Seeking my roots and ancestor

[konghan]

I need some help from members, who are knowledgeable and familiar with Chinese ancestry, surnames, tradition, heritage, writtings basically anything to do with roots tracing.

My surname is:

I check the dictionary and it is read in mandarin as "Yin" or "Ch'ing, or Qing". And so far the only intepretation I got is that it is the name of a county in Zhejiang or (Che-chiang or Chekiang)province.

I am really anxious to find out my roots. Any help will be highly appreciated.

[Suhana LIM]

Konghan ni hao

Try to visit this site: www.zhongwen.com
Hope that's what you are looking for

Cheers.

[Nataraya]

Dear Konghan,

According to the book of Dr. L Wiegers. "Chinese characters - their origin, etymology, history, clasification, and signification - it becomes clear that the character you present is connected with a place. (With a slight different addition it could meant residence too.)

In my detailed atlas, I found two vollages in Zhejiang with the mandarin Yin. I will attach the picture for you. The question stays, if the character are the same, because in my detailed atlas there ar no characters. On the other hand there are only two villages in Zhejiang.

Maybe family can solve your problem by saying if the leved around the Fukian border, or close to the sea and big city?

The character is verys specific and unusual, that's made it easier to trace. Good luck.



Kindest regards,

Evert

[konghan]

Thanks for those info, Suhana I did try that site and the only thing I got was that the word "Yin" is the name of a county in Zhejiang the province next to Fujian.

I can't seem to find the meaning of my surname. What is interesting is that when my father was still alive he told me that my ancestors are originally from Hunan province in central China.

In fact I believe there are not many of us, most of them migrated to Taiwan. What is more amazing and maybe somebody can explain this to me is that my father original name is written as " Yin ( or Kun) Lee (or Li) Tien Po" , I was wondering if that Lee was another surname or was it an adopted surname that my father side took when they relocated to Fujian?

All of my father brothers and sisters who have knowledege of our leanage are already dead and the only people for me to get information from are from the 3rd generation who happen to have little knowledge since most of them were born and grew up in Manila, just like me.

[konghan]

Nataraya said:

Dear Konghan,

According to the book of Dr. L Wiegers. "Chinese characters - their origin, etymology, history, clasification, and signification - it becomes clear that the character you present is connected with a place. (With a slight different addition it could meant residence too.)

In my detailed atlas, I found two vollages in Zhejiang with the mandarin Yin. I will attach the picture for you. The question stays, if the character are the same, because in my detailed atlas there ar no characters. On the other hand there are only two villages in Zhejiang.

Maybe family can solve your problem by saying if the leved around the Fukian border, or close to the sea and big city?

The character is verys specific and unusual, that's made it easier to trace. Good luck.



Kindest regards,

Evert

I think the Yin county in Ningbo is the one but there isn't much information as far as that word Yin means or where it came from? It is also close to Fujian province were in I believe the people speak min nan hua which answer why my father side communicate in min nan or hokkian dialect.

[Suhana LIM]

konghan said:

Thanks for those info, Suhana I did try that site and the only thing I got was that the word "Yin" is the name of a county in Zhejiang the province next to Fujian.

I can't seem to find the meaning of my surname. What is interesting is that when my father was still alive he told me that my ancestors are originally from Hunan province in central China.

In fact I believe there are not many of us, most of them migrated to Taiwan. What is more amazing and maybe somebody can explain this to me is that my father original name is written as " Yin ( or Kun) Lee (or Li) Tien Po" , I was wondering if that Lee was another surname or was it an adopted surname that my father side took when they relocated to Fujian?

All of my father brothers and sisters who have knowledege of our leanage are already dead and the only people for me to get information from are from the 3rd generation who happen to have little knowledge since most of them were born and grew up in Manila, just like me. [/quote


Konghan ni hao
Your ancestors from Hunan, that sound interesting. I will explain more in the "groups." Ok,
Cheers.