This is how the name Jiangxi Laobiao came from. Many people don’t know it.

Jiangxi people have a common name across the country, Jiangxi Laobiao. So how did this title spread? Many people say that this is related to Hunan. I am also from Hunan, and the genealogy of most people in my hometown does mention that their ancestral home is Jiangxi, so this theory is still possible. Next, I will tell you in detail about the more widely circulated versions.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the country's population was only 60 million. The wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty caused extremely serious population loss in Huguang and Sichuan, while the population loss in Jiangxi was relatively small. Therefore, from the early years of Hongwu to the Yongle years, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Chengzu Zhu Di tried their best to promote the migration of Jiangxi's population to Huguang. The Ming court organized eight immigration activities, which was historically known as "Jiangxi's filling of Huguang".

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the war-torn areas were concentrated in Huguang and Sichuan. Among them, Zhang Xianzhong’s massacre of Sichuan caused the most serious population losses in Sichuan, while Jiangxi suffered “less harm”. The Qing Dynasty At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the population of Sichuan was only about 500,000. The vast land of Sichuan was sparsely populated, and a large amount of land was covered with forests, and wild animals came and went. Therefore, in the early Qing Dynasty, "Jiangxi filled in Huguang" and "Huguang filled in Sichuan" formed. Immigration events.

In later historical periods, a small number of immigrants from Jiangxi gradually moved to Huguang, and immigrants from Huguang moved to Sichuan, which lasted until the late Qing Dynasty.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the largest migrant population in Huguang was from Jiangxi, and immigrants from Jiangxi accounted for more than 80% of the total migrant population in Huguang. In the Qing Dynasty, the largest migrant population in Sichuan was from Huguang, accounting for About 35.

Since a large number of Jiangxi people have migrated to Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and other places, Jiangxi people are often called "Jiangxi Laobiao", and "Old Biao" refers to people from other provinces. It is a very affectionate name for people in Jiangxi, indicating that they do not forget their hometown in Jiangxi and are related to the people in Jiangxi.

There are many Hunan celebrities whose ancestral home is in Jiangxi. For example, our Wei Yuan, and many other celebrities also have their ancestral home in Jiangxi. Sometimes some Hunan people whose ancestral home is in Jiangxi want to go back to Jiangxi to perform ancestor worship activities, and they will call the Jiangxi people they meet on the road "Lao Biao". So until now, the relationship between Hunan and Jiangxi has always been particularly good.

Someone once discovered such a data after investigation. It is said that among the more than 3,000 genealogies of Hunan people, about 60% of them are recorded as coming from Jiangxi, especially in southern Gansu. . At the same time, there is another data that can be used as confirmation. It is said that among the population of Hubei and Hunan provinces, more than 90% of the population are immigrants from other provinces, and almost 70% of them have their ancestral home in Jiangxi.

There are other widely circulated theories, one of which has something to do with Zhu Yuanzhang. It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting for the world, he encountered a very difficult opponent, and that was Chen Youliang, King of Han. At the beginning, Chen Youliang separatized Huguang and wanted to completely eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang. In 1363 AD, Chen Youliang's naval army reached Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. Wu Jun could not win at all. Even Zhu Yuanzhang himself was almost caught and ran to the Poyang Lake area. This is Kanglang Mountain on the boundary of Yugan County. The people there were very kind. After hearing what happened to King Wu, everyone said they must help. The people hid Zhu Yuanzhang and others, gave them food and drink, and were also responsible for treating diseases. After Zhu Yuanzhang recovered from his injuries, he asked these people about their life experiences. The leading old man said that our surname was Chen. Zhu Yuanzhang happily said that my mother's surname was also Chen. We are a family and we are real cousins.

After Zhu Yuanzhang recovered from his injuries and returned, he immediately began a very fierce counterattack. Zhu Yuanzhang said that my success in the world is inseparable from the help of my old cousins ??in Jiangxi. But not long after, Kanglang Mountain was very unfortunate and encountered a very big flood. There was really no other way, so the people found a few brave young people to go to Nanjing to find the emperor.

At first the eunuch guarding the door refused to let them in. They were so anxious that they beat the drum and woke up Zhu Yuanzhang who was already asleep. Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy. Didn't he let anyone sleep at night? The eunuch said there were three people from Jiangxi, and they actually said they were the emperor's old cousins. After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he woke up immediately and asked someone to invite them in. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that his old cousin in Jiangxi had suffered a disaster, he immediately asked people to allocate money and food for disaster relief. As soon as this incident spread, everyone knew that Emperor Zhu was originally an old cousin to a native of Jiangxi.

Finally, let me add another reason that is less talked about. It is said that Jiangxi people are generally good at Feng Shui and will bring a compass with them every time they go out. At that time, it was customary to call the compass a watch, and gradually people began to call those in Jiangxi who went out with compasses people as Jiangxi Laobiao... Huguang (2) Jiangxi (6) Laobiao (1)