The migration of stones

The surname Shi first originated from the land of Weiguo at that time, which is today's northern Henan area. From then on, it mainly multiplied in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and then developed to wider areas. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, five major settlements were formed in the north. Historically, the surname Shi was expected to be known as "Wuwei, Bohai, Pingyuan, Shangdang, and Henan". During the Tang Dynasty, the Shi surname had spread throughout the vast area in the north. This was inseparable from the social unrest at that time and the establishment of Later Zhao and Later Jin. The large-scale migration of the Shi surname to the south also began at this time. Among them, in the early Tang Dynasty, the Shi clan followed Chen Yuanguang from Gushi, Henan, to Fujian and opened up Zhangzhou. By the time of the Five Dynasties, they had become a prominent family in southern Fujian, and Shi Ju was revered as the ancestor of the people who entered Fujian. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1398), Shi Yuquan founded the foundation in Yongfengli, Nanjing, Fujian. After that, most of his descendants moved to today's Taiwan Province. In short, after the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the surname Shi spread throughout most areas in the south of the Yangtze River. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had spread all over the country.

1. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Shi family mainly developed and multiplied in the north. At the same time, some people moved to the south of the Yangtze River. For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were Shishe in Chu State, Shigui in Zheng State, and Shisuo in Zhou Dynasty; in the Western Han Dynasty, there were stone merchants. , Shi Fen. In the Tang Dynasty, the Shi family's counties included Bohai, Pingyuan (now part of Shandong), Shangdang (now part of Shanxi), and Henan (now Luoyang, Henan); the Pingyuan Shi family had moved to Guangling (now Jiangsu Province) before the Yuanhe period of Tang Dynasty. Jiangdu); before the Yuanhe period of Tang Dynasty in Henan Shi family, some people moved to Guozhou (now Lingbao, Henan).

2. The Shi surname entered Fujian

⑴ In the early Tang Dynasty, some Shi clan members followed Chen Zheng and Chen Yuanguang and their sons from Gushi, Henan, to Fujian to open up Zhangzhou. By the Five Dynasties, it had developed into southern Fujian. Prominent family.

⑵ During the reign of Emperor Xizong at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Shi Jihu, a native of Jinling (now Nanjing), entered Fujian because he was ordered to conquer Huangchao, so he settled in Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture (now Tong'an District, Xiamen City), and was regarded as the stone of entering Fujian. The ancestor of another branch of the surname, his descendants are not only scattered throughout Fujian, but some of them also moved to Guangdong. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Yuquan, the 15th generation grandson of Shi Jihu, established his foundation in Yongfengli, Nanjing, Fujian. After that, many of his descendants went to Taiwan, and some even spread overseas.

⑶ The ancestor who entered Fujian in the Southern Song Dynasty lived in Nangong Shiqiaotou, Kaifeng. Shi Decheng moved to Zhongjie Village, Guhuai Town, Changle, Fujian. It has reproduced for thirty-three generations so far, and its descendants are distributed in Changle, Fuqing, Ningde, and all over the country and the world. In various countries, the "Heyang Shi Clan Ancestral Hall" has been rebuilt in Changle Middle Street.