Why do most people in China say that their ancestors came from this place?

The migration of Sophora japonica in Hong Tong has a far-reaching influence in the history of China, which is the memory of many families. Because of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Sanjin area did not have much influence, and at the same time, the Huguang area was frequently affected by the war, and the population dropped sharply. Therefore, after Emperor Hong established the Ming Dynasty, in order to fill the population gap in Huguang area, the population of Shanxi was ordered to move. At that time, Hongdong was a transit point of population migration, which has always been regarded as a historical symbol of this population migration.

After the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, the homeland north of the Yangtze River often suffered from years of wars by the Liao, Jin and Mongolian armies, and the people in the Central Plains were displaced or fled, or suffered disasters and famines. After the Yuan Dynasty unified the Central Plains, Mongolians and Semu people from the western regions were divided into first-class and second-class, while Han people in the north and South were divided into third-class and fourth-class.

People in Henan, Hebei, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui and Guanzhong are easily bullied by rulers, so many people move to Shanxi. Because Shanxi was relatively developed earlier and was less influenced by the Yellow River, it was difficult for mountain rulers to enter, and they could dig holes to live, similar to the Central Plains civilization. The south is different from the north. They dare not go too far, so many people moved to Shanxi at one time, which led to a sharp increase in Shanxi's population.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this problem and ordered some people in Shanxi to move back to their original ancestral homes or beyond. But these people have lived in Shanxi for several lifetimes and are unwilling to move again, so the court sent troops to urge them.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were 18 population movements, involving 18 provinces and cities and more than 500 counties and cities. According to the current administrative divisions, almost half of the provinces in the country are involved, while at that time it was more than two-thirds of the provinces. So now there are many provinces and cities whose ancestral homes are from Shanxi.