How many surnames in China were migrated from Sophora japonica? Why did this place become a place to find roots?

The feelings of seeking roots and ancestors are deeply engraved in the hearts of every China person. Even if people don't know where to go in the future, they should know where they come from. Hometown is a person's root, which maintains a person's deepest feelings.

Only when people meet the needs of seeking roots and ancestors from their homeland can they get real psychological comfort.

In daily life, people chat about their native land, and many people will say: We came from the "big locust tree".

The "Sophora japonica" here refers to the "Hong Tong Sophora japonica" located in Linfen, Shanxi. Because there is a very old locust tree growing here, like a witness of history, it has experienced the extension of long years and the changes of complicated things, and it is still flourishing and intertwined in this hot land of Hongtong County.

According to folklore, Sophora japonica was planted in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, with a history of at least 2,000 years.

The ordinary locust tree in Hongdong is not only the astronomical home of many people, but also their physical home. Like Yandi Mausoleum and Huangdi Mausoleum, Sophora japonica is a sacred place for Chinese children to seek their roots and ancestors.

A folk song of the same name was born because of the big pagoda tree, and was sung by the famous Shanxi singer TanJing. There is a lyric in the folk song "Big Sophora japonica": Ask me where my ancestors came from, the big Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi. What's the name of your ancestral home? The old man's nest under the big locust tree.

After listening to this song, many people will have a fierce echo in their hearts, and they will silently look at the big locust tree in the distance and let their thoughts dance in time and space.

Why is Sophora japonica so important in people's minds? How to become a sacred place for people to find their roots and ask their ancestors? How many surnames have migrated from Sophora japonica in China?

To understand these questions, we must look for answers from history.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, wars and famines often broke out in the Central Plains, resulting in a sharp drop in population. The prosperity of the past is gone forever, and everything we see is depression and decline.

According to Ming History, in the early Ming Dynasty 138 1 year, the combined population of Henan and Hebei provinces was less than 4 million. However, the situation in their neighbor Shanxi is relatively better. Shanxi Province alone has a population of 4.03 million, and people live and work in peace and contentment here, forming a prosperous phenomenon.

The reason why Shanxi looks better than other northern centers at this time is mainly related to its astronomical position.

There are Hengshan Mountain in the north of Shanxi, Luliang Mountain in the west, Yellow River in the south and Taihang Mountain in the east. Three mountains and one river are like natural barriers, which tightly surround Shanxi. In addition, the environment here is closed and the traffic is inconvenient. It is difficult for foreign enemies to occupy here. Therefore, in the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Shanxi narrowly escaped.

Because of the natural barrier guards and the good weather in Shanxi when they were deceived, refugees from other places who fled the war moved here from time to time, which promoted the rapid growth of Shanxi's population and gradually stood out in the north.

In particular, Hongdong County in the south of Shanxi Province constituted the most populous county in the south of Shanxi at that time, and it was filled with a lot of street flavor.

At that time, there was a village called Jia Cun in Erli, the north of Hongdong City, and there was a grand and luxurious Guangji Temple on the west side of the village, where pilgrims poured in. There is a big pagoda tree in the Western Han Dynasty next to the temple. People describe it as "the trees are surrounded by several acres, and the shade covers several acres". The lush locust tree has absorbed many old crows (crows) from Fenhe Beach to build their nests on the tree, and rows of nests are lit on the branches, which looks very spectacular.

Soon, with the big pagoda tree as the center, a "Xanadu" was rapidly formed, and people were hungry and cold, living a relatively rich life, in sharp contrast with the outside world.

After the war, in order to develop social economy and population, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu, decided to gradually move Shanxi's rich population to all parts of the country. This is done for three reasons.

First, quickly restore the population of other central areas in the north.

The second is to revitalize the local economy by increasing the population.

The third is to facilitate the central government's rule over the central government.

In fact, the population migration of Sophora japonica began as early as the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and then continued until the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, lasting for more than 700 years.

After the Jingkang Revolution, the royal family of the Northern Song Dynasty moved south and established the Southern Song Dynasty in Hangzhou. As the political center moved south, some big families and rich people in the north also began to move south. Since then, the population migration of Sophora japonica has become the norm.

By the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Taizu Judy and Ming Taizu, the migration of Sophora japonica reached its peak and became the largest and widest migration activity in history.

According to historical records, this great migration began in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370) and was completely completed in the fifteenth year of Yongle (14 17). In the past 50 years, there have been 18 large-scale migrations, covering 18 provinces and 498 provinces. At that time, there were 18 provincial administrative regions in the Ming Dynasty, so it can be said that locust tree immigrants were distributed all over the country.

There were generous rewards for immigrant families at that time, but most of them were not enthusiastic.

As the saying goes: hometown is hard to leave. Under the concept of farming culture, not many people are willing to leave their homes. Moreover, at that time, the big locust tree belonged to a rich land, so the work was not smooth at first.

Later, the court changed its strategy and announced such immigration rules: a family of four can only keep one person, six, two, eight, three. A big family is scattered everywhere like this.

In order to ensure the quality of the population, the court also promulgated such a regulation: people with the same surname and the same clan cannot live in the same place when they move to other places.

When breaking up, people say goodbye in tears under the big locust tree, and no one knows what will happen in the future. Relatives said to those who want to go far away: If you can't find a home when you go home in the future, take this big locust tree as a symbol and look for it step by step.

It is this kind of experience that, for people who migrate from around the big locust tree, the "big locust tree" is the meaning of home, the link between the wanderer and his native land, and the channel to connect the feelings of the wanderer. As long as you see it, you can get close to that distant home.

Shandong experienced the biggest natural and man-made disasters at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, and its population and economy were severely damaged. Therefore, all the original immigrants of Sophora japonica moved here.

Then, the immigrants of Sophora japonica moved to Henan, Hebei, Sichuan, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places in batches. Later, he moved to Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places. Later, he moved to remote centers such as Xinjiang, Jiaodong and Annan. By the end of Yongle, locust tree immigrants had spread all over the centers of China.

Usually, in many countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, America and Oceania, there are also a large number of descendants of Sophora japonica immigrants who have already integrated into the lives of local people. However, they still come to "Sophora japonica" to worship their ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, because it is their root.

Today's "Big Sophora Tree" spontaneously formed the "Big Sophora Tree Ancestor Festival" from 199 1. Since then, large-scale ancestor worship activities have been held every year, attracting thousands of China people to come here to find their roots and ask their ancestors. Its function is the same as that of Yandi Mausoleum and Huangdi Mausoleum, and it is a holy place for Chinese children to seek their roots and ancestors.

There is a "ancestral hall" under the old pagoda tree, in which there are ten chefs. All immigrants with surnames who move in from under the big pagoda tree will set up a memorial tablet for each surname, with a total of 88 1 memorial tablet.

That is to say, there are 88 1 surnames in China, all of which were migrated from Sophora japonica. These 88 1 surnames include all surnames we can see now.

There is a saying that it was a family 500 years ago. This sentence actually implies that Wang, Zhang, Li, Liu, Yang and Zhao scattered all over the country had the same surname 500 years ago. For various reasons, they emigrated to all parts of the country. Modern people say that people with the same surname "were a family 500 years ago" is undoubtedly a donation from the "Sophora japonica".