Cheng Shi is a multi-ethnic and origin of the ancient surnames, in today's China name list on top of 31, in Taiwan province ranked seventy-fourth, a population of about eight million and twenty-three thousand, about 0.59% of the population, with quang, more stable, henan, luoyang, the core and liaodong county.

Cheng Shizu people distribution in history, the north is given priority to with henan, hebei, shanxi, shaanxi, southern anhui, zhejiang, guangdong primarily.

1. During the spring and autumn period

During the spring and autumn period, Cheng Shi mainly reproduction in the state of jin (now shanxi).Spring and autumn period, jin is the western zhou royal family surname, developed into a powerful kingdoms.Duke wen become one of "the spring and autumn period and the five bully".The state of jin land in Shanxi Province as the center, including parts of henan, hebei and shanxi.By the XunShi surname Cheng Shi also out of the crowd a lot of celebrities.The grandson of a Cheng Ji to admit light.His son Cheng Zheng, moral, and outspoken about, get the appreciation of duke dao of jin, was appointed royal horse, later became the army deputy commander in chief, become one of the six state of jin qing.Have doctor routine slide again, with the support of worthies suppress LuanShu, boc, stabbed by accounts without tao jin LiGong, become a name of a character.Besides GouShi surname Cheng Shi, intelligence in the family also has a surname Cheng Shi, such as Cheng Xiu.XunShi support to admit light city in the process, based on city's, this is a source of Cheng Shi crowd.Although it was not the source of the earliest Cheng Shi, expand the Cheng Shi team, after all.After the western zhou dynasty perish, partial Cheng Shi ancestors moved to the state of jin, then we have GouShi, intellectual's last name Cheng Shi, spring and autumn period, the state of jin became Cheng Shi enclosed within the walls of the main settlements.

Zhou yuan Wang Yuannian (475 BC), Chinese history into the warring states period.In the twenty-third year of king Zhou Weilie (403 BC), the state of jin, han, zhao wei three promoted to governors.King an of zhou 26 years (376 BC), han, wei, zhao jin three points, and the state of jin demise.As the capital of zhao handan, the south Korean capital was xinzheng, wei moved the girder (now in henan kaifeng), life in the state of jin Cheng Shi ancestors, many people moved to the Yellow River north and south xinzheng, girder and handan live, this is Cheng Shi again large migrations.

Because zhao meanwhile put orphan, Zhao Jiayou ender, so appointed governors and moved the capital from Scott handan, meanwhile, is the offspring of the east, to the original "FuChu Cheng Shi ancestors fief near handan quang (han dynasty).Cheng Shi population in this region population multiplies, become an important part of the tribe.

In addition to zhao, wei, the three countries lack;Qin also lives in the guanzhong region with many Cheng Shi ancestors.They are the period of western zhou dynasty XuanWang Cheng Bo father Hugh migration after sealing Cheng Yi near xianyang, took off from there.This a Cheng Shi ancestors and later developed into the well-known stability county.Cheng Shi ancients footprints, also reached the shandong lu (now shandong southwest).Lu state-owned Cheng Zheng, was a famous rich, is famous for its good metallurgical casting.

In the warring states period, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River on the original, in the guanzhong area, Cheng Shi people live.Program development gradually become one of the influential surnames in the central plains.

2. The qin and han period:

Cheng Shi in today in shanxi, hebei, henan, shaanxi has made further reproduction and development, and the existing Cheng Shi population to move in this sichuan, zhejiang and jiangxi.During this period, luoyang in henan province formed a large county in hebei province of quang formed a big family.Qin2 wang2 ying zheng, 26 years (221 BC), qin perish the kanto six countries, the establishment of a unified qin dynasty in China.The qin ii died, liu bang in Chen she opposed against qin and chuThe warAfter the han dynasty was established.The western han dynasty and han dynasty for four hundred years.Qin and han dynasties Cheng Shi ancestors began sowing moved to the Yangtze river basin.Commute zhongyuan Cheng Shi ancients, race also have a lot of people, set up great achievements.

After the construction of the qin dynasty, qin shi huang to consolidate his rule, was organized to move people.The kanto giants right families of the six most were forced to leave home, to the long distance.Han dynasty sent frontier soldiers, implements the wasteland, the mainland some soldiers and people to the flow of life.Cheng Shi ancestors then began to migrate to the Yangtze river basin, where the construction of new homes.For metallurgical casting industry of lu very Cheng Zheng, founded in the qin dynasty, near Qiong forcibly moved to shu, what is now sichuan province Qiong Zhu county.

There was a man named Cheng Lin, qin dynasty from the move will take the county in the central plains, he is proficient in brewing techniques, brewing wine taste good, hence opened a wine workshop, production of wine.And a local man named wu towel is good wine, so this place has become the famous winelands, become the father of shaoxing rice wine for the later generations.People to commemorate the Cheng Lin and towel two people, will this county named wu cheng.The ancient wu cheng county in southern zhejiang WuXing County today.