Sophora root seeking and ancestor worship Garden

Located at Guangji temple, 2km northwest of Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, the garden is a famous Ming Dynasty immigrant site, and a holy land for hundreds of millions of descendants of Sophora japonica at home and abroad. "Ask me where my ancestors are, the great Sophora tree in Hongdong, Shanxi.".

Transportation: the scenic spot is located in Hongdong County, Linfen City. There is a bus stop from Linfen bus station to Hongdong bus station. CMB, 5 yuan. Taxi from Hongdong bus station to Hongdong Sophora tree costs 4 yuan. There is also No.1 loop bus.

Hongdong sophora root seeking and ancestor worship Garden

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Sophora root seeking and ancestor worship garden generally refers to Hongdong sophora root seeking and ancestor worship garden scenic spot

Located in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, Hongdong pagoda tree root seeking and ancestor worship garden is the only sacred place for people's sacrifice with the theme of "root seeking" and "ancestor worship" in China, and is a national AAAAA tourist attraction

In 2008, the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors by Sophora japonica was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

The scenic area is divided into four major theme areas, namely "immigration historic area", "ancestor worship activity area", "folk custom tourist area" and "Fenhe ecological area". There are more than 60 scenic and cultural spots, such as stele Pavilion, Sophora japonica trees of the second and third generations, thousand year old sophora root, ancestor worship hall, Guangji temple, Shijing building, immigration relief map, Chinese surname garden, etc

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From the 3rd year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty to the 15th year of Yongle in the past 50 years, 18 large-scale official immigrants took place under the big locust tree, mainly moving to 18 provinces, including Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu, and more than 500 counties and cities. After 600 years of migration and reproduction, where there are Chinese in the world today, there are descendants of the great locust tree immigrants. Hongdong locust tree root seeking and ancestor worship garden has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Chinese people, and has been regarded as a "home", a "ancestor" and a "root"

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The great migration in Hongwu and Yongle years of Ming Dynasty is the largest, most extensive, organized and planned migration in Chinese history. This has certain historical significance for resuming production, increasing population, developing economy, developing frontier and cultural exchange. The migration lasted for 50 years, involving 1230 surnames. Hundreds of millions of descendants of immigrants moved from here to other places

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In February 2020, in order to pay deep respect to the national health care workers, from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the national health care workers can enter the park without the first ticket with valid certificates.

Root culture

historical background

The large-scale immigration in Hongwu and Yongle years of Ming Dynasty has its historical background and reasons, which naturally starts from the history of the late Yuan Dynasty.

The rule of Yuan Dynasty in China was only 98 years. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, due to the intensification of class contradictions and ethnic contradictions, natural disasters, and people's livelihood, Henan, Shandong, Hebei and other Central Plains "roads are blocked, people are cut off" (Ming Taizu Shi Lu, Volume 29), people can not live, only to rise up against the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty. In the year of Zhengyuan (1341), more than 100 people's anti yuan uprisings took place in Shandong, Hebei and Huguang. Since then, people's uprisings have become more frequent and more powerful. Fang Guozhen uprising in Taizhou in the eighth year of Zhizheng, Liu Futong uprising in Yingzhou in the eleventh year of Zhizheng, known as the red scarf army, and Xu Shouhui uprising in Qizhou. In the 12th year of Zhizheng reign, Guo Zixing and Zhu Yuanzhang revolted in Haozhou. In the second year, Zhang Shicheng also revolted in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province. In the following ten years, especially in Anhui, Henan, Shandong, Hebei and other places where Liu Futong '

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In September of the 12th year of Zhizheng reign, the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty "Tuotuo broke Xuzhou and then slaughtered its city" (the biography of Tuotuo in the history of the Yuan Dynasty). In the seventeen and twenty-first years of Zhizheng reign, the chahantimer division of the yuan army fought with the peasant army, "both wars were defeated and decapitated by more than ten thousand ranks" (Biography of chahantimer in the history of the Yuan Dynasty). In November of the 18th year of Zhizheng reign, the yuan army "Liu Qi rented and guarded Shunde, robbed the people's wealth, cattle and horses, and ordered the strong to confiscate the army, while the weak killed and ate it" (the chronicle of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty). Later, the regular army of the yuan army was exhausted, unable to suppress the peasant uprising army. In order to protect their own interests, some landlords also cooperated with the yuan army in fighting against the peasants. Wang Baobao (extended profile Timur) and his son in Shanxi, Li Siqi in Shaanxi, also sent troops to Henan, Shaanxi, Shandong and Huaihe, and finally suppressed the red scarf army. In these battles, the armed forces of the Yuan Dynasty and the landlords "uprooted their lands and slaughtered their cities" (the book of Emperor Shun in the history of the Yuan Dynasty), which killed seven or eight people in Henan, Shandong, Northern Jiangsu and Northern Anhui. Only 18 families were killed in Yangzhou, a famous city at that time. (record of Ming Taizu, Volume 5) Niu's genealogy in niuwa village, Wenxian county also states: "soldiers killed Henan, thousands of miles away." After the spring mud came back, there was no place to live, and there were few people in the red land. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to Jianghuai, sent Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to make a northern expedition, made progress in Shandong, recovered Henan, set Kyoto in the north, and the Yuan emperor died in Mobei. In this way, the 16 year war ended at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in addition to the war, natural disasters also continued. The Yellow River and the Huaihe river burst their mouths many times, making the land of the Central Plains "drift away, leaving no land and no land to be reckoned with, killing countless people, and turning villages and cities into ruins." According to the history of the Yuan Dynasty, there were only 19 rain and drought disasters in Shandong, 17 in Henan, 15 in Hebei, and 8 in Huaihe and Lianghe regions in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty. (the five elements annals of the history of the Yuan Dynasty) resulted in "floating people's houses and the dead" (the book of Emperor Shun of the history of the Yuan Dynasty), and "the grain does not enter the land and people eat each other" (the five elements annals of the history of the Yuan Dynasty). From the first year to the twenty sixth year of Zhizheng, there were floods almost every year. "In the first year of Zhizheng, there were floods in Bianliang and Junzhou.

