In Tumen Street, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, there is a woman named Xu Shiyin'e, who opens a restaurant and an antique shop, and lives a life of husband and son every day, no different from ordinary people. But a local archaeological activity disrupted her life and made her an "exotic princess". What the hell is going on? Listen to the explosion shi jun to everyone slowly
The archaeological department excavates the Shijia Pit
Everything has to start with Liu Zhicheng, a staff member of the Quanzhou Overseas Transportation History Museum. Because of the nature of his work, Liu Zhicheng has always had a strong interest in field archaeology. Once, on qingquan mountain on the eastern outskirts of Quanzhou City, he found a looming stone slab.
Liu Zhicheng opened the thatch on it, only to see that it was written with three big characters of "Shijia Pit". What excites him most is that in this tomb, many of the tombstones have the words "Ceylon Envoy" written on them.
Liu Zhicheng realized that there might be a family tomb of a foreign nobleman here.
tombstone
He went back to check the local historical materials, and sure enough, he found something. It turned out that during the Ming Dynasty, the king of Ceylon had sent the prince Shi Liba Jiaojia to accompany Zheng He's fleet on an envoy to China to meet the Chinese emperor. The Ming Emperor was very pleased with the visit of the Prince of Ceylon and rewarded him with many gifts. After completing the mission, the Prince of Ceylon led the mission to his home. As a result, when he reached the Quanzhou area of Fujian Province, the prince suddenly fell seriously ill and could not move forward.
Zheng He went to the West
When the illness was healed, news came from Ceylon that the prince's cousin had staged a coup d'état and usurped the throne. Not only did he break into the palace and slaughter the prince's parents and siblings, but he also waited for the rabbits in the country, planning to wait for the prince to return and catch them all.
In order to leave a bloodline for the family, the prince of Ceylon changed his clothes and took the surname of "Shi" to take root and live in Quanzhou. The rest of the mission stayed in China with the prince.
Archaeological excavations
Liu Zhicheng's report attracted the great attention of the archaeological department and decided to carry out a large-scale cleanup of the "Shijia Pit" tomb. Subsequently, the local government listed the "Shijia Pit" as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In order to prevent the tomb from being stolen, the "Quanzhou Haijiaoguan" decided to remove more than 20 tombstones found.
In the process of relocating the tombstone, a woman blocked the way, claiming that it was the grave of her family's ancestors. And this woman is Xu Shiyin'e.
Accidentally became a "princess"
It turned out that Xu Shiyin'e's ancestors were originally surnamed Shi, but in her grandmother's generation, there were no men in the family, so they had to recruit men to join the family. The man's surname was "Xu", and since then he has taken "Xu Shi" as his surname. When Xu Shiyin'e was a child, she also wondered about her surname, which was neither in the compound surname nor in the hundred family names. It's just that she was told by her great-grandmother since she was a child that their ancestors came from a long, far sea, and the "family pit" is their ancestral grave.
Xu Shiyin'e
Therefore, after the local archaeological department issued the news of excavating the Shijia pit, Xu Shiyin'e could not sit still. The appearance of Xu Shiyin'e surprised the experts, they were already very interested in the news of the descendants of the princes of Ceylon, and now that Xu Shiyin'e took the initiative to come to the door, how could they let go of this opportunity? Therefore, the experts exchanged and communicated with Xu Shiyin'e, and verified the authenticity of her identity as "Princess of Ceylon" by the way.
The "Genealogy of the Family" produced by Xu Shiyin'e is in line with the records of the Shi family and the prince of Ceylon in the "Quanzhou FuZhi".
At the same time, Xu Shiyin'e has a small hole in her left auricles, which is said to have been inherited from generation to generation. Obviously, this is the symbol of the Royal Family of Ceylon. After the Quanzhou Evening News reported this news, not only the neighbors were greatly amazed, but even the Sri Lankan government overseas could not sit still.
Invited to visit Sri Lanka
It turned out that Sri Lanka was the evolution of the original Ceylon state, and when I heard that There was a descendant of a royal family in China, the Sri Lankan government sent officials and archaeologists to China many times to study.
After repeated verification, the Sri Lankan government announced that Xu Shiyin'e was the descendant of the original Prince of Ceylon. At the same time, the Sri Lankan government invited Xu Shiyin'e to "go home" to see.
Xu Shiyin'e in Sri Lanka
In 2002, Xu Shiyin'e, together with Wang Lianmao, director of the "Haijiaoguan" and others, formed a Delegation from Quanzhou to visit Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka also treated Xu Shiyin'e as a real princess, giving her the highest treatment and etiquette.
As Shei's trip drew to an end, the Sri Lankan government wanted her to settle here. But Xu Shiyin'e's ancestors had lived in China for hundreds of years, and she herself was an authentic Chinese, so she declined the invitation.
But she said she would contribute to the friendship between China and Sri Lanka. Today, Xu Shiyin'e's life is flat again, but she has an extra prominent identity.