In the pre-Qin period,
The Dai population mainly lives and reproduces in its birthplace, that is, today's eastern Henan. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Dr. Song was a celebrity when he wore evil spirits.
In the Western Han Dynasty, there were Uncle Dade and Uncle Dai Sheng in Liang State (now south of Shangqiu, Henan Province), both of whom were masters of etiquette. During the Western Han Dynasty, Dai's two branches moved to southern Henan: one moved to Shenyang in southern Henan (governing Beijiangkou in Zhengyang County, Henan Province) and the other moved to Pingyu in southern Henan (north of Pingyu County, Henan Province). For example, Dai Zun (son), the imperial adviser of Emperor Ping of the Western Han Dynasty, who was called "Kanto Dahao", was from Shenyang, Runan. According to "Biography of Yimin in the Later Han Dynasty", his family is rich, charitable and chivalrous, and there are often as many as three or four hundred diners at home. At that time, people called him "Zigao Dai, the Great Kanto Man". His son Dai Liang is famous for his filial piety, high talent and integrity. It can be seen that Dai Zun, a family that has settled in Shenyang for more than one generation, belongs to a famous family of big families, big enterprises and big forces in the local area. Dai Ping was a famous scholar and official at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This proves that Dai Ping moved to Pingyu at the latest in the late Western Han Dynasty. Dai people migrated to southern Henan, and also to Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei and other places today. For example, Dai Chong, the Ninth Qing of the Western Han Dynasty, was a native of Pei County (now Pei County, Jiangsu Province) and studied Zhouyi from yu zhang. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dai Hong, the magistrate of Liquan, and Dai Feng, the "Confucian Sect in the world, were both from Gangxian County, Jibei County (now the northeast of Ningyang County, Shandong Province).
From the Three Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Dai moved to Anhui and Hubei. For example, Dai Gan, Cao Cao's counselor at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was from Danyang, a town in northeast dangtu county. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Dai became a famous family in Qiaoguo (now Bozhou, Anhui Province), Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province) and Qingsha (now Changqing District, Jinan City, Shandong Province), forming three reproduction centers. Therefore, Dai is an overseas Chinese country, Guangling and Qinghe.
Dai's southward migration began in the Western Han Dynasty at the latest. For example, Dai He of the Western Han Dynasty was from Yue State (now Zhejiang Province); Dai Jiu, a doctor of Guanglu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was from Shangyu, Huiji County (now Guanbai Town, Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province). Around the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a branch of Guangling Dai people moved to the south of the Yangtze River. According to the Book of Jin, Dai Lie was a left general in the Three Kingdoms period, his son Dai Chang was Tai Wei, Jin Hui Taishou and Wuling Taishou, and Dai Chang's son was a confidant general of King Langya (later Jin Yuan Emperor) and went south to build health (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). Because of the constant wars in the Central Plains in the late Western Jin Dynasty, the Eight Kings Rebellion lasted for 16 years. Coupled with the fact that northern ethnic minorities have moved south, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are in turmoil. A large number of people were forced to move south and flow to the relatively stable Jiangnan area. Many of them moved south with their families or families, and Dai followed them to Jiangnan at this time.
Sui and Tang Dynasties
During this period, the Dai population entered Fujian and flowed to all parts of the country outside Taiwan Province Province. According to the Records of Zhangzhou Prefecture, in the early Tang Dynasty, a branch of the Dai people in the Central Plains moved to Fujian. In the second year of General Zhang Tang Gaozong (669), Zheng Chen and Chen Yuanguang from Gushi County (now Henan Province) of Gwangju were ordered to lead 123 generals and 3,600 government soldiers into Fujian to quell the "barbarian" riots between Quanzhou and Chaozhou. A large part of these soldiers are from the Central Plains. According to the statistics of local chronicles, local chronicles and genealogy in Taiwan Province Province, there are 45 surnames of Sui and Min in the early Tang Dynasty, including Dai. At that time, Dai Junyou and Dai Ren, his sons-in-law, were the main assistants of the Dai family who entered Fujian with Chen and his son. They are all from Gushi, Gwangju, and settled in Fujian after opening Zhangzhou. Scholars who study surnames generally believe that Dai Junyi and his son entered Fujian from Gushi, Henan, which is the beginning of Dai's entry into Fujian.
In addition, Dai Xiuyan was born in the Tang Dynasty (now Baichengzi in the northeast of Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province), Dai Jian was born in Changsha (now Hunan) and Dai Hu was born in Wuyuan (now Jiangxi). The Dai settlements listed in Yuan He Xing Bian are North Hebei (now southwest of Changqing District, Jinan City, Shandong Province), Qiaoguo (now Bozhou, Anhui Province), Xing Wu Great Wall (now Changxing, Zhejiang Province), Weiqun Qiuqiu (now Cheng 'an, Hebei Province) and Sangquan in Hedong (now Linjin, Shanxi Province). At that time, the Dai population was widely distributed, which can be seen.
Song Yuan Ming Qing Dynasty
During this period, the Dai population migrated from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian to Taiwan Province Province and overseas.
Since the Song Dynasty, a large number of Dai people have migrated from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces to Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan Province provinces, and some of them have further migrated overseas.
According to the genealogy of the Dai people in Jiaoling, Guangdong, the ancestor of the Dai people in Jiaoling is Dai Yulin, and his ancestral home is Zhangpu, Fujian. In the Yuan Dynasty, it moved to Zhenping (now Jiaoling) in Zhaofu Township, and its descendants flourished and spread to 12 (about Qing Dynasty). Ren Zhong and Ren Gong moved to Pingtung, Taiwan Province. In the Qing Dynasty, the Dai family in Fujian moved to Taiwan Province one after another. During the Yongzheng period, the Dai family in Fujian moved to Mengjingli, Dajia Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan Province Province, which was the beginning of the Dai family's large-scale entry into Chinese mainland. Since then, after nine years of Qianlong (1744), another Fujian Dai family has entered Miaoli Town. In the 26th year of Daoguang (1846), Dai Nanren, a native of Quanzhou, went to Hsinchu Xinfuli to reclaim land.
Today, the Dai people rank 52nd in Taiwan Province Province, with relatively concentrated areas in Hsinchu, Chiayi and Tainan, and a large number of Dai people in Taipei and Nantou.
During the Qing Dynasty, many Dai people emigrated overseas, and now Dai people have settled in Britain, Argentina, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and many other countries.