Textual research on the main surnames in the western suburbs

Every year during the Qingming Festival, there are so many people coming and going at the Lushi ancestral hall, and the taste is extraordinary. Except for ancestor worship, all men over 12 can join the club and enjoy a good meal there. Accompanied by laughter, we spent time in the baptism of mutual respect, enjoying the benefits left by our ancestors, and we all felt an indescribable interest and taste.

There are 108 mu ancient tombs in the northwest of the village. The stone tablet stands tall, and a circular arch tomb the size of a house is buried under the tall branches. There is a sidewalk running through the north and south in the middle of the cemetery. On the east side of the intersection, there is a house where the grave keeper lives, and on the west side, there stands a stone tablet that is more magnificent than the ancestral temple, engraved with the names of dozens of ancestors. There is an elegant family ancestral temple at the eastern end of the village. On the north wall of the majestic first house, there is a genealogy written in yellow silk instead of cloth. There are many cypresses planted outside the courtyard, and marble altars are arranged neatly. There is a huge stone tablet at the door, which records the names of the ancestors of the Lushi family. The last two names are Lu Xiyan and Lu Jinsuo.

After the "Battle of Jingnan" in the early Ming Dynasty, the people suffered from war damage and natural disasters. Nine times out of ten, the village was destroyed, leaving only one or two people. It can really be said that "Chun Yan has nowhere to go, and the bare land is thousands of miles away", but there is no soldier disaster in Shanxi, and the weather is favorable. Ming Chengzu vigorously developed production. In the early years of Yongle, in order to restore Hebei's economy, the imperial edict of "distributing ancient books in Nangong area of Ding Yu" was issued from Shanxi. At that time, the central government set up an immigration agency in Hongtong County to handle immigration matters. There is an old pagoda tree here, so people in Hebei have a saying: "Ask the ancestors where they came from, the big pagoda tree in Hong Tong, Shanxi".

In the process of moving people, it is not smooth sailing. Although the government gave preferential treatment at that time, the old concept of resettling all farmers in China made the relocated people come back one after another. As a result, Xu Da, the general in charge of immigration, found it very difficult to finish the work. So he designed the officers and men to put up posters everywhere, which read: Anyone who comes to the old pagoda tree in Hong Tong within seven days to receive the encouragement document can be exempted from moving, otherwise all men, women and children will move eastward. After the people came, Xu Da immediately ordered the officers and men to block the city gate, allowed to enter and leave, and registered the people one by one. In order to prevent them from escaping, they cut a gap on each little toenail and passed it on from generation to generation.

Due to historical reasons, many historical sites have been destroyed. Fortunately, many tombstones in Xijiao Village have been rediscovered due to the reconstruction of the village in the city. Although it is numerous, it has extremely precious archaeological value.

Inscription records that Lu Bocheng, the ancestor of Lu surname in the western suburbs, moved south from chasing deer at the end of Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of Ming Dynasty, and then moved to calm down and harvest deer. Xijiao Village was the place where he moved for the third time, which was in the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty, that is, around AD 1457, more than 500 years ago. The nine generations alive today are the twenty-third to thirtieth generations of Lu.

Combined with the excavation of Building No.4 in the central area of the western suburbs in July, 2002, especially the discovery of two tombstones, the tomb of Wang and Yan Jun in Qing Dynasty and the tomb of Wu and Lu Weng in Qing Dynasty, these two tombstones complement each other and provide material and theoretical basis for comprehensively and accurately studying the relationship between the western suburbs and the land. Therefore, it is possible to put forward the scientific conclusion that "Lu Xiao in the western suburb is from Yan surname and Yan Ruilin is its ancestor".

From the analysis of tombstone characters, Yan Yaoruilin is a man with cultural accomplishment, and his ancestral home is in Jiangnan (there are many Yan surnames in the north, but few Yan surnames). The mid-Qing Dynasty coincided with the heyday of Luf. At that time, Yan Yaorui was appointed as the housekeeper of Luf. He is very philosophical about his work. He often participates in some important government decisions and does housework. Therefore, he was deeply trusted and loved by Boruf and received extremely high courtesy. After Yan Yaorui was 100 years old, his family not only sent him to Lu's cemetery, but also erected a monument for him in the name of his children and grandchildren. Visible Yan Lu two extraordinary family background. Yan Yaorui was flattered and deeply disturbed by the highest courtesy given by Luf. He was grateful and tried his best to repay his kindness, so he decided to change the surname of his descendants to "Lu". At the same time, he himself changed his word "Rui Lin" to "Rui Lin", which means a happy event, being there, and a great blessing.

Yan Yaorui was born in the second year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (AD 1798), 205 years ago. According to his calculation, his descendants should be 9- 10 generation. According to the appellation of Yan Yaoruilin by others, it can be inferred that Yan Yaoruilin should be listed in the 23rd generation of Lu genealogy, with all descendants, and the appellation of generations is consistent with that of rural history, which shows that the speculation is logical and the judgment is accurate and credible.