Huguang fills Sichuan? Does anyone know?

The Tomb Reveals the Mystery of Huguang Filling Sichuan

Guo, one of the ancient tombs of Guo Ziyi's descendants in Tanmuwan, records Guo's ancestral home in Macheng, Hubei. The tombstone has been erected in Jiaqing for 20 years, nearly 200 years. This tombstone is different from other tombstones. There is a fully enclosed flower-shaped stone barrier in front of the tombstone, which covers the inscription in the barrier. The barrier is finely carved with a five-petal flower in the middle. You can clearly see the words on the tombstone through the flower hole. Due to the protection of the interlayer, the blue paint engraved on the tombstone has not peeled off after nearly 200 years of sun and rain.

The tombstone was built in the twentieth year of Jiaqing, and the Guo family tree was revised in the seventh year of the Republic of China. Tombstones are important historical materials to reveal the filling of Sichuan by Huguang. According to genealogy records, Guo Duanfu, the fourth generation of Guo Ziyi, was Hong Ren and Lu Qing in the Tang Dynasty, and was ordered to guard the right Luling in Jiangxi. The family moved from Fenyang, Shanxi Province to Yanfu Township, Luling County, Ji 'an District, Jiangxi Province, and lived here until the 26th generation of Sun. Due to the large population at that time, Miguo moved his family to Kaziwan, Lion Mountain, Guojiazui, Xiaogan Township, Macheng County, Huangzhou, Huguang in the first year of Song Duanping (1234). At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, there were frequent wars in Sichuan Basin, bandits were rampant, people were in dire straits and the land was barren. The old people starved to death in the ditch, and a few fled to other places. Seeing that the population of Sichuan is getting smaller and smaller, hongzhi emperor sent a letter to emigrate. Sun Moruo, the 36th generation of Guo Ziyi, was recommended by Garbo and was ordered to abandon the lake and enter Sichuan in the second year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1490), leaving a deciduous rosewood bay. This is the historical fact that "Huguang fills Sichuan" circulated among the people. Although the history books record that "the population of Sichuan decreased obviously during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties" and "Hongwu came from other provinces in 14 years", there is no detailed text. The migration of Guo Ziyi's descendants is the concrete expression of "Huguang fills Sichuan". At the same time, the descendants of Guo Ziyi went from Chang 'an, Shaanxi to Fenyang, Shanxi, and from Fenyang, Shanxi to Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hubei, which is equivalent to circling a big circle in the center of Chinese territory! This provides important historical materials for studying the great migration of the Chinese nation. The author has also seen many tombstones, but it is rare to trace the source like the ancient tombs of Guo Ziyi descendants in Tanmuwan. There is only one general ancient tombstone, and there is no specific place name before entering Sichuan; The general genealogy in Huguang can only be traced back to nearly a dozen generations, while the "Guo family tree" can be traced back to thousands of years. In addition, the descendants' tombs are not only well recorded, but also mutually confirmed with the Guo Family Tree, which is of considerable cultural value.

The discovery of "Tanmuwan Ancient Tombs" excited the local villagers who knew little about their ancestors. They spontaneously paid for the restoration of the ancient tombs that were taken away during the Cultural Revolution, and spontaneously convened villagers' meetings to protect the ancient tombs. Through local radio, television, newspapers and many other media reports, the ancient tomb has also attracted the attention of the municipal and county cultural management departments, and Daying County has listed it as a county-level cultural relic protection; The local government is also preparing to set up the Guo Ziyi Patriotic Thought Research Association to conduct extensive research on Guo Ziyi's patriotism. The person in charge of the city and county tourism office inspected and demonstrated the tombs, and prepared to develop Tanmuwan into a tourist attraction based on ancient tombs.