Phonetics of Macheng people after they immigrated to Sichuan.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was indeed a saying that Huguang filled Sichuan. According to the records of Xiaogan County in Qing Dynasty, it did happen, and the genealogy of some surnames handed down by Xiaogan was also recorded. What you said about Xiaogan Township in Macheng County can also prove this point. Xiaogan and Macheng were both counties in Ming Dynasty (in feudal society, the number of households was a hard indicator). It was because a large number of immigrants from Xiaogan County entered Sichuan at that time, and there was a plague in Xiaogan before, so Xiaogan was downgraded to a township and placed under the management of Macheng County in the case of a sudden drop in population.

It is difficult to confirm the surname according to the word generation you provided. First, in Xiaogan, due to the variety of surnames, some surnames belong to * * * (for example, the genealogy of ancestors surnamed Zhang and Huang, the genealogy of ancestors surnamed Tian, Hu, Cheng and Miao, and the statement about not being divided). Second, when did you say the word generation? Because the average generation will only make up about twenty generations. Twenty generations later, there will still be people alive at that time. People handed down by our ancestors 20 generations ago can't all get together or even lose contact (for example, our family went to Henan in the late Qing Dynasty and lost contact in the late Republic of China), so the word "one generation" is different. There are also people who can contact but like to set up another portal (there is a surname in our village, that's right).

In view of your situation, I would like to make some suggestions: First, find out the origin of your family, why and how you came to Sichuan. What was the family background when I went, because many old people in Xiaogan verbally told their descendants the origin of the family and who was left in history (for what reason). It is clearly written in the genealogy with a high degree of civilization.

It is certain that your ancestral home is Xiaogan, Hubei. Listen to the old man: Xiaogan moved to Sichuan with the most surname Yang.