Where is the origin of the Xu family in Xicetian, Datong County, Shanxi Province?

Xu's descendants "took root" in Sihong Thursday, September 08, 2008 0 1:56. In the history of China, due to war, famine, disease, government organizations and many other factors, there have been many immigration waves, which are full of the bitterness and blood and tears of our ancestors! Everyone who lives in Sihong today may be a descendant of immigrants. The existing genealogy can be tested; People who lose their genealogy can't trace the "root" or seek the "source", leaving a little regret more or less. In our land of Sihong, there is a surname that can be said to be "born and raised", and that is 1 1 the most popular surname-Xu.

The source of Xu's surname is relatively pure, mainly from the won surname. He is a descendant of Ruomu, the son of Boyi, the leader of Dongyi tribe.

According to legend, the Yellow Emperor had a granddaughter named Nvxiu. She had a great career because she ate swallow eggs. Daye married a young woman named Hua and gave birth to Boyi. Boyi actively assisted Dayu in water control. Apart from officially giving him the surname of Won, Shundi married his own local woman Yao, and later gave birth to two sons, the eldest son Da Lian and the second son Ruomu. Boyi was killed in the battle with Kay for the throne, and the eldest son inherited his father's business. The second son, Ruomu, was sealed in Xu and made Xu, and Ruomu became the distant ancestor of Chinese Xu.

According to relevant historical records, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it spread to the 43rd generation and became a vassal state of Xia, Shang and Wednesday successively, until Zhou was destroyed by He Lv, the king of Wu, in the eighth year (5 12 BC), which lasted more than 1000 years. During this period, Xu Rong has been active in the middle and lower reaches of Huaihe River and Surabaya River Basin, with Sihong as its capital.

During the Three Dynasties, Xu Guodu existed as a vassal. Zhou Muwang's era spread to Xu Junyan, and he was the 32nd grandson of Xu Guo. He is very clever and friendly to the people, so he is deeply loved by the people and his national strength is getting stronger and stronger. At that time, Zhou Muwang liked to travel around the world and often didn't ask about state affairs. The governors complained a lot about him, so Xu Junyan had ambitions to replace Zhou Muwang. So he claimed to be Xu Yanwang, and led the allied forces of various countries to March on the King of Zhou. Zhou Muwang immediately returned to Beijing after learning the news, and mobilized troops to suppress it. Xu Yanwang was defeated by Zhou Muwang, and Xu Yanwang deserted the country. Tens of thousands of people followed him and hid in the mountains around Pengcheng (now Xuzhou). This is the first great migration of Huai.

Because he won the hearts of the people, many people followed him to the mountains. This mountain was later called Xushan, hence the name Xuzhou. The purpose of Zhou's rebellion has been achieved. In order to show the leniency of the son of heaven, he restored the monarch whose son was Xu and continued to manage Xu. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, after Xu Guo was destroyed by the State of Wu, the Xu Shi family living here was already a big family, and Xu Guo was passed down from generation to generation. Due to the demise of the country, the Xu family migrated in large numbers, leaving behind the ancestral home of the Xu family in Jiangsu, Anhui and Anhui.

Xu had moved to Shandong before the Qin Dynasty. In history, there was a Japanese ancestor Xu Fu, also called Xu Shi. There are many records in history about his crossing the sea to seek the elixir of life. "Historical Records of the First Qin Emperor" wrote: "Qi Xu wrote that there are three sacred mountains in the sea, named Penglai, Abbot and Zhangzhou, so please bring your children and men to ask for it, so they sent it. Although the story of Xu's visit to the elixir of life is different in different historical books, it provides a strong proof for Xu's migration to Shandong more than two thousand years ago. Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xu family had moved to today's Gansu Province. In other words, in the Han Dynasty, the Xu family had been transplanted to vast areas in the north.

Xu's large-scale southward migration began in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and further developed in southern China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Xu moved from Shicheng, Jiangxi to Shanghang and Liancheng, Fujian. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Xu family mainly spread in Fengshun, Meixian and Haifeng in Guangdong. In short, the Xu family was mainly distributed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in China during the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially in Shandong. From Wei and Jin Dynasties to Tang Dynasty, the Xu family mainly spread in the Huaihe River Basin and most of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been distributed in the vast Jiangnan area. As for the large-scale reproduction of the Xu family in southwest China, it was after the Song Dynasty.

The Xu family began to spread abroad in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Overseas Xu families are mainly distributed in Myanmar, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, New Zealand, the United States and other places. Living overseas, with the unique courage and hard work of the Chinese nation, relying on their own intelligence and sweat, the Xu family has made pioneering efforts in various places and made remarkable achievements in all aspects. While winning their own living space, they also contributed to local development. They keep in touch with each other in the form of clan associations, and hold clan meetings regularly to maintain the unity among clans and promote the development of * * *.

Whether the Xu family moved far away or spread, their roots were connected with Sihong County, Jiangsu Province, where Xu and Xu's capital were located. Sihong is the "root" and "source" of this big tree in China.

1995, CCTV's "China Surname Film Team" went to Bancheng to shoot information about Xu's birthplace, and they confirmed that Sihong Bancheng was the birthplace of Xu's surname in China.

Seek the roots and ask the ancestors, and the fallen leaves return to the roots. Do you know the descendants of Xu in China and Xu in Sihong? Your "root" is in Sihong!