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Ask me where my ancestors are. Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi. What's your ancestral home? Old storks nest under the big locust tree. Located in Dahuaishu Park on the west side of Jia Cun, two kilometers northwest of Hongtong County, Shanxi Province. In the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, most places suffered greatly, and almost all of them were uninhabited. The relative stability of Shanxi, coupled with the influx of refugees, made Shanxi the most densely populated area at that time.

From the early years of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Yongle (1407), the Ming government organized eight large-scale immigration activities. At that time, the Ming government set up a bureau in Guangji Temple on the west side of Jia Cun, two kilometers northwest of Hongdong County, to focus on immigration matters. Immigrants gather under the locust tree. Many years later, although the descendants of immigrants can't remember the specific place, the shadow of the "big locust tree" lingers in their memory for a long time.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, some immigrants from Hongdong and other places in Shanxi went to Henan and Hubei, and some moved to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Today, in some places in Gansu, going to the toilet is called relieving oneself. Behind this dialect is actually the evidence of the difficult course of Shanxi immigrants to Gansu. It is said that in order to prevent immigrants from escaping, they were all tied behind their backs and connected with a long rope. If you want to urinate, you must report to the officers and men and untie the rope in your hand, so you have the word "relieve yourself". The action of immigrants tying their hands behind their backs has also evolved into the custom of northwest people walking with their hands behind their backs.

Hongdong, located in the south of Shanxi, is densely populated and was the largest county in Shanxi at that time. Therefore, after the government decided to emigrate in the early Ming Dynasty, Hongdong was the main place to move in. It lasted for about 50 years until the end of Yongle period. At that time, the policy of moving to Ding was: the only child did not move, a family of six people moved 2, four people moved 1, and eight people moved 3. Immigrants from all over the world concentrated in Hongji Temple in Hongdong, and moved eastward after registration. It is difficult to leave their motherland. In fact, immigrants were forced to travel eastward at that time, leaving legends such as "being cheated and concentrated" and "giving up halfway".

When they moved to the east with their back wells, when they set out to the east, and when they looked back at their homeland, what impressed them most was the tall and lush locust tree in front of Guangji Temple. So in the eyes of our ancestors, it became a symbol of our homeland. Only then, there are popular sayings such as "Ask where ancestors came from, Shanxi Hong Tong big pagoda tree" and "Know where ancestors came from, Shanxi Hong Tong asked the old pagoda tree".

Zaoqiang, Hebei Province is an important resting place and transit station on the way eastward. At that time, the government was afraid that the immigrants would grow and develop after they settled down, resulting in a separatist situation in Zong Hao. In order to facilitate decentralized control, the policy at that time was that brothers with the same surname and clan could not live together. So after a long journey, our ancestors rested in Zaoqiang, set up accounts in separate volumes and moved eastward to Shandong, and Zaoqiang also had followers. The general routes are: Dezhou-Jinan, Tai 'an, Jining-Qingzhou, Yizhou-Laizhou-Dengzhou,

Jizhou prefecture, etc. Lu is divided into three parts: southern Hebei, western Hebei and eastern Hebei. Among them, the southern branch of Jizhou is the following generations: this branch has a long history; Baishiqing Changchun; Xiu De Cheng Xianzhi; Bing Fu Bao Zecun; Commemorate national grace; Jill Guangyu Jin; Home and keep the route; Bon Gui Xing Yan Wen. (Among them, Chang, Zhou and Zhong are the 15th generation. For 600 years, my Zhao Yan and Lushi descendants have lived side by side for generations, and they have established their own ancestral temple. Is not to forget ancestors, forge ahead, and strive to benefit future generations. I wish the Lushi family all over the world: they will never forget their ancestors, have talented people, have a good family style and have a long-lasting foundation.