Shanxi immigrants

The migration of Shanxi Sophora japonica is the largest and longest migration event in the history of China. This migration event mainly occurred from the early years of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Yongle. The migration time has reached 50 years, so the migration scope is relatively wide, so there is a nursery rhyme in Hebei, Henan, Fujian and even Taiwan Province Province, which is: "Ask me where my ancestors are? Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi. What is the name of the ancestral home, the old man's nest on the big locust tree. " So far, many people are curious about why these immigrants regard the locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi Province as the former residence of their ancestors.

It turned out that many immigrants were unwilling to move elsewhere at that time, so the Ming government at that time forced them to move. These immigrants were concentrated under the ancient locust tree in Hongtong County, then registered, and then forcibly taken away by the officers and men at that time and moved to other places. So the last memory of these people is the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi, which led the descendants of these immigrants to take the big locust tree in Hongdong, where their predecessors finally set off, as their ancestral home. ?

So far, the reasons for the large-scale migration of Sophora japonica in Shanxi are not unified. Many people believe that this immigration incident happened because Shanxi was not flooded by the Yellow River and the fire, so people from Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi and Anhui fled to Shanxi in succession, resulting in a vast territory and a sparsely populated Shanxi. Therefore, the Ming government took such measures in order to better develop the economies of various provinces. Hongdong, in particular, was the most densely populated county in Shanxi at that time. ?

So far, Hu Aixiang's descendants have spread all over many provinces and cities, many districts and counties, and some of them are still abroad. Because of this immigration incident, people in Hongdong County will hold a "Root-seeking Festival" from April 1 day to 10 every month, when many descendants of Sophora japonica at home and abroad will come to seek roots.