There are several students surnamed Li in our class. They often joke, "We were a family 500 years ago." I once heard the teacher say that surnames are a kind of culture and worth studying. So, several students named Li made a survey about Li's history and present situation.

Second, the survey method

1. Consult books about China's surname, read newspapers and surf the Internet to learn about the origin of Li's surname and its historical celebrities.

2. Visit relevant departments to find out Li's population and distribution.

3. Collect Li's celebrity deeds through various channels.

Three. Investigation and data collation

The specific contents of all aspects involved in information channels

Source of Li surname in books and newspapers: It is said that the direct source of Li surname is Dali State, the official name of Shang Dynasty. The change of foreign surname is also one of the sources. Li became the first surname in China in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Er, Li Bing, Li Shimin, Li Bai, Li Qingzhao, Li Shizhen, Li Zicheng and Li Dazhao. ...

According to statistics, the total population of Li has exceeded 1 100 million.

Grandpa's story

..... There are 90 volumes of Li's Genealogy in the town biography collection of Liancheng County, Fujian Province.

Four. conclusion

1. Li has a long history in China. It is said that the leader of Dongyi Group was once an official of Dali (an official in charge of criminal law), and his descendants took the official name as their surname, namely Li. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Li was changed to Li. In the Tang Dynasty, "Li" was the surname of the country. According to records, among the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty, there were generals such as Xu, An, Du, Guo, Ma and Xian Yu, who were given the surname Li by the emperor for their meritorious service. We believe that a large number of other surnames were changed to Li, which is the main reason why Li became the most important surname in the Tang Dynasty, and also laid the foundation for the rapid growth of Li in the future.

In the long history, there are many talents named Li. There are Li Er, a thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period, Li Bing, a water conservancy expert in the Warring States Period, Li Shimin, a great poet, Li Qingzhao, a poetess in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Shizhen, a pharmacologist in the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, a leader of the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty, and Li Dazhao, one of the founders of the China Producers Party ... We are proud of the brilliance created by Li's ancestors.

3. Li is the most populous surname in contemporary China and the most populous surname in the world. According to statistics, the total population of Li exceeds 1 100 million.