The origin of ancient six toes

In ancient times, it was called six toes and six fingernails. The specific origins are as follows:

As we all know, everyone has five toes on one side. In ancient times, the emperor tried to fill the population gap in all parts of the country (mainly in Hebei). Many people moved away from the locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi.

In order to prevent these people from escaping, we must also keep these people from losing their labor. Finally, the government split the nail of the little finger of the foot of the person who needs to move in half. In this way, even if these people escape, they can be seen as soon as they take off their boots. Of course, this is a legend. But locust tree migration is real. So, until now, China has been talking about the people who went to the pagoda tree in Hongdong, Shanxi Province to seek roots and worship their ancestors.

Another way of saying it is that people with six toe covers are considered to be pure Han people. This view may come from the influence on genes, that is, some genes may increase the probability of six toes.

Ballads related to the migration of Sophora japonica

There is a ballad circulating in Huanghuai area: "Ask where my ancestors came from, Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi;" What's the name of the ancestral home? The old stork's nest under the big locust tree. "There are some stories about the migration of Sophora japonica in Hongtong.

According to "Geography of the Republic of China" Volume 7 "Hongtong County Records", Sophora japonica is located on the left side of Guangji Temple in the north of the city. According to the "Literature General Examination", Shanxi people moved to Beiping, Shandong, Henan and other places many times during the reign of Hongwu Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and the meeting place was under the tree. It is rumored that Guangji Temple has set up a bureau to station personnel and sent photos and Sichuan funds. Usually after the autumn harvest, in order to accumulate more expenses for settling down.

In the rustling autumn wind, the leaves are falling, and the nest of the old stork is more eye-catching. Immigrants drag their children on the road, and it is difficult to give up their homeland. They can't help looking back again and again to take a look at their hometown. The road is far away, and the cottage can't be seen. Only the towering locust trees and the old stork nests scattered on the trees came into view. Thus, this big pagoda tree and the old stork nest became the symbols of hometown.

Local chronicles, genealogy, tombstones and oral inheritance are mostly from Hongtong County in general, and some are specific to a certain village, such as taoyuan village, Dashuixiang, Wotuan Village, Laowu Village, Shuanglong Street, Dongmenli, Shuangshi Hutong and so on. There are also many immigrant villages in Hongdong, Shandong Province, which belong to other counties besides Hongdong.