The ancestors of the Zou clan originated in the land of Zoulu, which is now the central plains of Lu, Hebei and Henan. Zoucheng and Qufu in Shandong were called "Zoulu" in ancient times. The "Zhuangzi Tianxia Chapter" records: "It lies in poetry, books, ceremonies, musicians, Zou Lu's people, And Mr. Jin's gentlemen can be enlightened", which refers to the cultural people in Zou Lu. Sima Qian's "Records of History" also said: "Zou Lubin Susi, like the zhou gong relic, good customs, good manners, prepared for etiquette." It can be seen that Zou Lu is very famous for his "good manners and good manners" and is prepared for etiquette.
How much do you know about "Zoulu Culture"?
There are several branches of the Zou clan's ancestral lineage with genealogical and written records, mainly Wei Yan in the late Yin Shang Dynasty and Cao Wei in the early Zhou Dynasty, and Cao Yi was the lord of the state of Yi Lou. In the "Yanhuang Clan Culture Examination", it is recorded that "the word Confucianism, that is, the original Lou of Yi lou", the earliest Lu culture was also developed from the "Lou Lou culture".
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius was born in Zou, settled in Lu, and founded Confucianism, making Lu the center of cultural and educational prosperity. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, when the Confucian culture was gradually declining, Mencius of the Zou people stepped forward and succeeded the Taoist system, wrote the "Seven Chapters", developed the teachings of Confucius, and made the teachings of Zhongni unique to the ages. By the time of the Two Han Dynasties, Wei and Jin Dynasties, Kuang Heng, Wang Cang, Tang Bin and many other thinkers, politicians, and writers were born in Zoudi, and had a great influence on the society at that time and even on future generations, and Zoulu became the birthplace and prosperity of Confucian culture. Since the Song Dynasty, with the southward shift of culture, some famous and prestigious people from the north have moved south to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and Zoulu culture has also prospered.
In addition to the Zou lu area, which was born here like Kong Meng, the Zou family named after the surname, there are also some places where the culture is relatively prosperous in the surrounding areas, and it will also use the name "so-and-so Zou Lu" to indicate that the culture of the place is prosperous and prosperous, which is a cultural phenomenon that is overflowing with the name "Zou Lu", in China, in addition to "Zou Lu", there is no other place name that can be sublimated into a cultural synonym.
How many "Zou Lu Dreams" are there in the world?
Zou Lu has always been revered as a cultural brand and has a far-reaching influence. Today,Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Wuyuan, Jiangxi, Qiongshan, Hainan, Kinmen, Taiwan, Jianshui, Yunnan, Changsha, Heilongjiang, Hunan, and some Chinese communities in Malaysia are known as coastal Zoulu, southeast Zoulu, overseas Zoulu, Shanzhong Zoulu, Yunnan Zoulu, Jingman Zoulu and Jiangsu Zoulu.
"Coastal Zoulu" refers to the Chaoshan Fuzhou Putian Quanzhou area, in a broad sense "coastal Zoulu" includes Chaozhou City, Shantou City, Jieyang City, Putian City, Putian City Xianyou County (Shanzhong Zoulu), Quanzhou City, Zhangzhou City, Jiangmen City Xinhui, Fuzhou City, Jinhua City (Jiangnan Zoulu), Huizhou City (Southeast Zoulu) and so on.
The coastal Zoulu culture has a long history. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Chen Yaozuo, who was an official in Kaifeng Province, was demoted to Chaozhou Tongju for writing against the emperor's will. Chen Yaozuo cared about the people's livelihood in Chao, attached great importance to indoctrination, and was deeply praised by the people of Chaoshan Province. After being recalled to Beijing, he was gradually promoted to prime minister. When he was in Beijing, he still cared about Chaozhou and wrote poems to encourage the scholars of Chaozhou to go to Beijing to take the test. Chen Yaozuo was extremely happy and wrote a poem entitled "Sending Wang Sheng and the First Return to Chaoyang" to give him: "Xiu Yu Chengyi lives in the heavens and has obtained the hometown of Xianzhi Yaoyao." From this point on, Zou Lu on the seashore is Chaoyang." The "Chaoyang" in the poem refers to the Chaozhou area. Saying that it is not to underestimate chaozhou, the barbaric land of the "national corner", the inscription of the gold list from this place, the return of clothes to the hometown, Chaozhou has since recorded the sages in the annals of history. Although Chaozhou is located on the seashore, it is a region of civilization and prosperity like Confucius's hometown of Luguo and Mencius's hometown of Zouguo.
The ancient city of Tong'an (Xiamen), with a long history and a long cultural vein, is known as "Coastal Zoulu, Wenjiao Changming", and is the place where Zhu Xi, the master of southern Song Dynasty science, "passed the Purple Yang".
The prosperity of the literary style has created the outstanding achievements of Huizhou's imperial examination, the number of new sciences in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Huizhou ranked among the top in the country, and has become an important place of heroes and heroes in China's history, and a large number of thinkers, academics, educators, scientists and artists have emerged. Shexian is known as the "land of culture" and "the state of etiquette", and enjoys the reputation of "Southeast Zoulu" in history.
With a long history and culture, many scenic spots and historical sites, beautiful mountain and river scenery, Jianshui has the reputation of "Famous State of Literature" and "Zoulu of Southern Yunnan", and was listed by the State Council as a national historical and cultural city and a key scenic spot in January 1994, and won two national laurels.
Taizhou city to Huangyan District, there are excellent cultural traditions, known as "southeast Small Zoulu" in history. Many historical and cultural celebrities such as Chen Fuliang, the pioneer of the "Yongjia School", Gao Zecheng, the "originator of Southern Opera", and Sun Yaorang, a master of classics, have emerged.
Wenzhou Ancient Shangwen preaching, noble etiquette, historically known as "Zhejiang South Zoulu".
"Overseas Zoulu" refers to Hainan. After the Ming Dynasty, Hainan was influenced by traditional culture and had a strong cultural atmosphere, and some people believed that Hainan was the overseas hometown of Confucius and Meng, and was therefore known as "overseas ZouLu".
Jinhua was called Wuzhou in ancient times, and was historically called "Xiao Zoulu". It is related to the Song Dynasty Great Ru Lü Zuqian and the Ming Dynasty Great Confucian Zhangmao. Now, Jinhua City has renamed the high-tech zone "Zoulu District", which has a certain cultural meaning.
Who inherits Zoulu culture?
Zoulu culture, as a cultural phenomenon on the land of China, not only embodies the local Zoulu city and Qufu city in Zoulu, the culture is broad and profound, but also explains the cultural prosperity scenes of many so-called "Zoulu" in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and lists many "Zoulu" in the south one by one, thinking that whether it is Zoulu in the north or Zoulu in the south, the zoulu in the world is in the same vein, and we, as the Zou clan, are obligated to inherit the Zoulu culture.
As the inheritors of Zoulu culture, the local clan relatives known as "Zoulu" should join forces to deeply explore the historical origin of the prosperity of Zoulu culture and the correlation between Zoulu culture, and jointly take "Zoulu" as the prosperous place of Zoulu family culture and as the historical and cultural heritage of the oriental Chinese character cultural circle, protect and excavate, and carry forward!