Hu is a Chinese family name represented by the character 胡. A Chinese surname, also called a clan name or family name (姓, pinyin: x ng; or 氏, shi), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups. ...
The spelling Hu can be used by numerous less common Chinese family names including but not limited to 胡,瓠,護,戶,扈,虎,呼,忽,斛 etc.
Conversely, in some areas, there are different clans with the same surname which are not considered to be related, but even in these cases surname exogamy is generally practiced.
Surname identity and solidarity has declined markedly since the 1930s with the decline of Confucianism and later, the rise of Communism in Mainland China.
During the Cultural Revolution, surname culture was actively persecuted by the government with the destruction of ancestral temples and genealogies.
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