Zhuji Alley
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Ancient alleys, ancient buildings, ancient towers, Ancient banyan trees, ancient bridges and flowing water meet people's homes. See Zhuji Lane again, see the ancient ancestral hall, and seem to see the strong and majestic figures of our ancestors.
Zhuji Lane is such a big tree, and millions of Miao descendants at home and abroad are its passionate green leaves; Zhuji Lane is such a mellow glass of wine, storing thousands of years of people’s fine wines in the hearts of countless descendants. The fragrance is far away and the love is strong; Zhuji Lane is like a long song. For many years and generations, it has been chanted deeply, making the plum blossoms fall and the moonlight flowing down.
As a settlement place where gentry from the Central Plains and Jiangnan migrated to Lingnan in ancient times, Zhuji Lane is a historical monument, filled with the Chinese nation’s heroic feelings of perseverance and courage to pioneer; as the birthplace of the clans in Lingnan, Zhuji Lane Lane is an eternal magnet that condenses the hearts of millions of Chinese people.
Look, look! Even in the ends of the world, even in the vast journey, how many descendants of China are still looking back
The vicissitudes of the ancient alley
Zhuji Alley is an ancient alley with a history of more than 1,100 years. It got its name from the reign of Emperor Jingzong of Tang Dynasty. "Guangdong Xinyu" written by Qu Dajun in the late Ming Dynasty says: "The name of Zhuji Lane began with Zhang Chang in the Tang Dynasty. Before Chang, he was a member of Xiaoyi's family in Jingzong Lane, Nanxiong. His ancestor Che had a son and lived together for seven generations. In the first year of Jingzong Baoli, the Dynasty After hearing about his filial piety, he was given a pearl sash ring as a banner, and he changed his residence to Zhuji Lane to avoid the taboo of respecting the ancestral temple."
Historical records
Zhuji Lane is also known as Shashui Town. On the west side of Shashui River. According to historical data, Zhuji Lane was originally only a part of Shashui Town.
The "General Chronicles of Guangdong" compiled by Ruan Yuan says: "Zhuji Lane is in front of Shashui Temple." In the genealogy copied from the posthumous manuscript "Zhuji Lane Ethnic Migration to the South" by Mr. Huang Cibo of Zhongshan, it is often called: "Zhuji Lane of Shashui Village" ""Shashui Zhuji Lane". It can be seen that Zhuji Lane originally belonged to Shashui Town. According to investigation, it turns out that Zhuji Lane is roughly at the southern end of Shashui Town, that is, the section starting from the gatehouse of "Zhuji Ancient Lane" and going north past the stone tower to the stone bridge is about 200 meters long. Going further north are other alleys, lanes and squares. The "Zhuji Tower" today was not part of Zhuji Lane in the past. According to the record of the building stele built in the twelfth year of Qianlong's reign (the stele is still inlaid in the "Zhuji Tower"), the "Zhuji Tower" was originally the building in Xiangfengfang, Shashui Town. Zhuji Tower".
"Record of Migration to the South" records that Shashui Town also has old sites such as "Rulin Lane" and "Shashuitang". Later, with the prosperity of the Pearl River Delta, more and more people came here to seek their roots and learn about their ancestors, and the reputation of Zhuji Alley grew. The lanes, lanes and squares of Shashui Town, like Xiangfengfang, were gradually replaced by the name Zhuji, and the entire Shashui Town was also called Zhuji Lane. However, the name Shashui has always been used in the administrative regions of the past dynasties. In Jiading of the Song Dynasty, it was called Shashuiyi, and later it was changed to Shajiao Inspection Department. It was named Shashuitang in the Qing Dynasty, and Shashuiwei in the Republic of China. In the 29th year of the Republic of China, a new county system was implemented. The county was divided into 2 districts and 28 townships. The first district, Junping Township, was changed to Zhuji Township. From then on, Zhuji was the administrative region. Now known as Zhuji Town, it has jurisdiction over more than 110 natural villages and a population of more than 30,000.
