fenghuang

or feng-huang

In Chinese mythology, an immortal bird whose auspicious rare appearances portend world harmony, particularly upon the ascent to the throne of a new ruler. Considered to embody both male and female elements, the fenghuang in later descriptions is often considered the female counterpart of the male dragon and, as such, symbolizes the female portion of the yin-yang principle, notably with respect to marital harmony. Legend tells of its appearance before the death of the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) in the 3rd millennium BC.

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or Huang-ti(Chinese; Yellow Emperor)

Third of ancient China's mythological emperors and a patron saint of Daoism. According to legend, he was born in 2704 BC and became emperor in 2697. He is remembered as a paragon of wisdom who established a golden age, seeking to create an ideal kingdom in which his people would live in keeping with natural law. Tradition holds that his reign saw the introduction of wooden houses, carts, boats, the bow and arrow, writing, and governmental institutions. His wife was reputed to have taught women how to breed silkworms and weave silk.

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or Huang Ho English Yellow River

River, northern, central, and eastern China. The second longest river in China and one of the world's longest, it flows 3,395 mi (5,464 km) from the Plateau of Tibet generally east to the Yellow Sea (Huang Hai). In its lower reaches it has often overflowed its banks, flooding vast areas of rich farmland. Its outlet has shifted over the years to enter the Yellow Sea at points as far apart as 500 mi (800 km). Irrigation and flood-control works have been maintained for centuries, and dams, begun in the mid-1950s, exploit the river's hydroelectric potential.

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Huang is a Chinese surname that means "yellow". While Huáng is the pinyin romanisation of the word, it may also be romanised as Houang, Hoang, Wong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei or Ooi, Ong, Hwang, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. The surname is known as Hoàng or as Huỳnh in Vietnamese, and Hwang, Whang in Korean.

Huang is the 7^th most common surname in China. A typical chinese name is Edmund Huynh. The population of Huangs in China and Taiwan was estimated at more than 29 million in 2000; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, 4.3 million Vietnamese (5.1%), and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2000 census of South Korea revealed it was the surname for 644,294 South Koreans, ranked 17th).

See also Wong, the common English transliteration of Cantonese on the surname Huang.

Huang(黃)

• Huang Chao (? – AD 884), Tang dynasty. Leader of peasant rebellion army
• Huang Chunping, chief commander of rocket system of China's Manned Space Program, deputy chief commander of the Jiuquan Space Launch Center, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
• Huang Chuping, also known as Wong Tai Sin, a Taoist deity
• Huang Di
• Huang Feihong (Wong Fei Hung) a prominent kung fu master
• Frank Huang (b. 1978?), American violinist born in China
• Huang Gai, General of Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period
• Huang Gongwang (1269 – 1345), Yuan Dynasty. Famous painter
• Huang He, Chinese name for the Yellow River.
• Huang Huahua 黃華華, (born 1946) is the current Governor of Guangdong, a southern province of China
• Jen-Hsun Huang 黃仁勳, co-founder of Nvidia Corporation
• Huang Jiading (Ong Ka Ting) 黃家定, President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Minister of Housing and Local Government & Acting Minister of Health of Malaysia.
• Wong Jim (1940 – 2004), lyricist and writer
• Huang Jianxiang, football commentator
• Huang Jinhui (Wee Kim Wee) (1915 – 2005). Former president of the Republic of Singapore.
• Huang Ju, politician
• Huang Shumin, Famous woman in China in the Tang Dynasty with gorgeous feature.
• Kai Wong U.S. actor, producer.
• Huang Kun (1919 – 2005), physicist
• Huang Qiaoshan (AD 871 – 953), Vice-Minister of Works of Tang dynasty.
• Huang Senping (Ming Dynasty), better known as Ong Sum Ping, son-in-law of Sultan Muhammad Shah, the first Muslim ruler of the Sultanate of Brunei.
• Huang Sheng Shyan, also known as Huang Hsing-hsien (WG) or Huáng Xìngxián (py), a kung fu and tai chi master.
• Huang Shengyi, a Chinese actress.
• Huang Shougong (AD 629 – 712), Founder of the famous Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, China.
• Huang Tingjian (1045 – 1105), Famous poet and calligrapher
• Huang Xie, Lord of Chunshen, Prime Minister of the state of Chu during the Warring States Period
• Huang Xiang (AD 53 – 117), Han dynasty. A noted filial son in Chinese history.
• Huang Xiaojing, Governor of Fujian, a southern province of China
• Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary
• Huang Xun, General of Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period
• Huang Yueying invented the juggernaut and wooden ox during the Three Kingdoms Period, also the wife of Zhuge Liang
• Huang Zhexian (Wong Jeh Shyan), The CEO of CommerceNet Singapore
• Huang Zhong, General of Shu Han Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period
• Huang Zongxi (1610 – 1695), Philosopher during Ming-Qing dynasties
• Alex Huang, Tai-American violinist
• David Henry Hwang, Chinese-American playwright
• Kai Huang, Medical Student (Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, undergraduate), affiliated with R&B singer T-Pain
• Wayne Huang, The CEO and founder of the Rapid Learning Center, California, United States

Hwang(黃)

• Hwang (Korean name), a common Korean family name.
• The Hwang River
• David Henry Hwang, US American playwright (b.1957)
• Dennis Hwang, a Korean American graphic artist.
• Hwang Jin-i, a legendary kisaeng of the Joseon Dynasty.
• Yi Hwang, a prominent Korean Confucian scholar.
• Hwang Woo-Suk, a discredited South Korean biomedical scientist.
• Hwang Seong-gyeong, a fictional character in the Soul series of fighting games.
• Jack Hwang, a legendary martial artist and Taekwondo Grandmaster.
• Jun Hwang, a Korean Canadian musician.

See also

• Wang

Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Huynh(黃)

• Alex Huynh
• Carol Huynh
• Edmund Huynh
• Randy Huynh
• Huỳnh Công Út
• Huynh Phu So
• Huynh Quang Thanh
• Huynh Sanh Thong
• Huỳnh Tấn Phát
• Tony Huynh
• Huynh Van Cao
• Huỳnh Văn Tiểng

Notes

External links

• Huang Genealogy
• Origin and Development of the Huang Surname Clan
• Huang Surname Research(in Chinese)
• A personal site on the family name Wong (in English)
• Huang Family of Zhongshan (in Chinese)
• Huang Forum (in Chinese)
• Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home provides a detailed look at a Huang family residence built during the late Qing dynasty and occupied for over 200 years.