More than 1,000 years ago, this Shule people sang the "Song of Shule", and today, there are more than 1,700 descendants in the country, and they have become Han Chinese
The Shule River, under the Yin Mountains. The sky is like a vault, and the cage covers the four fields.
The sky is clear and the wilderness is vast. Wind blowing grass low to see cattle and sheep.
Huo Lujin (斛律金), also spelled Ah Liu Dun , was a native of Shuozhou, Shanxi, and a member of the Shule clan. He is the earliest known singer of this famous Northern Dynasty folk song "Shule Song", and the Book of Northern Qi records his singing of this folk song: In 546 AD, Gao Huan, the founding emperor of Northern Qi, led 100,000 troops from Jinyang south to attack the military town of Yubi (southwest of Jishan County, southwest of present-day Jishan County, southwestern Shanxi), folded 70,000 troops, and on the way back to Jinyang, the army rumored that the arrows would die, and Gao Huan took the sick qiang to set up a banquet to meet the ministers. In order to boost the hearts of the troops, he ordered the general Hu Lujin to sing the "Song of Shule", which made the generals nostalgic and the hearts of the troops greatly invigorated.
What many people did not expect is that General Hu Lujin now has 1717 descendants, mainly living in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Hunan, Hubei and Beijing, Shanghai and other places. On October 5, Huo Luguorui of the Huolu Cultural Research Association told us that 1,717 people were mainly concentrated in Jiexiu City and Lüliang City in Shanxi, with about 500 people in Jiexiu City, about 1,000 people in Lüliang City, and the rest in Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia and Hubei Province, Hunan Province, while Shanghai and Beijing and other places have just worked and settled in recent years, about 150 people.
According to the Book of Northern Qi, in the third year of Tiantuo (567), Huo Lujin died at the age of eighty. Emperor Wucheng mourned for him at the West Hall, and then the lord Gao Wei mourned at the Jinyang Palace. The imperial court gave false Huang Yu, envoys, the governor Shuo Dingji, and Yingqing Qi, the twelve prefectures of Jinfen, Xiangguo, Taiwei Gong, Lu Shangshu, Shuozhou Assassin History, chieftains, Xianyang Junwang and other officials as before, and also gave money millions, the title of Wu, and his son Huo Luguang succeeded him. Five years after Huo Lujin's death, the emperor fainted due to the intrusion of traitors, so his son Huo Luguang was falsely accused, and Huo Lujin's family was killed.
Huo Luguorui told us that it was at this time that the surviving Huo Lu people changed from a compound surname to a single surname, and used "Huo" as a surname to wander the people. Remembering the merits and glory of their ancestors in their hearts, they began to become silent in the long river of history.
Zhangbi Ancient Castle, located in Zhangbi Village, Longfeng Town, Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province, is an ancient pocket "castle" that integrates military, residence, production, astrology and religious activities in China, which concentrates many cultural relics and monuments such as the ancient cultural sites of xia and Shang, the northern dynasty tunnels, the jin dynasty tombs, the yuan dynasty opera stage, the Ming and Qing residences, especially the northern dynasty ancient tunnels, khan temples, glass steles, etc. are rare in the country. Interestingly, in the Zhangbi Ancient Castle Khan Temple, it is not gods but people, but who are the people? In local literary and historical research, there are many sayings. In this regard, Mr. Zhang Qingjie, a researcher at the Shanxi Institute of Archaeology, wrote an article calling it Hu Luguang.
Mr. Zhang said that with regard to the criteria for entering the temple, the pre-Qin Dynasty had already formulated them, namely, as stated in the "Ritual Record and Sacrifice Law": "The Holy King of Fu is also sacrificed by making sacrifices, the law is applied to the people, the death is dedicated to diligence, the country is worshiped by labor, the catastrophe can be resisted, and the great trouble can be defended." Specifically, the five criteria of "applying the law to the people", "doing things with death", "fixing the country with labor", "being able to withstand major disasters", and "being able to defend against great troubles" need to be met at least one before entering the temple to enjoy the offerings. All in all, those who have made greater contributions to the country and the nation can enjoy the sacrifices of future generations.
Based on this as a standard, the prototype of the Khan god proposed by scholars, Gao Huan and his "Shuozhou soldiers" are highly virtuous, have no great merit to the people, and are too far-fetched; Liu Wuzhou at the end of the Sui Dynasty is not a member of the nomadic people, although he has been called "Dingyang Khan", he only has his name and is short-lived; the early Tang Turkic Turks, Tuli Khan Shi Bao, is far from the standard of entering the temple, it is difficult to be selected, and there is no reason to circulate for thousands of years. Finally, Huo Luguang, who is a famous general of the country, protects the people and the state, works hard and has done high work, and has reached the criteria for entering the shrine with labor to determine the country and be able to defend the great troubles, and before new evidence is found about the objects of sacrifice at the Khan's shrine, Huo Luguang is the most likely, and it is necessary to conduct further investigation. ”
Huo Luguang (515–572), courtesy name Mingyue, was a native of Shuo prefecture (朔州, in modern Shuozhou, Shanxi), a famous general and military figure of Northern Qi. His grandfather Huo Lu Da Na Lu was the Northern Wei Guanglu Doctor and First Lord Chieftain, and his father was Huo Lujin, who sang the Song of Shu Le.
Since he joined the army as a teenager, Huo Luguang has not violated the rules and regulations, and has made his neighbors and enemies feel frightened, and this dynasty at that time made great contributions. In the third year of Tang Jianzhong (782), yan Zhenqing suggested to Tang Dezong that sixty-four famous ancient generals be posthumously awarded and a temple should be set up for them, including "Northern Qi's Right Minister Xianyang Wang Hu Luguang". In the fifth year of Song Xuanhe (1123), the Song Dynasty set up a temple for famous ancient generals in accordance with the tang dynasty customs, and the seventy-two famous generals also included Huo Luguang. In the "Biography of the Seventeen Histories and Hundred Generals" written during the Northern Song Dynasty, Huo Luguang was also among them.
Huo Luguorui told us that corresponding to Mr. Zhang Qingjie's statement, there was a place name like "Huojiatan" in Lüliang and Jiexiu, which was also a gathering area for Huo Lu's descendants. Since the 1980s, the Huolu family, which has become a single surname, has not only restored the family tree, but also built the Huolu Cultural Museum and established the Huolu Cultural Research Association in Jiexiu Xizhanquan Village, and some people have even proposed to restore the surname. It is only because of their age that they have now become "Han Chinese", and they are no different from Han Chinese in terms of living customs and other famous aspects. (Note: The picture in this article is provided by Hu LuGuorui)