Chinese surname No. 394 Guan1 [關 ]

Guan1 means : mountain pass, close; shut; cover.
e.g. Guan Xin means show concern for; be concerned about.
Surname Guan is an ancient surname and it is about 3700 years old.
Variations include Kuan1 (Wade-Giles), Kwan, Quan (Cantonese)

The history of surname Guan1 [關 ]
Guan1 was one of four blood brothers, whose descendents have formed the Lung Kong Association.
A Guan1 [關 ]village
A Kwan [關 ] Family web site
Generation Name Poem of the Kwan [關 ] Family of Kaiping, Guangdong

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The history of surname Guan1 [關 ]

For some information about this, see In Search of your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames, paragraph 260. Bibliography entry 115 also refers to this surname.

Also see History of Kwans in Guangdong.

A Guan1 [關 ]village

廣東 Gwong Doong (Guangdong)
開平縣 Hoi-Ping Uen(Kaiping xian)
風灣 Foong-Wan (Fengwan)
向西里 Heng-Sai Lay (Xiangxi li)
長安里村 ChengOn Lay Ts'uen (Changan li cun).

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