What is the particularity of Shanxi Sophora japonica? Why are there people all over the country? Where can I find my roots?

Regarding the inheritance of Chinese culture, there is a widely circulated saying, "Seek the roots and ask the ancestors, and go to the locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi, where is our root".

At the same time, there are a large number of genealogies found in all parts of the country, and the birthplace of their ancestors is written in the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi.

It seems that from the example, it has become a fact that "the locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi Province" is "the birthplace of Han people". But this may not be the case? It was our ancestors who exaggerated the facts through word of mouth.

"Big pagoda tree" is not the native place of China people, but because of a specific incident, a large number of big pagoda tree people went to all parts of the country. It has caused the fact that there are families pointing at the big locust tree all over the country. Then came the romantic rumor that the Han people originated from the "big locust tree".

The romantic origin of The Big Sophora Tree is bloody.

After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians failed to thoroughly handle ethnic contradictions. At that time, the floods in the Huanghuai basin continued, causing a large number of hungry people. The whole contradiction intensified completely. From about 135 1 year, the Yuan Dynasty was plunged into a war of 10 years.

In this war, there were peasant armies that rebelled against the Central Army of the Yuan Dynasty, and some peasant armies fought with each other to divide their interests. Zhu Yuanzhang successfully completed the Northern Expedition around A.D. 1367 when he defeated his opponents Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen, who were also from the peasant army, and drove the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty back to the grassland.

At the end of the yuan dynasty, in order to supplement the troops, all the young and middle-aged people were consumed, especially in the central plains. According to the Records of Ming Taizu, the Central Plains is "in ruins, sparsely populated" and "mostly uninhabited".

Faced with the reality of "shortage of manpower and long-term desolation", after Zhu Yuanzhang took office, the top priority was to redistribute the labor force nationwide. The area with a large population moves to the area with a small population.

Because the relocation destinations are all relatively rich areas, the people are very willing to accept it, and there is no large-scale resistance, especially those "proletarians" who have no assets in the local area. This is an excellent opportunity for them. This is the romantic soil and background of The Big Sophora Tree.

Zhu Yuanzhang's great migration

"After the chaos, the Central Plains was choppy and people were miserable. The so-called field opening and the increase in household registration are the top priorities of the Central Plains. "

At the suggestion of Suzhou Su Qi, Zhu Yuanzhang began to plan immigration in the sixth year of Hongwu (1373). As for the place where he moved out, after comprehensive statistics, Shanxi was regarded as an important population export place in the Ming Dynasty. There is a simple reason. At that time, the population of Shanxi was 4.0304 million, while the combined population of Henan and Hebei was only 4 million. In terms of population density, Shanxi is much higher than the national average, so Zhu Yuanzhang also said that "Shanxi people are narrow."

The destination of the export population has been determined, and Zhu Yuanzhang is a bit selfish when he enters the country. The first batch of large-scale immigrants came from Shanxi to his hometown Fengyang, Anhui Province to open up wasteland. It can be seen that you are the emperor, and Zhu Yuanzhang still has a heart to build his hometown.

However, we should note that Zhu Yuanzhang's migration is not only the migration of "Hong Tong Sophora japonica". According to the known records, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to move out of Shanxi, and according to the administrative divisions of Shanxi in the early Ming Dynasty, Taiyuan refers to Taiyuan House, which governs 6 states and 20 counties. Pingyang is Pingyang County, which governs 6 states and 29 counties. Zezhou, namely Zezhou, is a provincial-level Zhili state, with jurisdiction over 4 counties; Liao is a Liao country, a province of Zhili, and governs 2 counties; Qin Zhi refers to Qinzhou, a provincial-level Zhili state, which governs 2 counties; Lu is Luzhou, a provincial zhili state, which governs 6 counties; "Fen" refers to Fenzhou, the provincial capital of Zhili, which governs 3 counties. In this way, Shanxi immigrants in the early Ming Dynasty involved 66 counties in 2 states 17 states.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang's migration plan lasted for a long time, starting from the sixth year of Hongwu (1373) and basically ending in the fifteenth year of Yongle (14 17). As a result of this large distribution, a social phenomenon is that Shanxi people are all over the country. It has become the direct source of the sentence "Ask your ancestors about the big locust tree".

As for why people from all over the country migrated from Shanxi and finally became the rumored "big locust tree", there is no textual research at present. There are only two mainstream views. Some people say that it is because "Sophora japonica" is a symbol on the only way for Shanxi immigrants. In the case of low culture and education, ordinary people regard it as their last nostalgia for their hometown.

There is a more direct statement because there are the most people migrating in Hongdong, Shanxi. Where there is quantity, there are more opportunities to produce talents and scholars. Gradually, in written records, Hongdong in Shanxi became synonymous with this immigrant.

As for Shanxi guohuai, what is the particularity? Why there are people all over the country, where to find their roots and ask their ancestors. Because it represents the redistribution of labor in the Ming Dynasty, it also symbolizes the feelings of people coming out of Shanxi and returning to their roots.