Donghe (東和里)

The surname Zhou was derived from Ji.From the descendants of Zhou Ping Wang Ji Yi Yu, belonging to the country name as a surname. Zhou's ancestor was Ji Houji, a farmer and goddess. He originally lived in Xi (southwest of Wugong County, Shaanxi Province). The "Living People" in "Shijing · Daya" describes the history of Ji Houji's birth and the establishment of agriculture and family business.Later, in the era of Ancient Gongjin's father, the Ancient Gongluan people moved to the Zhouyuan area (now Shaanxi Qishan County) at the foot of the Qishan Mountains to avoid the attacks and harassment of Western tribes, and established a country.Because it is in this place of Zhouyuan, it is called Zhou Guo, and the ancient dukes are called Zhou Taiwang. The main source of Zhou's surname is the descendant of Ji Yiru, the last king of the Zhou Dynasty.In the 11th century BC, King Ji of Zhouwu established the Western Zhou Dynasty after the end of the Yin Shang Dynasty.In the 11th year of King Jigu of Zhou (771 BC), after Shen Hou joined forces with Dog Army to kill King Zhou You, Xi Zhou perished.After the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Ji Yi of Zhou Ping ascended the throne and moved the capital to Luoyang, historically known as the Eastern Zhou.After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was destroyed by King Zhaoxiang of Qin in the 59th year of King Jiyan of Zhouhao (49 years of King Ying of Qin Zhaoxiang, 256 BC), which lasted for a total of 866 years and experienced 34 emperors. Zhou Pingwang Jiyi had a son named Zhou Lie, who was sealed as the Marquis of Your Tomb.At the time of his nineteenth grandson, Zhou Yi, Qin Zhaoxiang King of the Zhou Dynasty, lost the throne from this Zhou Dynasty, but the descendants of the descendants are still there, many people still take the name of the previous dynasty as a surname, called the Zhou family. Upon the establishment of the Han Dynasty, these old dynasty princes and nobles resumed the position of Zhou. Liu Bang, the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandSince then, the Zhou clan, as a famous family in the area of Runan, experienced the Han, Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang and other dynasties, which lasted for thousands of years, and many famous figures appeared in history.