The great locust forest is on the left, and the vast shade is full of acres of branches.
When the wanderers gather here, do not hesitate to go away.
……
The young man is hugging, and the old man's sideburns are already broken.
As a guest, he resigned to Fenshui Song and returned to his hometown to send Hongya A.
——Excerpt from Han Tong's "Song of the Ancient Locust Tree"
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This is a poem full of parting, this is a poem written to the big locust tree in Hongdong.
Mid-spring, always the most feminine and magnificent season in the north, bid farewell to the long winter of depression, the air is moist, the colors are bright, and everywhere is filled with the green of grass and the fragrance of flowers. Strolling through the building complex of "Great Locust Tree Root-Seeking Ancestral Garden" East Road, a quiet and elegant atmosphere comes to the face. Among the green locusts, the archway of "Yuyan Jia Tree", the "Ancient Locust Tree" monument pavilion, the tea room, the stone scripture building, the ancient post road, are simple and exquisite, quiet and elegant. Three ancient locust trees, one has disappeared, only the imitation tree, one has become a dead tree, only the third generation of large locust branches are leafy and full of vitality. This is the soul of the ancestral garden. The glory and withering of the three ancient locust trees records a thick history that spans six hundred years of time and space and affects the heartstrings of hundreds of millions of people - the great migration in the early years of the Ming Dynasty...
The Yuan Dynasty was an extremely powerful dynasty in Chinese history, and a generation of heavenly pride of Genghis Khan and his iron horse not only swept across Eurasia and the Danube River, but also forced the Song army to stage the tragic tragedy of "no Han after Yashan Mountain". Only because of its ferocious and violent, so short-lived, the Yuan Dynasty only survived for a short period of 89 years, becoming a hurried visitor in the history of Chinese civilization. When it left, what was left was desolation and suffering. This kind of disaster has both natural and man-made disasters. The "History of Ming" records that in the 27 years from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of the Zhengyuan Dynasty (1341) to the first year of Hongwu (1368) in the early Ming Dynasty, there were locust plagues, the mouth of the Yellow River, and the peasant revolt... Various disasters occurred frequently in the Central Plains, and under the double blow of war and disaster, the population of Yujilu and other places that had always been densely populated had withered away and the fields were barren. This tragedy did not stop with the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, it was in the prime of his life, with heavy troops in hand, and he could recruit the Yan king Zhu Di to the south and fought a four-year-long battle with Emperor Jianwen (Taizu's grandson) in the area of Luyu Suwan, known in history as the "Battle of Jingnan". In order to deter the people, after the Yan army broke the city, it slaughtered the city on a large scale, and before the war-torn Huanghuai River Valley could rest and recuperate, it was once again hit hard, and everywhere was a desolate scene of "spring swallows returning without shelter, and there are few people in the red land"...
At this time, Shanxi Province was a symbol of prosperity, peace and tranquility.
Shanxi, east of the Taihang Mountains, west of the Lvliang Mountains, south of the Yellow River natural danger, north of the Yanmen Pass, the Outer Great Wall is majestic, unique terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, known as the "surface of the mountains and rivers" reputation. The water of the Fenhe River irrigates a large area of farmland, the natural conditions are relatively rich, and the people's customs are simple, so there has always been less social turmoil and the people's lives have been relatively rich. During the turbulent period of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the tranquility of Shanxi also benefited from the father and son of the Yuan Dynasty Mongol generals Chahan Timur and Thelmur (Wang Baobao). Both were brave and good at war, resourceful, making full use of favorable terrain and defending well, so that the peasant rebels of all walks of life failed to enter the territory of Shanxi to harm the people. It was not until the first year of Hongwu that the Ming dynasty generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun attacked Taiyuan, at this time Chahan was dead, and Kuoku fled to northern Mobei in defeat. Shanxi only experienced a short war before it was included in the territory of Daming, and its natural economy was well preserved. However, fewer disasters and a prosperous population did not enable the people of Shanxi to live a happy life of living and working in peace and contentment. In order to change the situation of barren land and sparse population in the Huanghuai River Basin, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the suggestions of Liu Jiugao and others in Hubu Langzhong to formulate an immigration plan and start a migration action in an attempt to revitalize China. This large-scale migration, which lasted through the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties in 50 years and a total of 18 times, moved millions of people from Shanxi to 18 provinces and more than 500 counties across the country, with a large time span, a large number of immigrants, and a far-reaching impact, which can be called a world miracle.
When I was a child, nostalgia was a small stamp,
I'm here, my mother is over there.
Growing up, nostalgia is a narrow ticket,
I'm here, the bride is over there.
Later, nostalgia is a short grave,
I'm outside and my mother is inside.
And now, nostalgia is a shallow strait,
I'm here, the continent is over there.
—— "Nostalgia" in Yu Guangzhong
Author: Wang Lixin