Immigrants from Yang Shan in Qing Dynasty

The big pagoda tree you mentioned should be the most commonly used expression of the older generation. Discuss with the landlord here.

That's what my grandfather said when I was a child. Not long ago, I really checked it myself. There is indeed a big locust tree. According to online data:

In northern China, a large number of folk genealogies and inscriptions are recorded in detail. In local chronicles, such as Wenxian County Records, Baofeng County Records, Ningyang County Records, Danfeng County Records, Shangnan County Records, Shanyang County Records, etc., the situation of immigrants under locust trees in Hongdong, Shanxi Province is clearly recorded. Up to now, there is still a folk song circulating in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other regions: "Ask me where my ancestors are, Shanxi Hongtong locust tree. What's your ancestral home? The old man's nest under the big banyan tree. " For hundreds of years, this folk song has been handed down from generation to generation in the north and south of the great river and inside and outside the Great Wall, and is well known to women and children. Hong Tong pagoda tree roots-seeking ancestral temple is a famous site of Ming immigrants at home and abroad, and it is also a holy place for hundreds of millions of descendants of immigrants to seek roots and worship their ancestors. Over the past 600 years, the site of Sophora japonica relocation has been deeply rooted in the hearts of Chinese descendants and is regarded as "home", "ancestor" and "root".

According to my own impression, the older generation did live here in the Qing Dynasty. The current conclusion is that our ancestors probably came to Shanxi after the large-scale population migration in the Ming Dynasty. Geographically, it is also more in line with the objective situation.

For more information about Sophora japonica, you can search Baidu for "Sophora japonica in Hong Tong", so I won't post it.

In addition, the Wang Xing you mentioned, according to the data, most of the Qin and Han dynasties were distributed near Shaanxi. When Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, ordered large-scale population migration, they basically moved to Hebei, Henan and other regions. Therefore, your Wang Xing should be a branch of great migration, that is to say, it is also from Shaanxi.

For more detailed information about Wangxing Branch, please search for "Wangxing Branch".