Yimenchen, also known as Jiangyou Chen and Jiangzhou Chen. It is a Jiangyou family that originated from Cheqiao Town, Dean County, Jiangxi Province. In 832 AD, the ancestor of Jiangyou Chen bought a property in Taiping Township, De 'an County because he was an official. By the middle of Tang Dynasty and four years, several generations had lived together for more than 50 years. Tang Xizong's imperial relatives gave him a plaque to tease Chen Yimen. Since then, Yimen Chen has been praised by the royal family many times and is well known.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Chen family in Yimen, Jiangzhou, lived together for more than 330 years with more than 3,900 people 15 generations, creating a miracle in world family history. It is a harmonious family with the largest population, the most prosperous culture, the longest time of living together and the closest unity in ancient China. It has become a family model in ancient society and gained fame in the ruling and opposition circles. After that, Song Renzong moved Yimen Ren Chen to 72 counties (144 counties) and analyzed the scale of 29 1 villages (plus 43 official villages ***344 villages). Since then, a family has multiplied into thousands of families, and every family is a new righteous family. According to the latest statistics, the population of Chen in Yimen today has reached more than 40 million.