In April of the second year, Suizhou Yifeng County suffered from floods. On the night of June, Jinan's mountains and waters soared, rushing to the East and West passes and flowing into the Xiaoqing River. Heishan, Tianma, shigu villages and Wolong mountains and waters flowed into the Daqing River, and more than 1000 residents were drowned. In February 2003, in Ningyuan County, Fuqiang county and Chengji County, gongchang County, there were landslides and floods, and no one drowned. In May, the Yellow River passes through baimaokou. In July, there were four counties in Bianliang, namely Zhongmou, Fugou, Weishi and Jichuan, and three counties in Zhengzhou, namely Xingyang, Sishui and Heyin. In May of 2004, Bazhou was flooded. In June, there was a heavy rain in Gongxian County, Henan Province. The rivers in Yishui and Luoshui overflowed and hundreds of houses were floating. Jining Road, Yanzhou, Bianliang, Yanling, Tongxu, Chenliu, Linying and other counties, flood damage Jia, people eat each other. In July, the Luanhe river overflowed the flat land for more than Zhang, and there were few houses on Yongping Road. Dongping Road, donga, Yanggu, Wenshang, Pingyin four counties, Yazhou Xi'an County Dashui.

In July of the fifth year, the river broke down to save Yin, and the pavilions and houses for officials and people were almost exhausted. In October, the Yellow River flooded. In May of 2007, there was a flood in Huangzhou.

Xinhai in the first month of the eighth year, the river broke down and fell into Jining road. In June, it was ugly. There was a sudden rain in Songzi County, Zhongxing Road, and the water rose sharply. The flat land was more than five feet deep and floated over sixty miles. 1500 people died. It's the moon. There's a flood in Jiaozhou. In July, there was a flood in Gaomi County. In July of 1999, Zhongxing Road, Gongan, Shishou, Qianjiang, Jianli and Mianyang Fu Dashui. In summer and autumn, the flood in Qizhou hurt the crops.

In June of the 12th year, there was a sudden rain in Songzi County, Zhongdan Road, and the water soared. More than 1000 houses were drifted and 700 people drowned. In July, there was a flood in Xi'an County, Yazhou. In the summer of the 13th year, there was a flood in Fengrun, Yutian, Zunhua and Pinggu counties of Jizhou.

In June of 2014, a heavy rain in Fugong County, Henan Province, caused the floods in Yishui and Luoshui to overflow and drown more than 300 people. Autumn, Jizhou big water.

In the 16th year, Heyin County of Zhengzhou was decided by the river, and the official and civilian houses were abandoned, thus becoming the middle stream.

In June of the 17th year, it rained in summer, and the Zhanghe River overflowed. Guangping county and city were all water. In autumn, Jizhou county is flooded. In the autumn of eighteen, the capital and Jizhou were flooded. In September of nineteen, the river of Rencheng County in Jeju was decided. In July of the 20th year, there was a flood in Tongzhou. In March of the year 22, Dashui, Guangze County, Shaowu. Twenty three years, Mengzhou Jiyuan, Wenxian Dashui. In July, the river broke through Dongping and Shouzhang counties. The city walls were destroyed and houses were floating. Many people drowned. In March of 2004, the well water in Yidu County overflowed and turned yellow. Huaiqing road Mengzhou, Hanoi, Wuzhi County water. In July, Yidu Road, tingguang county and Gaomi County, Jiaozhou City were in water. In the autumn of 25 years, Jizhou was flooded. Xucheng, Dong'e and Pingyin counties in Dongping county had a small river mouth, which reached the Qinghe River and damaged the houses and crops. In February of the 26th year, he moved to Hebei Province. He was attacked by Dongming, Cao, PU and Jining. In June, there was a heavy rain in Henan Province. In autumn and July, four counties in Jizhou, Weihui, Bianliang and Junzhou suffered from floods. In August, the Daqing River in Dizhou was settled, and there were no dwellings left at the boundary of Bindi and Dezhou. Jining road Feicheng County West Yellow River flood overflow, drift field he residential more than 100 miles, Dezhou Qihe County more than 70 miles. (records of the five elements of Yuan History) in Yuan history, such records abound. Especially in Henan Province, there are huge floods almost every year. Zhongshu Provincial Department of household once said: "successive years of floods and droughts, farmland does not harvest." (the book of Emperor Shun in the history of the Yuan Dynasty) a minister of river management at that time also said that the Central Plains region was "starved year after year, and the people were in dire straits." (Volume 2 of Chronicles of the Yuan Dynasty).

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, not only serious floods but also frequent locust plagues occurred in the Central Plains. In June of the 12th year of Zhizheng, Daming Road in the Yuan Dynasty "opened, smoothed and dredged three prefectures, Yuancheng eleven counties, floods, droughts, insects and locusts, and there were 716980 hungry people.". From the third year of the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were 15 times of famine in the Central Plains (records of the five elements of the Yuan Dynasty), and there was a famine in Henan Province in the 17th year. Eighteen years of "capital hunger", Zhangde is the same

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