Where did the history of immigrants from the Pearl River Delta (such as Guangzhou) come from before? Is it the Central Plains? Where did you live before you moved to the south?

In modern times, there is no real pure blood of the so-called ancient Han people. Han nationality is not a national concept by blood. Han people first refer to people in the Han Dynasty. The name of the most ethnic group of Han people began in Wumang, and then many people who entered the Central Plains at that time were integrated into the Han people. The immigrants from the Central Plains merged with Baiyue nationality in Lingnan, and Baiyue people were sinicized wherever they went, and there was cultural blood exchange and integration, but it was not absolute.

The First Immigrants in Past Dynasties: Qin and Han Dynasties

During the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang sent 500,000 troops south to attack Baiyue. After the attack, 500,000 troops stayed in Lingnan. Later, 500,000 residents moved in, and the total reached1million. At that time, Baiyue was vast and sparsely populated, but it was widely distributed. Wherever Han immigrants went, Baiyue was assimilated. However, there are still a large number of Baiyue people outside the assimilation area. In the sixth year of Ding Yuan, Emperor Wudi sent troops to attack Nanyue and massacre Guangzhou. Residents in the middle reaches of the Xijiang River were able to move into the Pearl River Delta, but at this time there were very few residents. After Hanwu, the emperor took Lingnan as a place of exile, and many refugees moved in from the northwest.

The second batch: Eastern Jin Dynasty

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, due to the chaos in the north, a large number of northern Han people moved south. Although there are five abuses in the north, it has not led to serious interference in political culture. But at this time, the Han people who moved south were not all Guangfu, but more Min-speaking groups, so the main branch was not Guangfu people, and there was no Zhuji Lane at this time.

The third batch: Northern Song Dynasty

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, when the Northern Song Dynasty perished, a large number of scholars and people in Kaifeng, the capital, moved south to Lingnan, while the emperor moved to Hangzhou. When I passed Jing Zong Lane, I missed my hometown, so I changed Jing Zong Lane into Zhuji Lane. At this time, the Han people who moved south merged with the early Guangfu people to become Guangfu people in the new period. This is why so many people in Guangfu regard Zhuji Lane as a folk identity.

The fourth batch: Southern Song Dynasty

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Han people who moved south were divided into three branches. One branch goes south to Lingnan by land via Jiangxi and Zhuji Lane, and the other two branches go south to Lingnan by sea. One of them was an immigrant from Jiangdong and eventually merged into Guangfu. The other is Fuzhou immigrants, and finally merged into Minnan language group.