Hong Tong Huaihua speaks 100 words.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Hongtong. Welcome to the big pagoda tree, to the "home" of our ancestors, to our roots and ancestors.

Today, I am very lucky to accompany you to our ancestral home and have a look. Before reading it, I want you to know something about Hongtong County. Hongtong County is located at the northern end of Linfen Basin in the south of Shanxi Province. The origin of the name of Hongdong County is said to be named after Nanhongya in the south of the county and the ancient caves in the north of the county. Hongtong County is famous for its great migration during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is famous all over the country because Guhuai witnessed the great migration.

Now we come to the roots-seeking ancestral court of Sophora japonica in Hongtong. The roots-seeking ancestral hall of Sophora japonica was founded in 19 14. This is a famous immigrant site in Ming Dynasty. It was once the largest, longest and widest settlement in the history of China. For hundreds of years, it has been regarded as a symbol of hometown identity, as a "home" with another meaning, as an "ancestor", as the root of a "root" tree, and as a dream hometown in the eyes of hundreds of millions of Chinese people. Root shadow wall

Look at the word "root" on the screen. "Root" is a pictophonetic character in our Chinese characters, and the word "wood" is on the left. There is an old saying in China that "a big tree attracts the wind, and leaves fall to the roots", which fully shows the attachment of China people to "roots". The word "root" on the screen wall of this ancestral hall in front of us is precisely to reflect the complex of this "root" of our Chinese nation. This was written by Mr. Zhang Ding, the former president and famous painter of China University of Arts and Crafts, when he visited this place in 1984. On both sides of the word "root", there are also four seal characters of "drinking water" and "thinking of source". Let's look at the word "original" in "drinking water is the original". Why is there no water? It means that primitive people, not forgetting the merits of their ancestors, let us trace back to the source, and the source of our tracing back to the source is here.

The great migration under the pagoda tree took place in the early Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 600 years. According to historical records, from 1368, when Hongwu was founded in Ming Dynasty, to 14 17, in the fifteenth year of Yongle, there were 18 large-scale collective immigrants here, and the number of people who moved in reached 1 10,000, which was an organized and planned official immigration in Chinese history. Immigration, as an important national policy in the early Ming Dynasty, reached the highest peak in China's immigration history in terms of time, region and scale. I might as well explain a little knowledge to you here. Immigration in China can be divided into two forms: official immigration and spontaneous immigration. Spontaneous migration is people's spontaneous migration to escape natural disasters or war disasters. In the history of our country, the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties lasted for more than 300 years, and a large number of people in the Central Plains fled to the Jianghuai area. At the end of the northern song dynasty, the central plains fell, and the literati and the general public moved south with the palace of the song dynasty. The two major immigrants are spontaneous immigrants. Official migration is organized, planned and purposeful migration by successive governments for military, political and economic reasons. The migration of Sophora japonica in Hongdong in Ming Dynasty, as the largest official migration, is recorded in historical materials.

Double-door couplet

Please look here. On the second door, this is a couplet that reflects the traditional culture of China. "Look up and see where the stork nest is now, and sit down and talk about mulberries." The stork nest here refers to the old stork nest on the big locust tree. At that time, immigrants left their homes, went further and further, and looked back. The locust tree and the old stork nest have become people's last memories and symbols of their hometown. So there is a folk song: "Ask me where my ancestors are? Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi. What's your ancestral home? The old nest under the big locust tree. " The last two sentences of this couplet on the second door mean that when the descendants of migrants return to their hometown, they must first take a look at the old stork nest in their hometown. Although the old stork's nest no longer exists, the descendants of the ancient locust tree with strong nostalgia will still talk about the little toe cover on their feet. It is said that the government cut a knife on everyone's little finger to mark it, in order to prevent immigrants from fleeing after receiving immigration documents. So far, the little nails on the toes of immigrant descendants are deformed or half-folded, which is the legendary reason. Touching murals

Mural painting is a painting painted on the wall, which is one of the earliest painting forms in human history. In primitive society, our human ancestors carved various figures on the cave walls, which was regarded as the earliest mural with unforgettable expressions. The mural in front of us is called "The Map of Immigrants", which is based on the historical records and folklore of immigrants and reflects the tragic scene of immigrants at that time.