What is the allusion of the old saying "Who moved here in ancient times, took off his little toe to try on armor"? Is there any strong evidence?

There is a saying in China that when two people meet, if they change their names, they will come out like surnames: "Five hundred years ago, they were a family." This allusion should start from the migration of Sophora japonica in Hongdong in the early Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to restore the economy of the vast area of the Central Plains, which was deserted by war and famine, the Ming government ordered the centralized immigration under the locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi. From the early Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the time was about 500 years. When people meet and ask each other about their hometown, they will say, "Ah! Hongtong fellow villagers. " Ask again: "What's the name of your hometown?" If the answer is the same surname, the questioner will say, "Ah! It was a family 500 years ago. " Meet with the same surname, and be a family 500 years ago. This common idiom has continued to this day.

"Who is the ancient locust who moved here? Take off your little toe and check your armor. " . This folk song is not only widely circulated, but also used as evidence to identify villagers and descendants of ancient Huai immigrants. On trains, in hotels, in military camps, in university dormitories and even in other countries, people from foreign countries get together to ask about their hometown and check their ancestral home. They often take off their shoes and pull their socks to show their feet to see if the nails of their little toes are complicated. If someone has a few vertical stripes on his fingernails, which look like two nails, then his ancestors moved here from under the big pagoda tree in Hong Tong. So, they immediately recognized each other as descendants of Gu Huai, and they thought they were Hong Dong's hometown. So I sat around and told the historical facts and anecdotes when I touched the people. Compared with the rumors from my ancestors, I miss my hometown and my ancestors more. "People who moved from the same old tree meet each other after several generations, and they are happy." The cordial and friendly friendship is very strong.

Why are the little toenails of people under the ancient locust tree complex? There is a beautiful myth and legend here.

According to legend, Xuanyuan Huangdi was born in Gongsun Bao, Hongdong County. In Shang dynasty, there were two kinds of people living in Hongdong area. One is the descendants of the Chinese people, who live in scattered places and grow crops for a living; One is the Qiang people who follow Xia Qi's contribution to water control and live in the present Mingjiang area (Mingjiang was originally named Hunqiang, later renamed Qiang Ming, and finally renamed Mingjiang). At that time, Mingjiang was a grassland, and the Qiang people lived as nomads and learned from the descendants of the Yellow Emperor to grow crops. Winter goes to spring, and year after year, the descendants of the Qiang people spread; Agriculture and animal husbandry are developed and they live and work in peace and contentment.

One year, the King of Yin led troops from Henan to hunt here, which was actually a plunder of the Qiang people. One day, Lu Yu, a woman from A Qiang, saw her natural beauty and ordered her to be taken away. I just know that this Qiang woman is strong-willed, swearing and determined not to follow. Yin Wang is cruel and heartless. He flew into a rage and raised his sword to cut at the Qiang women. Qiang women are bold and cautious, calm and calm, and escape quickly. The easy sword here failed, so he won't stop. After that, he raised his sword and stabbed the Qiang woman in the abdomen. At this time, I heard a loud bang, and the Qiang women flashed red, which stunned Wang Yin and his entourage. I saw a Qiang woman lying on the ground, jumping out of her punctured stomach and holding a man, a woman and two children. Strangely, the two children just jumped out of their mother's body, sat on the ground, held one foot in one hand and began to cry. Confused Wang Yin ordered his followers to open their hands and look at the blood on their little fingers. Instantly, blood flowed, and the little toe was scarred. Seeing this, Yin Wang felt it was an ominous sign and shouted, "Where did the disaster come from?" Raise your sword and cut the waist of two children into three parts. At this moment, it happened that Sanyisheng, a good friend of King Wen, arrived, grabbed the sword of King Yin and said, "Your Majesty, calm down and let them go for the time being. I'll adopt them and see what happens. If it is a demon, it is not too late to dispose of it. " The king of Yin listened to his words and rode away with his entourage.

Sanyisheng rescued two children. Seeing that their mother died, and no one supported her, fearing that she would be killed by Wang Yin again, she took them home and adopted them. These two children are really unusual. When they were teenagers, they were brilliant, smart and brave. At this time, two thieves tried to frame them, drove the sheep with their tongues cut off to his house and falsely accused them of being thieves. Brother and sister fought hard and beat the thief away. At that time, people didn't have surnames. After this incident, people called it "sheep tongue". When Zhou was attacked, his brother and sister went there and made many contributions. After King Wu was destroyed, they returned to their hometown and married the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Men plow and women weave, and live happily. Since then, their offspring's little toe nails have become complicated.

There is a saying in China that when two people meet, if they change their names, they will come out like surnames: "Five hundred years ago, they were a family." This allusion should start from the migration of Sophora japonica in Hongdong in the early Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to restore the economy of the vast area of the Central Plains, which was deserted by war and famine, the Ming government ordered the immigrants to be concentrated under the locust trees in Hongdong, Shanxi. From the early Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it took about 500 years, and the descendants of locust tree immigrants have spread all over China. When people meet and ask each other about their hometown, they will say, "Ah! Hongtong fellow villagers. " Ask again: "What's the name of your hometown?" If the answer is the same surname, the questioner will say, "Ah! It was a family 500 years ago. " Meet with the same surname, and be a family 500 years ago. This common idiom has continued to this day.

Five hundred years ago, it was well known to all women and children that "this is a family", but few people knew its origin. Experts pointed out at the ongoing "China Hong Tong Sophora Roots Festival" that this sentence originated from "Hong Tong Sophora Immigrants" more than 600 years ago.

According to historical records, at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, there were frequent wars and disasters, and many parts of the country were empty. Shanxi, on the other hand, is stable because of the Taihang Mountain in the east, showing another rich scene. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (138 1 year), the population of the whole country was less than 60 million. At that time, the population of Henan was 189 1 10,000, that of Hebei was18.93 million, and that of Shanxi was 4.034 million, more than the sum of Hebei and Henan provinces. In order to develop agriculture, enrich national strength and consolidate political power, from the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370) to the fifteenth year of Yongle (14 17), the Ming government set up a bureau to post notices under the Han Dynasty pagoda tree in the north of Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, which was surrounded by trees and covered with acres of land. Well-documented migration activities under Sophora japonica in Hongdong. In the 50 years since san huang in the Ming Dynasty, there have been 18 large-scale immigrants. The immigrant provinces cover 18 provinces and cities and more than 500 counties, involving four ethnic groups of Han, Manchu, Hui and Mongolian, with more than 800 surnames, and the total number of immigrants reaches 65,400.

The migration of Sophora japonica was the most extensive, largest and longest-lasting migration in ancient China, which was called "the largest migration in the world". Today, the descendants of ancient Sophora japonica have spread all over the world. According to Sun, deputy secretary of Hongdong County Committee, there are hundreds of millions of descendants of ancient Sophora japonica trees in the world, about one in every ten people in China.

Experts said that the migration of Sophora japonica in Hongdong not only played a great role in the recovery of social productive forces at that time, but also had a far-reaching impact on the Chinese nation. The emergence and spread of the saying "five hundred years ago was a family" is a "by-product" of this great migration.

According to research, it took more than 500 years from the early Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. At that time, the descendants of Sophora japonica have spread all over the country. When people meet for the first time and ask each other about their hometown, they will say, "Ah!" It turns out that he is from Hongdong. "If you ask" What's the name of your hometown "again, if the answer is the same surname, the questioner will say:" Ah! It was a family 500 years ago. " Gradually, the saying that people with the same surname "were a family 500 years ago" has continued to this day.