An Overview of the Migration History of Cantonese in Zhuji Township

The immigrants in Zhuji Lane have a narrow sense and a broad sense. In a narrow sense, it refers to the migration of Zhuji Lane itself and its nearby residents; In a broad sense, it refers to immigrants passing through Zhuji Lane, including immigrants passing through Zhuji Lane and immigrants in a narrow sense. Residents of Zhuji Lane can be divided into two types: moving in and moving out. Moving in refers to moving into Zhuji Lane and nearby areas from other places, and moving out refers to leaving Zhuji Lane and moving into other areas. Taking Zhuji Lane as the center, The Immigration History of Zhuji Lane describes the process, characteristics, laws and sources of residents' immigration and emigration in past dynasties. There have been several works on Zhu Ji's immigration history since Huang Cibo, but they are still vague and ominous. It also confuses the narrow sense and broad sense of immigration, and omits the emigration after the Yuan Dynasty. It can be said that it is not a real immigration history, and it is not complete. In terms of immigration history, the main contents are as follows: 1. Describe the migration process of Zhuji immigrants from weekend to Song Dynasty, and point out that the main source of Zhuji Lane residents is Lingbei immigrants (Guangdong ethnic group). Secondly, the historical facts of Zhuji Township's southward migration in Song Dynasty are discussed in detail. It is pointed out that the main reasons for moving south are government persecution, natural disasters, social unrest and song and yuan war. Migrants to the south are mainly residents of Zhuji Lane and Nanxiong Basin. Zhuji Lane is the real hometown of the migrants, not the "transit station" or "just passing by" as some works say. In addition, the route of southward migration and the scale of migration are discussed preliminarily. Thirdly, the migration of Zhuji Lane in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was preliminarily discussed, and it was pointed out that there were two large-scale southward migrations in the early Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Fourthly, the topic of overseas colonization and distribution of descendants of immigrants in Zhuji Township is put forward and preliminarily discussed. 5. By studying the migration route of migrants in Zhuji Township, some new and possible distribution areas of migrants' descendants are put forward, and the number of migrants' descendants is roughly estimated. The real migration to Zhuji Lane should have started after the emergence of Zhuji Lane in the Tang Dynasty, and the large-scale southward migration of Zhuji residents began in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Zhuji Lane had a superior environment and developed economy, which attracted residents from north and south to return. It was only because of turmoil and war that forced relocation occurred. Because it is located in the main road of traffic, it is a battleground for military strategists. Whenever there is a war, it will inevitably lead to immigration, and a slightly long-term war can lead to large-scale immigration. So there were several large-scale immigrants in the Song Dynasty. By the turn of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, almost all the residents were moving south. The main road has brought economic prosperity and frequent wars, which is the luck and misfortune of Zhuji Lane people. The prosperity of Zhuji Lane is due to traffic; The decline of Zhuji Lane is also due to traffic.