Propaganda slogans under the big locust tree

It has been circulated in North China for generations: "Ask me where my ancestors are? Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi. What's your ancestral home? The ballad "The Old Stork Nest under the Big Sophora Tree". Therefore, everyone agrees that their ancestors all came from Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi Province, which is called "the hometown of China".

In fact, many ancestors who settled in Henan, Hebei and Shandong migrated from the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi, but this is by no means their real ancestral home.

As the earliest developed area in China, the Central Plains has been the core area of the country since ancient times, and there is a saying in history that "those who win the Central Plains win the world". Therefore, in the long river of ancient history, every social war, the Central Plains is bound to be filled with smoke, bones piled up, and the people live in poverty!

The Yuan Dynasty was politically dark and did not attach importance to flood control of the Yellow River. In the late Yuan Dynasty, dam breaks occurred from time to time in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Large areas of land and villages have become swamps, and villagers have no fixed place to live and flee everywhere!

At the same time, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty practiced national oppression. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, class contradictions and ethnic contradictions intensified day by day, and a large number of peasant uprisings appeared, causing wars everywhere, and the Central Plains became a hell on earth!

Shanxi, located in the mountainous area, showed a prosperous scene during the famine. Because of these two dangerous terrain, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the war is difficult to spread. With the influx of refugees from the Central Plains, Shanxi is "overcrowded" and many people have no land to farm!

By the Ming Dynasty, the war gradually subsided. Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, saw that the Central Plains was vast and sparsely populated, so he ordered a large-scale migration movement to the Central Plains.

However, people suffering from war are reluctant to leave Shanxi, a paradise. Although the government has organized large-scale immigration many times, the effect is not good! Finally, the government put up notices in more than 60 counties in Shanxi, and those who are willing to move will gather at the centralized point within three days. Those who don't want to come here must also explain the situation to the government!

Arrived three days ago, all the assembly points were crowded with people, but the government unexpectedly sent a large number of officers and men to surround the assembled crowd. Forced migration, regardless of gender or age.

Among them, the number of people gathered under the pagoda tree in Hongdong was the largest, reaching100000. Immigrants from here spread all over the country 18 provinces and cities and more than 500 counties and cities, which had a far-reaching influence in history, so the descendants of immigrants all agreed that Hong Tong Sophora japonica was the starting point of immigration.

In the early decades of the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi migrated to the Central Plains 17 times, involving 66 counties in 2 provinces 17 states and 8 12 surnames, and the total number of immigrants exceeded 1 10,000.

Therefore, in this large-scale immigration tide, not all people immigrated from the big locust tree in Hongdong, and most of them came here to seek their roots and worship their ancestors. Calling it "China's hometown" is really a bit reluctant. More just for the needs of tourism development!

Although Hong Tong Sophora japonica can't fully represent all immigrants, it has seized this line and developed into a holy place for China people to seek roots and worship their ancestors around the world and a famous tourist attraction in Shanxi, bringing a lot of income to the local area every year.