The largest population migration in Guizhou's history shifted from the north to the south. Where did your ancestors move here?

In the fifteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Guizhou ushered in the largest population migration in Guizhou history, and many people from Huguang and Jiangxi were transferred to this land in Guizhou, which made this land in a wild state for a long time instantly lively. In 1382, the fifteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu was the title of Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to better control the rule on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and avoid the disconnection between the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Central Plains. After putting down the rebellion on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to keep his troops stationed in this land for a long time to facilitate the management of the Yunnan-Guizhou area. There were as many as 2, troops stationed there, and the total population migrated as much as 1.6 million. This is the historical "transfer from the north to the south". It is necessary to distinguish between "transferring the north to the south" in Hongwu period and "transferring the north to the south" in Zhou Xiangwang's twenty-eight years. In Zhou Xiangwang's twenty-eight years, transferring the north to the south was a battle for hegemony in Qin Jin, while transferring the north to the south in Hongwu period was a population migration, also known as transferring the north to the south.

Ruins of the Ming Dynasty in Guizhou

The Ming Dynasty's "Transfer from the North to the South" was the largest migration in Guizhou's history. This great migration lasted for a long time. From the 15th year of Hongwu to the Yongle period, the population entered Guizhou almost two million, 1.6 million in the Hongwu period of Zhu Yuanzhang, and 35, in the Yongle period, with a population of 1.95 million. Transferring troops from the north to the south is a means for Zhu Yuanzhang to manage the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau conveniently. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang only planned to station a group of troops in Guizhou for a long time to prevent some uncertain factors from happening on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. However, the long-term stationing of troops caused many problems, such as the problem of stationing military expenses and the subsequent replenishment. It is unrealistic to rely on the long-term replenishment of the imperial court. Therefore, in order to solve these problems, this huge population migration project of transferring troops from the north to the south was established, and a large number of people from Huguang to Jiangxi entered Guizhou to settle fields.

Tunpu culture in Guizhou

Before the huge project of transferring the north to the south, the population structure of Guizhou was mainly ethnic minorities, such as Miao, Yi, Dong, Tujia and so on. The ancestors of these ethnic minorities were Chiyou, which was differentiated from Jiuli and was also a part of Huaxia tribe. After the defeat of Chiyou, the people he led were driven to Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi, south of the Yangtze River by the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor, and lost contact with the Huaxia tribe in the Central Plains, resulting in cultural development in different directions and the formation of a number of ethnic minorities, but they were all separated from the Huaxia tribe anyway. Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of transferring troops from the north to the south brought a large number of Han people into Guizhou, and they were culturally integrated with Guizhou's ethnic minorities, resulting in a unique Tunpu culture. This was a reunion of Chinese tribes since the era of the Yellow Emperor Chiyou. Although it was also a reunion of two brothers who separated from each other when Zhuge Liang was a barbarian, there was no cultural integration at that time, only that the brothers of Chinese tribes who had been separated for many years were found home.

Tunpu culture in Guizhou

The population of Zhu Yuanzhang who transferred from the north to the south was mainly selected from Huguang nationality and Jiangxi nationality at that time. Zhu Yuanzhang practiced the method of "one for every three, two for every five", that is, if there are three males in the family, one should be taken to Yunnan-Guizhou area, and if there are five males, two should be transferred to Yunnan-Guizhou area for a long time. In today's Guizhou Province, people in many places still retain the lifestyle and habits of Huguang and Jiangxi. For example, in many places in Guizhou, there is the custom of "hanging paper" by Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is very common in some places in Hunan and Jiangxi. In addition, in some places in Guizhou, people in Jiangxi still retain the way of speaking, such as saying that shoes are "children", and Jiangxi laobiao, a Jiangxi "specialty", is also very common in Guizhou. In today's Guizhou, if the name of the place where you live has the words Tun, Bao, Lei, Zhai and Wei, it may be the product of transferring from the north to the south, and you may be a native of Huguang and Jiangxi. Up to now, people in many places in Guizhou often come to Jiangxi and Hunan to find their roots and ancestors, and they can come up with genealogy to find their own family.