Immigrants who worship their ancestors with locust trees

Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi. The ancient Sophora japonica, also known as Hongtong Sophora japonica, is located in the ancestral home of Sophora japonica on the west side of Jia Cun, two kilometers north of Hongtong County, Linfen City. Although there are no magnificent buildings here, tourists come in an endless stream, whether it is cold winter or hot summer.

There are endless poems and inscriptions to express the feelings of "thinking about the source of drinking water", and there are also those who look up at the ancient trees and are reluctant to leave for a long time.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan government used troops year after year to carry out ethnic oppression at home. Coupled with the continuous floods, droughts and famines in the Huanghuai Valley, it finally aroused the Red Scarf Army uprising that lasted for more than ten years. The Yuan government brutally suppressed, and desperate wars for territory and land occurred from time to time, including Huaibei, Shandong and Hebei.

Scenery of Sophora japonica in Hong Tong (1)(20 photos), ten people died in Henan. The wounds of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were not healed, and the "Battle of Jingnan" followed in the early Ming Dynasty. Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and other places have suffered greatly, and almost all of them are uninhabited. During the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian landlord armed Chahan timur and his son ruled.

Shanxi is another scene, relatively stable, with good weather and good harvest every year. Compared with neighboring provinces, Shanxi has a prosperous economy and a rich population. And a large number of refugees from other provinces also flowed into Shanxi, making Shanxi a densely populated area. After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty

In order to consolidate the new regime and develop the economy, the Ming Dynasty organized 18 large-scale immigration activities during the 50 years from the early years of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Yongle.

Jinnan is a densely populated place in Shanxi, and Hongdong was the largest and most populous county in Jinnan at that time. According to records, there was a Guangji Temple on the west side of Jia Cun, two miles north of Hongdong in Ming Dynasty. This temple is magnificent, with many monks and pilgrims. There is a tree next to the temple, surrounded by trees.

A few acres of "Hanhuai", chariots and horses avenue through the shade. The old harriers on Fenhe beach nest in the trees and are scattered all over the floor, which is very spectacular. The Ming government set up a bureau in Guangji Temple to concentrate on immigrants, and the locust tree became a gathering place for immigrants.