The Historical Background of Shanxi Hongtong Sophora Immigrants to Shandong Shan County Liu's surname.

Water is active, trees have roots, and people are connected by blood.

Where are you from? -Have you ever heard your grandparents say and asked me?

Where did the ancestors come from, the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi "; What is the name of the ancestral home, the old man's nest under the big locust tree? "

For centuries, these

Folk songs have been handed down from generation to generation in China, which is well known to women and children.

The ancient pagoda tree is located in Hongtong County, famous in Ming Dynasty.

The relocation site is a sacred place for hundreds of millions of descendants of ancient Sophora japonica at home and abroad to seek roots and worship their ancestors.

For centuries, the ancient locust tree has been considered as "

Home ",called" ancestor ",is regarded as" root "and has become the hometown in the minds of hundreds of millions of people.

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 in the Ming Dynasty, which was built in the second year of Tang Zhen.

The temples are magnificent, the halls are magnificent, and there are many monks and pilgrims.

There is a tree next to the temple, "Shadows on all sides, acres of land in front of it, hidden in the shade", and the road of horses and chariots passes through the shade.

The old people's nest on Fenhe beach is dotted with trees, which is very spectacular.

The Ming regime set up a bureau in Guangji Temple to centrally handle immigration and issue "Sichuan Zhaozi".

Under the big locust tree, it has become a gathering place for immigrants.

During the fifteen years from Hongwu to Yongle in Ming Dynasty, Shanxi people moved to Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Qin and Gansu.

For more than 600 years, the descendants of immigrants have multiplied all over the country and at home and abroad.

It is said that every time you move, no matter where your home is, you will focus on Hongdong.

The official set up an institution next to Guangji Temple to register and then moved to other places.

As the saying goes, "it is difficult for a poor family to leave, and it is difficult to leave the homeland."

Because of this, when the people left Hongdong, everyone was in pain and shed tears. They dragged their children, helped the young and the old, carried laundry baskets, held broken sticks and pressed the Tianchang, which was extremely sad.

In late autumn, the leaves of Sophora japonica fall, and the nest of the elderly is very eye-catching.

When the immigrants left, they stared at the towering ancient locust trees, and the old people living among the branches kept moaning, which made the immigrants who had left their homes cry and could not bear to leave. Finally, they can only see the old man's nest on the big locust tree.

Everybody turn around in three steps, turn around in five steps.

Looking at it, I can't see enough Guangji Temple in my hometown, and I can't see enough big locust trees next to Guangji Temple.

When people go far away, the last thing they can see is the locust tree standing in the clouds and the crow's nest on the treetops.

The big pagoda tree is old and tall, with lush foliage and green leaves shaking up and down, as if to bid farewell to people in their hometown.

As a result, the pagoda tree and the old man's nest have become the symbols for immigrants to bid farewell to their hometown, and the image of this ancient pagoda tree has been firmly engraved in the hearts of all immigrants: the ancient pagoda tree, my hometown, has been integrated since then.

Later, the father passed on the son, and the son passed on the grandson, "Ask me where my ancestors came from, the big pagoda tree in Hongdong, Shanxi" and "What's the name of my ancestors' hometown, the old man's nest under the big pagoda tree" became a popular song.

In some counties in Shandong, Shaanxi and Henan, it is also said that people still have the habit of walking with their hands behind their backs because they were kidnapped and escorted out.

At that time, in order to prevent immigrants from escaping, officers and men tied them behind their backs and connected them with a long rope.

Get up and escort the immigrants on the road.

People look back step by step, and the adults look at the big locust tree and tell the children, "This is our hometown, this is our hometown." Today, descendants of immigrants say that the ancient pagoda is their hometown, no matter where they live.

Because the immigrant's arm was tied for a long time, his arm became numb and he soon got used to it. In the future, most immigrants like to walk with their hands behind their backs, and their descendants have followed this habit.

On the way to escort, because of the long distance, people often have to urinate, so they have to report to the officers and men: "Sir, please help yourself.

I have to pee. "Too often, this verbal requirement is often simplified. Just say "Sir, I have to relieve myself" and everyone will understand that I have to pee.

Since then, "jieshou" has become synonymous with peeing.

More than 600 years have passed, and the ancient Sophora japonica in the Han Dynasty no longer exists, disappearing into the dust of history and breeding with the same root.

Next to the third generation of locust trees, the branches and leaves are lush and full of vitality.

On the land of the motherland, there are descendants of ancient locust immigrants.

Hu Aixiang's descendants are distributed in more than 20 provinces and more than 400 counties in China, and some of them are far away in some countries and regions in South Asia.

After the broad masses of working people moved away from Guhuai, after several generations and more than ten generations, most of them didn't know where He Cun was, but they all knew that "the big pagoda tree is our hometown", which no one has ever forgotten.

After liberation, many tourists came here. They came not far from Wan Li to seek their roots, some from the South China Sea coast, some from the foot of the Great Wall, and overseas Chinese from other countries.

These descendants of the Chinese people, like the ancient Huai, have been breeding on both sides of the Yellow River, north and south of the river, east and west of the earth and all over the world for generations.

They keep in mind that their parents left their hometown in those days, wandered around the world, inherited their ancestral businesses and worked hard.

At home, a new "reclamation" is being carried out for the "four modernizations" of the socialist motherland; Overseas, do not forget the motherland, do not forget the fundamentals, and try our best to contribute to the prosperity of the Chinese nation.

Recall how many sad tears our grandparents shed when they were forced to leave their homes to help the old and bring up the young, and when they looked back and looked at the big locust tree and the old man's nest frequently.

May the locust tree take root forever and be heart-to-heart with compatriots at home and abroad.

Little Tom's toe cap is split in two. Come and give him a hug.

At that time, immigration was compulsory.

Ming * * * widely posted notices to deceive the people and said, "If you don't want to move, go to Dahuai."

* * * Under the tree, you must arrive in three days.

Those who want to emigrate can wait at home. "After hearing the news, people rushed to the old pagoda tree. People from the north of Shanxi came, as did people from the south and southeast of Shanxi.

On the third day, hundreds of thousands of people gathered around the ancient pagoda tree. They are busy getting married and having children, secretly praying that God will keep them safe.

Suddenly, a large group of officers and men surrounded the unarmed people under the big locust tree, and several officers surrounded an official. The official announced loudly: "Emperor Daming has ordered that everything that comes under the big pagoda tree should be cleared away." This order was like a bolt from the blue. People were shocked, but they soon woke up: cheated! People cry, scream, curse, shout for women, and cry for their parents, but all this is of no help.

Then the officers and men forced people to register and sent a photo. Every time they register, they ask the relocated households to take off their shoes and cut a knife on each little toe as a sign to prevent them from running away. People's cries are earth-shattering

Up to now, the little toenails of the descendants of Sophora japonica immigrants are all complicated (two petals).

"Who is the ancient locust who moved here? Take off your little toe and check the shape of your nails. " If you are interested, you may wish to check it yourself.

It is generally said in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and Gansu that people who moved from Hongdong have a crack in their little toenails, which seems to be two nails, rather than people who moved from ancient trees. None of them have this feature, and they are still compound nails today.