The birthplace of the Nanqian clan
According to legend, Nanxiong Zhuji Lane is the ancestral home of the main clans in the Pearl River Delta. "Guangdong General Chronicle" records: "It is said that all the prosperous tribes in Guangzhou originated from here (Zhuji Lane)". According to the posthumous manuscript of Mr. Huang Cibo of Zhongshan, "The Migration of Ethnic Groups to the South in Zhuji Lane", there are genealogies that can be checked. There are 76 surnames and 166 ethnic groups who have moved south to the Pearl River Delta in Zhuji Lane, Nanxiong. According to the "Genealogy and Anthology of Nanxiong Zhuji Lane People's Migration to the South" (compiled by the Cultural and Historical Resources Research Committee of the Nanxiong County CPPCC and the Preparatory Committee of the Nanxiong Zhuji Lane People's Southward Migration Descendants Association), there are 27 surnames and 31 There are 103 surnames and 197 clans in total. The distribution is as follows:
There are 38 ethnic groups with 23 surnames in Nanhai.
Chen family: Heqing, Jiujiang, Heyuan; Huang family: Pingdi, Xia family: Maicun, Chongxia Beixiang Haikou; Xian family: Dalang, Luoge, Datong, Jiancun; Ou family: Jinou Songtang; Zhong family: Family name: Dali Longbu; Du family: Xiqiao Daguo; Mai family: Daxiao Township, Xilongbao; Fu family: Xiqiao Datongbao; Kang family: Yintang; Li family: Lutan, Shijiang; Zhang family: Dawei; Shao family: Shaobian, Kong family: Luo Ge; Liang family: Lanshi, Haizhou, Shi □ (Shi + Ken), Yao family: □ (Chong + Lei) Gang; Zhu family: Jiujiang; Guan family: Jiujiang; Pang's family: Butang; Jian's family: Yanbu, Huyong, Liyong, Yunlu, Baisha, Hengjiang; Lu's family: Shangqi, Hengshun; Li's family: Libian; Cheng's family: Datong.
Panyu has 9 surnames and 15 ethnic groups. Li family: Shawan, Lugang; Jian family: Weiyong, Chebei, Pingshan, Duna, Xiaozhou; Li family: Liyuan; Qu family: Shating; Xi family: Lubu; Han family: Shiqiao; Xie family: Shiqiao, Datian Village; Mai family: Panyu; Zeng family: Xiaolong Ningren Township.
There are 17 surnames and 19 ethnic groups in Shunde. Ou family: Chencun; Chen family: Ma Qi, Daliang; Li family: Fengjian; Feng family: ancient building; Pan family: ancient building; Lu family: Shiyong, Longjiang; Li family: Taoyuan; Su family: Bi Jiang; Lu family: Daliang; Luo family: Daliang; He family: Ma Ning; Mei family: Longshan; Wen family: Longshan; Huang family: Longjiang; Jian family: Longjiang; Zhang family: Longjiang; Deng family: Ganzhu.
Xinhui 20 has surname 32. Li family: Hetang, Qibao, Wuqian, Longshui, Liantang, Zhukeng, Chongcheng, Ludong; Ou family: Yaoxi; Chen family: Lingcun, Shitou, Enzhou; Feng family: Dakou; Rong family Family name: Hetang; Tan family: Tianhe; Zhu family: Shuiwei; Lu family: Gangzhou, Zhongle; Jian family: Luantai; Mai family: Xinhui; Lu family: Danzao, Jiangmen Fanluogang; Li family: Chengnan Xin Kuijiao; Ma family: Hetang Zhang Shiyuan; Song family: Pinggang; Rong family: Chaojuli Rongcun; Tang family: Baishi; Liang family: Xiaogang; and Wu family, Liu family, Zhou family, and Ye family.
