Why are many Macao people from Zhongshan?

Macao belongs to Xiangshan County, which is now Zhongshan City. Macao residents are mostly Zhongshan people, and their cultural customs are greatly influenced by them. It is an indisputable fact that the two places have always been closely linked, and now they are linked by going up a storey still higher.

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As for the origin and activities of the clans in Macao, we can only summarize them slowly from sporadic data, from which we can see the footprints of our ancestors' struggle in Macao.

The author once looked through the Genealogy of Cai Qianyue and Webster's Genealogy in Cuiwei, Xiangshan (now Zhuhai), and recorded relevant information, which is now written to encourage readers.

Brief information of two genealogies.

Webster's Genealogy, with the volume number *** 12, was written by Wei Xunbiao and Wei, descendants of the Webster family in Cuiwei, Xiangshan County in the Qing Dynasty. It was carved in the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1908) and is now in the Zhongshan Literature Museum of Guangdong Province. This genealogy records the Webster family's business and settlement in Zhongshan and Macau.

The genealogy of Cai's family who moved to Guangdong was written by Cai, a descendant of Cai, in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty (185 1), and was reprinted in Guangxu thirty-three years (1907). This genealogy introduces the situation that Cai moved to Macao from Jinjiang, Fujian Province in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, and married and merged with many families in Macao and Zhongshan.

From the sociological point of view, Webster's development history in Macao reflects a part of the close relationship between Zhongshan and Macao for hundreds of years. The genealogy of Cai's move to Guangdong reflects that mainlanders rooted in Macao have finally established good relations with neighboring Zhongshan people.

The ancestors of Zhongshan people in Macao first went to Macao for trade and business, and gradually took root.

The traffic between Macau and Zhongshan is more convenient. Since the Portuguese came to Macau for trade in the 0/6th century A.D./KLOC, Macau has become an important trading port in China and even the East since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, changing its status as a desolate fishing village in the past. Moreover, the Ming and Qing governments clearly designated Macao as the residence of foreigners, allowing foreign businessmen to do business and facilitate their lives. China people can act as agents (translators) and comprador. Macao's own business has gradually developed, so many Zhongshan people go to Macao to do business, or go abroad for business and trade through Macao, and some people will stay in Macao for development. Some members of the Wei family in Cuiwei, Xiangshan went to Macao to do business and gradually settled down.

According to the tradition of China family, the eldest son and his descendants generally stay at home, and two rooms and three rooms gradually evolve, or go into business or agriculture and industry. However, Zhongshan was adjacent to Macao and was a commercial port at that time. Whether it's a long-term, two-bedroom or three-bedroom apartment, many people settle down and take root in Macao after doing business, or go to Timor and Manila via Macao. Webster's genealogy is recorded as follows:

Ai Xuan, 16th director of Changfang, was born in Kangxi on April 19th and died in Yongzheng on June 31st. His wife, Rong, raised orphans alone and traded with Macao for a long time, "quite able to support".

The fifteenth generation of Fannie and Freddie was named Bangyuan, "strong in appearance. When I was young, I was a bitter family with my brother. I sighed," When you are a prosperous person? Go to do business, meet Australian businessmen, sail in the air, and go to that hometown where there is endless cold and heat. "

There is a dazzling number in the sixteenth chapter of Fannie Mae, "I worked hard since I was a child, and I was hot and cold, and I didn't worry about sleeping in the rain." When I was in middle age, I did business in Macao, started a business in Yangshan, and bought more than ten acres of real estate for the elderly. " After failing in business, I went bankrupt, but I still sailed for business, and my heart was endless. "Gong said," I am extremely poor and have accomplished nothing. I'm sorry if I die! "Then travel abroad ..."

The first 18 name of "Fannie and Freddie" is Song and Yuan Dynasties. "He went to Macau, was born on the first day of the first month of Emperor Kangxi's new ugly year, died on December 24th of the year of Emperor Qianlong's yihai, and was buried outside March 8th Gate."

The first 18 names of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are common. He does business in Australia from his father. At the age of 20, he and his brother Qi Xin worked together to save tens of thousands of dollars.

The 9th celebrity of "Two Rooms" is Gao, who lives in Macau and was born on June 13, 2008.

The 2nd1ren of Fannie and Freddie, whose name is Huinan, lives in Macau and was born on May 20th, 2008, Chen Jia Daoguang.

The 15th of Sanfang, a famous scholar, was born in Kangxi on July 24th,191. "Being poor and strong, he does business in Macau."

