My surname is Qian, and I come from Xinghua, Jiangsu. I heard from the old man that Qian was originally from Suzhou, right?

Xinghua people, most of them moved from Suzhou. According to my casual research, about 70% are immigrants from Anhui and Shandong, and the rest are aborigines.

Reasons for the war: Xinghua was the main battlefield of the war in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Republic of China. After Zhu captured Suzhou, he moved Suzhou people (said to be pro-Zhang people) to Suzhong in northern Jiangsu, which was called "Red Fly Scattering" in ancient times. My ancestors came to Xinghua in this way. Generally speaking, they are a big family, leaving behind their eldest son and others. My ancestors went to xinghua city, and xinghua city only had 18 household registration.

Geographical reasons: the northern and eastern parts of Xinghua were swamps in ancient times, and the wetlands (formed after the coastline retreated) were originally sparsely populated. After the immigrants came, canals and fields were built. Basically, it is to surround a wetland, mark it with the word "well", manually dig a river ditch, and fill the excavated soil to the side. As a result, rivers were built, the land elevation was raised, and the current crib fields were formed.

Typical lower market, middle market and old market. . The area and shape of the three towns are the same, and they are all in the shape of "Tian", that is, building a square dam, then digging two big rivers horizontally and two vertically. In this way, it is divided into four small pieces, which are dug horizontally and vertically respectively, forming a field network.

The distribution of immigrants is characterized by more cities and more in the north.

In addition, the Suzhou people mentioned here refer to the Suzhou government, including the surrounding Wuxi and other places. Nagato, also known as the master, and Nagato, the Watergate, all registered and boarded the ship in Nagato, Suzhou, and went to Taizhou, Yancheng and Nantong. In ancient times, Jiangsu and Zhejiang relied entirely on water for transportation, and there was no habit of taking land.