There are 36 surnames and 54 ethnic groups in Zhongshan. Zhang family: Nanping; Liu family: Tanjing, Yagang, Longdu, Xiaolan; Lin family: Pinglan, Dache; Chen family: Dadu, Mazi, Gangbei, Pushan, Shuitangtou, Poshicun, Yaoyao; Yan family: Haoyong; Jian family: Nantang; Liang family: Kanxia, ??Zhangxi, Xiaolan, Siduliangcun; Han family: Guba; Ruan family: Chikan, Zhongjiao; Wei family: Hai Prefecture; Cao family: Nancun; Miao family: Yongyuan; Yang family: Beishan, Liangdu; Wu family: Shanchang, Xiaolan; He family: Xiaolan; Li family: Mazhou, Xiaolan; Lan family: Mazhou; Yu family: Longdu; Hou family: dragon head ring; Tang family: Tangjiawan; Gao family: Guotang; Ren family: Guotang; Mai family: Xiaolan; Guo family: Yagang, Liangdu; Bao family: Shan Chang; Sun family: Xiaolan; Gan family: Xiaolan; Luo family: Xiaolan; Shi family: Xiaolan; Xiao family: Dayongnanwen; Zeng family: Yongbian; Cai family: Yonghou; Zhong family: Qiao; Zhu family: Xiaolan; Deng and Du family: Xiaolan.
There are 22 surnames and 26 ethnic groups in Dongguan. Zhang: Zhakou; Yuan: Tea Garden; He: Chigang, Dafen; Li: Tea Cellars; Liu: Changbiao; Ding: Wenshun; Xiao: Gumei; Mai: Jingkang; Li: : Chashan, Baima; Feng family: Dongguan; Qi family: Lichuan; Chen family: Yanchuan; Fang family: Huangcun; Zhai family: Nanjie; Deng family: Shipai Fulongwei; Li family: Qiaoli; Luo family : Zhongtang, Yingcun; Tan's family: Daning; Wei's family: Tea Garden; Zhong's family: Tea Mountain; Cai's family: Shatou; Liang's family: Xiaoheng, Banshi.
Gaoyao 28’s surname belongs to the 63 clan. Qiu family: Wang Chen; Fang family: Wenmingbao; Shuai family: Yandong; Li family: Liangjiangjiabianmofang; Tu family: Gengsha; Wang family: Zhu Ziyin; Cen family: Baizhu Longtan Village; Jin family: Yin family Jiangdu Jinwu; Yu family: Waijin; Lv family: Yunliang; , Tanggang, Luoxiu, Pailou Village, Yanzhou Donggu, Hengcun, Yandong, Yaogang, Weibian, Lantang, Tangjitou, Hengshi, Changqi, Niuwei; Shi family: Hengcha, Qianning ; Gan family: Wen Guan; Jiang family: Lancun; Hu family: Lucun; Lin family: Ducun; Zhou family: Lantang, Donggang; Wu family: Langgang, Shangwei, Gaodi, Pingbu; Zhu family: Clan: Hukeng, Luo Ke; He family: Taoxi, Maogang, Dutou, Xi'an, Lezhuyuan, Hetian, Xiandong, Qingyunshe, Xiaoyou; Wu family: Zhuzhou, Shapu, Chagang; Yu family: : Dongkengkou; Du family: Gubu; Shao family: Yongning; Tang family: Wen Guan, Gangbian; Xu family: Dajitou.
There are 10 surnames and 11 ethnic groups in Taishan.
Chen family; Chongpan Chunchang; Li family: Jiaokou Shangchongshuilou and Hengtang; Xiao family: Xiaocun; Zhen family: Haiyan; Rong family: Zhaimen; Fan family: Baishi Village; Feng family: Nantou; Yuan family: Dugang; Zhao family: Haiyan; Xu family: Dadan.
There are 16 surnames and 20 ethnic groups in Kaiping. Zhang family: Zhangqiao, Shaba; Liang family: Beitan, Changsha; Chen family: Bitan, Kuigang; Su family: Tanghong; Lao family: Changsha Tang; Situ family: Jiaodi; Xie family: Tanbianyuan ; Huang family: Beiyan Shuibei; Yang family: Dukang, Tanglang; Luo family: Liangxi; Wu family: Lougang; Hu family: Changshazhou; Jane family: Qiangang; Qiu family: Lezhucun; Li family: Chongcheng; Kuang's: Pancun.
