Chronology of Chencun Story (Ⅲ)

Chen De, the ancestor of Chencun, has three sons and twelve grandchildren. The eldest son Chen Ji is the west gate, the second son Chen Ji is the middle gate, and

Chen De, the ancestor of Chencun, has three sons and twelve grandchildren. The eldest son Chen Ji is the west gate, the second son Chen Ji is the middle gate, and the third son Chen Qing is the east gate. There are many theories about why it is so divided.

There is a saying that the living pattern of the old village is basically the same, with the eldest son living in the west, the second son living in the village and the third son living in the east. The main difference is that Ximen lives in the northwest of the village and above the ridge in the east of the village (Dongmen mainly lives under the ridge). Great changes have taken place in this village for hundreds of years. This statement makes sense.

Another way of saying it is that the Mu 'ao tomb was divided into small tombs. First, the eldest son and descendants divided a small grave at the top of the Yangan slope in the west of the village, and the wind blew to the longest wheat waist field in Liangnan (pictured), and then came to the back of Gaotian. This grave is still there, with a monument, which is the earliest generation recorded by Simon in the genealogy, starting from the 19th century; The earliest tomb of the descendants of the second son has been laid on the back slope (pictured), and now the tomb of Chen Hongfan, which is the most complete record in the genealogy, is still on the back slope, but the location is different, with many branches in the middle gate and many small graves. The earliest tomb of the descendants of the third son was on the slope of La Mu Zi in the east of Mu 'ao grave, about under the shop, near the village road, and later in Ya 'ao, which is also the earliest generation recorded in the genealogy of Dongmen, starting from the 11th. Of course, after many grave robberies, few people know the details now.

Both the theory of residential location and the theory of dividing small graves can convince people of the thinking habit of oriental supremacy, which has a long history. For example, there is a small grave of the Chen family behind the high sky, which shows that the Chen family has long had the right to occupy this place. For example, Huyu Village in the south of the sky is named after Chencun Village on the right, and the dragon on the left is the white tiger on the right. There are also abundant coal and many abandoned kiln mouths here, which also confirms the legend of ancestors opening coal mines. Sanmen has formed different family style characteristics, which is also in line with the science of genetic variation, but in general, the descendants of the same lineage can be said to be similar in appearance, personality and speaking habits.

The Chenjia Courtyard is located under the earth slope of the building in Zuofeng Village (as shown). It is a place where ancestors are sacrificed and all ethnic groups are concentrated. Every Spring Festival, people surnamed Chen worship their ancestors here, beating gongs and drums, praying for the New Year and recording their generations. The people respect the old and love the young, and the grain and silver help each other. They are United, harmonious and positive, showing their family style of "noble family". The courtyard is built on the mountain, and the vestibule is wide and bright. The whole courtyard building and Mu 'ao grave are separated from the village center, one on the left and one on the right, one on the east and one on the west, echoing each other from a distance, which shows that our ancestors carefully chose them. The courtyard faces south, and the main kiln is a pillow kiln with one hole and two inclined kilns, which is counted as one hall and two rooms. There is a shed kiln in the east and west, and the gate faces east. The shed kiln is the conference hall of each door. During the land reform, Jiang's public property was divided and sold to Guo. 1990, tearing down the city and building a new courtyard. At this point, all the courtyards of Chen Jiazu's grave have been demolished, which is very regrettable and distressing.

When was this yard built? There is no textual research. It is said that many ancestors such as butterflies and memorial tablets in the courtyard were burned, and many stone tablets were destroyed or buried. Among them, during the Qianlong period (1768), the descendants of Chen took pains to repair the stone tablet, and the list of stone tablets was originally in the kiln wall and was also smashed into rammed stone. Luckily, it was in Chen Xinmin. From the perspective of generations, it is from the 18th to the 22nd, involving five generations. Plus, I can't work, and I am young. I have seven generations in the Chen family, and now I have eight generations. This is a fact. Unfortunately, most of these ancestors' names are not recorded in the existing genealogy, and it is even more difficult to distinguish their family status. It is conceivable that as early as 200 years ago, more than a dozen generations of ancestors, no matter what merits they had or where they immigrated, were hard to find.

? (To be continued ...)