One of the best qualities of the Chinese nation in the world is the feeling of home and country, which not only exists in the hearts of modern Chinese sons and daughters, but also the national wealth that has been passed down since ancient times. It is precisely for this reason that our Greater China has been able to stand in the forest of the world for thousands of years and live endlessly.
This Chinese spirit not only exists in the hearts of the Chinese people in our country, but also in the hearts of Chinese children who are wandering in foreign countries. Every Chinese son and daughter who is a stranger in a foreign land will not forget the identity of his descendants, nor will he forget the yellow blood flowing on his body, and when he comes to the festival of his hometown, although the surrounding environment is different, he will still adhere to the customs of his hometown.
This is not only something that ordinary people in other places will do, even if they are mixed in foreign countries, their status is very high, and Chinese will not forget their identity. Among them, the "Tian family" in South Korea is the most typical.
This family has settled in Korea as early as the Ming Dynasty, but for hundreds of years, it has been adhering to the identity of the Chinese, retaining the customs of Chinese, adhering to Chinese festivals, and even writing the words "I am Chinese" on the family's genealogy.
Although Chinese will not forget their roots, the Tian family has been living in Korea for 381 years. Imagine that for more than three hundred years, the average family has been passed down for four or five generations, and in ancient times, people had less lifespan, and the actual number may be more. Moreover, the customs of South Korea and China are very different, but it is really incredible that their own families must continue to have customs that are different from those around them, or four or five generations.
So, why can this Tian family have such a strong sense of family and country?
This has to start with the ancestors of the Tian family. The ancestor of the Tian family is Tian Haoqian, and it was under his leadership that the Tian family ran from China to Korea.
To say that Tian Haoqian, he is a rich second generation without compromise. Although he lives in the countryside, the wealth accumulated by his ancestors makes Tian Haoqian's life very moist, and he himself does not have the spirit of "rich second generation" who is flying and wandering, and he is very proud of his neighbors. Originally, his life could have been lived richly, but he met the person who changed his life- Dong Shiyuan.
The first acquaintance between the two was not pleasant. Dong Shiyuan was from the village next door, and he couldn't live anymore, so he ran to Tian Haoqian's mansion and stole a lot of property. Tian Haoqian has a bold personality, but he will not easily forgive the thieves who stole him, so he launched his own forces to capture Dong Shiyuan. In a hurry, Dong Shiyuan joined the army and began his career as a horseman. Tian Haoqian could only stop there.
After a few years, the world was in chaos, Tian Haoqian, as a hot-blooded man, was bent on serving the motherland, and after he inquired in many ways, he learned that Dong Shiyuan was already an officer in the army. Tian Haoqian decided to defect to him, after all, the two did not fight and did not know each other at the beginning.
The two who met met a confidant and became brothers of the opposite sex under the joy of wine.
The arrival of Tian Haoqian made Dong Shiyuan more powerful, and the war was won one after another. But unfortunately, Dong Shiyuan was still too young, won a few victories and began to be proud and complacent, even if there is a lot of hard persuasion from Tian Haoqian, it is useless, just as the so-called arrogant army will be defeated, Dong Shiyuan finally only lost once, but left himself in this battle, and Tian Haoqian fortunately escaped death, as a prisoner, was taken to Korea.
Maybe Tian Haoqian's life should not be extinguished, he escaped by chance and fled to South Korea. And because of his good writing, he was favored by the Korean general Gu Gong, and because Tian Haoqian helped Gu Gong fight several victorious battles, coupled with Gu Gong's appreciation for him, Tian Haoqian's status went all the way up, and even became the right-hand man of the Korean monarch.
In this way, Tian Haoqian completely established himself in South Korea and became a high-ranking political official.
On this road to high promotion, Tian Haoqian has never forgotten his identity as a Chinese, and will repeatedly educate his relatives around him - we came to South Korea just to escape the war, and after China is stable, we must return to our hometown. Moreover, whenever he came to China's festival, Tian Haoqian would lead his people to adhere to traditional customs and bow three times and nine times in the direction of the motherland.
Unfortunately, due to various reasons, Tian Haoqian was not able to return to his hometown in his lifetime, embrace his homeland, and could only instruct his clan to write "I am Chinese" on the family tree.
His family always remembered that he was still muttering "Wind Village" before he died. His descendants took advantage of the opportunity of the mission to China to find the "Fengzheng Village", and with the concerted efforts of everyone, they handed over Tian Haoqian's relics to the deceased.
Without Tian Haoqian's instructions, the Tian family has always kept its identity as a Chinese, and every Spring Festival in China, the Tian family will paste couplets according to Chinese customs, and they continue their legend in Korea.