In addition, there are the Liang and Situ tribes of Enping Shengtang, the Xi tribe of Jianggu in Guangning, the Zhu tribe of Liaojiang in Qingyuan, the He, Huang, and Chen tribes of Baoan, and the Situ tribe of Yangjiang. , the Liu clan in Zengcheng, and the Deng clan in Lekau Kokshan, New Territories, Hong Kong.
All the above genealogical certificates claim that their ancestors came from Zhuji Lane, Nanxiong. The descriptions are either simple or complex, and the dates are different. The earliest one was opened in the Northern Song Dynasty, and most of them were in the late Northern Song Dynasty and the late Southern Song Dynasty. From Xining, Chongning, Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty to Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, people from Shaoxing, Chunxi, Kaixi, Shaoding, Duanping, Jiaxi, Xianchun, Xiangxing and other dynasties until the early Yuan Dynasty came from Zhuji Lane. Move south.
How can Xiaozhuji Lane accommodate so many clan names? It can be seen from the genealogy records that there are generally two situations for the clans that moved south from Zhuji Lane: one is that they have lived in Zhuji Lane for generations. The other type was those who moved southward from the Central Plains one after another during the turmoil and settled in Zhuji Lane. Some tribes settled for a longer time, some for a shorter time. Over the past few hundred years, the ethnic groups migrating south from the Central Plains took Zhuji Lane as their foothold. Groups of people migrated from the north, and groups of people migrated south. For example, the genealogy of Guanshu Detang in Jiujiang, Nanhai Province states that their ancestors were descendants of Hou Tinghou of the Han Dynasty: "In the first year of Xianchun in the Song Dynasty, he moved from Jiezhou to Zhujili, Baochang County. In the seventh year of his reign, the ancestor Tan Zhen and his younger brother Jun Feng moved to Jiujiang, Nanhai Province..." For example, Jian's Hu Yongfang genealogy states: "When the distant ancestors entered Lizong of the Song Dynasty, they traveled outside the mountains, and then lived in Zhuji Lane, Nanxiong. When Duzong of the Song Dynasty, they moved to Zidong, Nanhai..." The distance between Lizong and Duzong was only more than 40 years. With these clan names, they have not lived in Zhuji Lane for a long time. Why do they call Zhuji Lane their hometown? There are two reasons:
★First, most of them lived in Zhuji Lane at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty or the late Southern Song Dynasty. After migrating from the war-torn Central Plains, they were displaced and experienced many hardships. Only after arriving at Fuxiong Zhuji Lane were they able to recuperate and revive their family business. Therefore, they naturally regarded Zhuji Lane as the birthplace of their ancestors' re-starting their businesses and as the birthplace of their ancestors' re-starting their businesses. I am particularly nostalgic for my hometown.
★Secondly, they came from all over the Central Plains and had no kinship relations at all. After moving south, they all used Zhuji Lane as their hometown, so that they could establish relationships with fellow villagers, connect with each other, strengthen solidarity and mutual assistance, and benefit their lives in the future. Start a business in a foreign land.
People from Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong moved south, some to avoid natural disasters and military disasters, and some to find a better living base. Their southward migration played an important role and made significant contributions to the development of the Pearl River Delta. They were a group of pioneers who migrated in the turmoil and had a tenacious entrepreneurial spirit after being tempered by arduous journeys. At the same time, they brought advanced production technology and culture from the Central Plains. After they arrived in the Pearl River Delta, they combined with the good natural conditions there to create new productivity, making agriculture in the Pearl River Delta take a new step with development significance and becoming the richest region in Lingnan. They also quickly multiplied and became a prosperous family there. Economic development has promoted cultural development and produced a number of well-known historical figures. Such as Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and so on in modern times. There are also many people who carry forward the spirit of hard work and entrepreneurship, travel across the oceans, become overseas Chinese, and make due contributions to the development of overseas countries. Zhuji Lane is indeed worthy of being a hometown that the people of the Pearl River Delta and the vast number of overseas Chinese will always miss.