What is the historical origin of Sophora japonica in Hongtong County?

The historical origin of Sophora japonica in Hongtong County: Located in the Sophora japonica Park on the west side of Jia Cun, two kilometers northwest of Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, China, it was an immigrant base in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, many immigrants from Shanxi concentrated here and then moved to other provinces in batches. According to historical records such as Ming History and Shi Ming Lu, during the nearly 50 years from the sixth year of Hongwu (1373) to the fifteenth year of Yongle (14 17), the number of immigrants in Shaanxi was 18, of which Hongwu was 65438+.

These immigrants moved to more than 500 counties and cities, including Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shaanxi and Gansu.

Main attraction

The "root carving gate" is the main entrance of the root-seeking ancestral garden. Shaped like a Sophora root, it spans 20 meters from east to west and is 13 meters high. Its shape is simple and vicissitudes, its scale is huge, and its roots are strong, which means that the descendants of Sophora japonica belong to the same family, the same root, the same clan and the same heart.

It symbolizes that the children of Sophora japonica give up their small families, put righteousness first, take root in the land of China, and make unremitting efforts for the prosperity of the country and the nation. Interpretation is the root of the descendants of immigrants, the hometown of immigrants and the soul of children of Sophora japonica.