Xiao Yunnan, Shanxi in Ming Dynasty

According to the survey results, there are three kinds of opinions about Little Yunnan: one is Hongtong County, which is commonly known as "Little Yunnan" because it is located in Shan Zhinan, Luo Yun. According to the "Hongtong County Records", "Luoyun Mountain is 40 miles west of the county seat and 60 miles south of Fenxi County". To the north of Taiyuan, there are as many as 22 scenic spots with cloud characters, such as Yun Chuan County, Yunzhong County, Yunnei House, Yunyang County, Yunzhou and Yungang. After on-the-spot investigation, it is not difficult to see that the "Little Yunnan", the source of immigration recalled by our ancestors, is actually a vast area south of Guyun Prefecture, south of Shanxi Cloud, Hongtong and north of Taiyuan.

2. "Little Yunnan" refers to Gushi County, Henan Province. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, there was a local town called "Little Yunnan", and Gushi County was mistakenly called "Yunnan" because it was located in the south of Henan.

Third, "Little Yunnan" refers to a place called Wusha at the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou today. Geographical Records of Yuan History: "Wusa is also a pretty name, which governs Wusa, Wumeng and other six departments. The descendants of the post-Wuman have all their positions, because they take the Wusa department of the ancestor as the department name. " The Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Geographical Names in China contains: "Wushabu, modern Yunnan Zhenxiong and Guizhou Weining County are clearly located in Wushawei." Yunnan and Guizhou are historically inhabited by ethnic minorities, but the immigrants who claim that their ancestors came from "Little Yunnan" are all Han Chinese. According to some data, their ancestors originated in the Central Plains. In order to avoid the chaos in the Central Plains, they moved south to "Little Yunnan" and were called refugees. These refugees stayed in "Little Yunnan" for a long time before moving back to the Central Plains in the early Ming Dynasty. The newly compiled "Penglai County Records" records this: "After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of immigrants began to migrate to the peninsula, and moved in twice from Xiaowushawei, Yunnan."

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