Sanfang Sixteenth, with a high reputation, lived in Macao with Wei, Wei Shangzhi, the 17th Wei Yingyi, Wei, Wei Yingcan, Wei Yingxian and Wei Yingmin, and the 18th Wei Xiangxue, Wei Yi, and made Macao their home. There is a cemetery outside Sanbamen. Among them, the 17th generation of Wei advocated building a family temple, and its genealogy reads: "Strong in learning, afraid of the world, with a thick career, three sons, male, living in Australia. Gong grew up in Macao and lived in a strange and beautiful place. He was quite rich. The tenth ancestor Shaomei's ancestral temple has been in decline for a long time, and the people's hearts are uneasy and the spirit is not good. So it was established at the initiative of Brother Xuelian and Brother Xuekuan. Even Duke Zhai's father's legacy is quite extensive, and his family also took a little relief. Everyone donated 220 yuan to rebuild the temple. "

Inter-ethnic marriage and family marriage in Macao and Zhongshan

A family can multiply in one place for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to survive for a long time just by being close to relatives. Only by intermarriage and establishing extensive social ties can we achieve common development. For hundreds of years, Macao has many ethnic surnames from all over the country, which can be reflected from the intermarriage between Webster's and Chua's families and Macao, Zhongshan and other places. Webster's genealogy is recorded as follows:

Wei Peihu, a descendant of the first generation of Changfang 16, married four women of Sha family and three women of Wu family in Macao (during the reign of Kang Gan).

Wei Yuandong, the 20th Sun of Changfang, "Jiaqing Yihai was born on August 20th ... and married Chen of Macau."

Wei Dong, the 20th generation descendant of Yongchuan, said: "On the first day of April when Daoguang was born, he married the Xu family in Macao ... and continued to marry the Gan family in Macao ... This woman is suitable for Macao." "Wei was born in the year of Guangxu Wuyin ... The second daughter is suitable for the Sun family in Macau."

Xu Wei, the sixteenth descendant of Fannie and Freddie, was born in December of the first year of Yongzheng ... Four (female) are suitable for Macau. Wei Hongzhi said, "Born on October 20th, the year of Emperor Kangxi Ding You ... Is it suitable for a woman to go to Macau? Home. " Wei Gaoxian, "born in the fifth year of Kangxi ... continued to marry Macao Lu."

Wei Songyuan, the18th generation descendant of Fannie and Freddie, lives in Macao. "He was born on the first day of the first month of the new ugly year of Kangxi ... and married Liu Qianshan."

Wei Bailu, the19th generation descendant of Fannie and Freddie, "was born on March 20th, the year of Renzi in Ganlong ... female 2, raised in Zhao's parents in Macao, and later in Guo's parents in Macao."

Lu Liaogong, the 20th generation of Fannie and Freddie, "was born on December 27th of Jiaqing year, and ... married Huang of Macao." Wei Yuwen, "1 1 was born in Renxu Jiaqing on 20th ... married to the Ye family in Jida ... and remarried to the Wang family." Wei Zhangjing, "How about ... the eldest daughter is looking forward to the Zhao family in Xiamen."

Lu Niangong, the 24th generation descendant of Fannie and Freddie, "was born on October 13th in Jiaqing Yihai ... and married Jane of Macau." Wei Shiyuan, "Female eight, seven is suitable for Macao Mo family, and eight is suitable for Macao Chen family."

Sun Wei, the 16th Sun Wei of Sanfang, said, "I was born on the third day of the first month of the first year of Kangxi, married to Rong, and buried at the lower left side of the dragon's throat ... two women, one was brought up by Chen's parents in Macao, and the other was brought up by Guo's parents in Macao." Married to Zeng's family, the eldest daughter is suitable for Huang's family in Macao, followed by Feng's family in Macao and Zhang's family in Macao. " Wei Shangzhi, "Three girls grew up in the Huang family in Macau, the Rong family in Macau and the Cao Shi family in the village."

Wei Yingyi, a descendant of the 17 th generation of Sanfang, said, "... a woman is suitable for Liang's family in Macau. Wei Yue said, "Marry the Xu family in Beishan and bury them outside Sanba Gate." Wei Yingcan, "Marry the Zhangjia in Macau." Wei, "Three girls, the first one belongs to the Chen family in Macao, the second one belongs to the Chen family in Macao, and the third one won't go into details." Wei Yingxian, "I want to marry the Rong family in Macao, with two daughters, and I was raised by Lin in Macao."

From this point of view, during the 300 years from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to the end of 19, dozens of clans such as Zhao, Wei, Lin, Zhang, Rong, Qu, Chen, Wu, Xu, He, Gan, Sun, Lu, Guo, Huang, Mo, Jian and Liang appeared in Macao, and their marriages were very common.

Even the descendants of Chua, who moved to Macao from Jinjiang, Fujian, have married many women from Macao or Zhongshan, making Macao their home, and their descendants are constantly multiplying. According to the genealogy of Cai's family who moved to Guangdong, the seventh generation of Cai's extended family was born in Xinyou, Jiaqing, and had a daughter named Jiangu, who married Five Blessingg in Shanchang. Cai Tingbin, a descendant of the eighth generation, had a daughter Jingu and married Ho Fu of Macao; The ninth generation of Cai's descendants married Yan's family in Xiangshan. There are many such examples.

Nowadays, with the development of China's reform and opening-up, people's contacts between Macau and Zhongshan have become more frequent and close. This is blood is thicker than water.