyang. The Guang clan "claims its origin from Danyang", that is, taking Danyang as the center of reproduction. However, there are so many places named Danyang in history. Which Danyang is really the "hometown" of the Guang family? According to research, some people think that the Danyang related to the Guang clan is the current Danyang County in Jiangsu Province. The Guang surname is a rare surname in China. Currently, its members are distributed in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia; Hancheng, Shaanxi; Jiuquan, Gansu; Lushi, Henan; Wuchang, Hubei; Chenghai, Guangdong; Tianlin, Guangxi; Longchuan and Maguan, Yunnan; and Hejiang, Sichuan. In Chaoshan, there are more than 100 people with the Guang surname in Chenghai, mainly living in Dongli Town.