The birthplace of Yao Shi roughly two, namely, jiangsu suzhou and west gansu area, gansu province today.Early because of a shortage of family power.So the relatively slow development of reproduction, starting from the jin dynasty, Yao Shi because qiang from the gansu west gansu region chief Yao Gezhong seed and brings the as Yao Shi to join and grow together.That is to say, today Yao Shi Chinese, mostly from the two.The two Yao Shi later from reproduction, the tang dynasty had become today Wu Xing from zhejiang province and gansu province, gansu state in family.Later Wu Xing Wu Kangyou a Yao Shi moved in shan county, to sui development become a local big family.The tang dynasty Yao Shi reproduction is more extensive, has over the great river north and south of our country.In zhejiang, jiangsu, henan, shaanxi, shanxi, hebei, shandong, guangdong, sichuan, anhui, hubei and other places of Yao Shi moved the most.When most of sichuan, yunnan yao from gansu and shaanxi henan province to move on.Including yunnan yaoan most yao, yao county, so in Tang Wude four years and have Yao Zhou.The author believes that Yao Shi starts from the tang dynasty.According to historical records, Chen yuanguang into fujian zhangzhou, have Yao Shi zc.Then, Yao Shi from fujian in guangdong and other places.

Yao at the moment, is the sixty-seventh most popular in Taiwan.From the han dynasty began breeding in south Yao Shi, early sowing moved to Taiwan.Its Yao Shi descendants, all over in every corner of the province, more than the changhua, chiayi, nantou, hsinchu, tainan and other places.Yao Shi moving stage, the late Ming dynasty was the first of the calendar year between forever.Kangxi six years (AD 1721) Zhu Yigui uprising, there was a YueJi righteous nation Yao Shengchun settled in freshwater port;Yongzheng 10 years (AD 1732), there were a Yao Dexin, into the Ken of changhua county asvaghosa Mr Tam and water in the first three.In name of yao people, in addition to the above mentioned, and the han dynasty, scribes maicun deng, hedong;Five generations of yao's art theorist, Wu Xingren;Ming dynasty monk Yao Guangxiao, cheung chau, and so on.