, ▁Hu ang ▁ 黃 , ▁Chen ▁ 陳 , ▁Zh eng ▁ <0xE9> <0x84> <0xAD> , ▁Z han ▁ <0xE8> <0xA9> <0xB9> , ▁Q iu ▁ <0xE9> <0x82> <0xB1> , ▁He ▁ 何 , ▁and ▁Hu ▁ <0xE8> <0x83> <0xA1> , ▁entered ▁Min ▁ <0xE9> <0x96> <0xA9> ▁( present ▁day ▁F uj ian ▁province , ▁China ). " ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁Tang ▁dynast y ▁( 6 1 8 - 9 0 7 ) ▁on wards , ▁many ▁Han ▁Chinese ▁migr ated ▁from ▁F uj ian ▁to ▁Gu ang d ong ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁southern ▁provinces . ▁Hu ang ▁grew ▁into ▁a ▁big ▁cl an ▁in ▁south ▁China ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁biggest ▁surname ▁in ▁Southern ▁China ▁today . ▁ ▁M igration ▁to ▁Taiwan ▁began ▁during ▁the ▁transition ▁period ▁from ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y ▁( 1 3 6 8 – 1 6 4 4 ) ▁to ▁Q ing ▁dynast y ▁( 1 6 4 4 – 1 9 1 2 ), ▁when ▁many ▁Han ▁Chinese ▁followed ▁the ▁Anti - Man ch u ▁M ing ▁loyal ist ▁forces ▁under ▁Zh eng ▁Ch eng g ong , ▁and ▁crossed ▁the ▁Taiwan ▁Stra it ▁to ▁Taiwan ▁island . ▁ ▁Hu ang ▁migration ▁over se as ▁began ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century ▁during ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y ▁to ▁destin ations ▁in ▁S out heast ▁Asia . ▁M igration ▁to ▁Amer icas ▁began ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 th ▁century ▁following ▁the ▁forced ▁opening ▁of ▁China '