The Hakka's Concept of Returning to Ancestors and Respecting Ancestors in Shanghang

Returning to the ancestors is the expression of the consciousness of seeking roots and recognizing ancestors of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Ethnic identity is a very long and profound concept, which includes blood relationship, geography and industry, local identity and so on. Shanghang Hakka immigrants who moved to Yining, far away from their ancestral home, United and helped each other thousands of miles away, struggled hard, accepted the challenges of various living conditions with their unique cohesion spirit, and constantly opened up new living space, sought new ways to make a living and pursued the road of success and development in a difficult and difficult environment. After a little stability, Shanghang Hakkas built genealogy, ancestral halls, ancestral halls and academies to express the concept of offering sacrifices to ancestors first, continuing the blood line and respecting ancestors.

Shanghang Hakka immigrants' concept of "returning to their ancestors and respecting their ancestors" is first manifested in the following aspects: after Shanghang Hakka immigrants have a little peace, they will compile genealogy, continue their blood, "worship the newspaper first, then inspire Fengkun", and educate future generations to "accumulate goodness". This move has been fully reflected in Qiu's genealogy. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, Qiu, also known as Mingguang, came from Shanghang to Suri, a land of plenty, and moved to Laoyashan Lake Cave in Huangsha Town with his son Zhonghui from Shengyunli, Shanghang, Tingzhou, Fujian. After settling down for a period of time, Qiu Mingguang "traveled thousands of miles back to Fujian to book a family ride" to continue "this fundamental and intimate name". In the second year of Jiaqing (1797), the genealogy of Mingguang was revised for the first time. The preface reads, "... I support Ming Guanggong, I grew up in Ning, Henan Province ... so I live in the same place, and I have accumulated money from silver and gold." Entrepreneurship has a long history, thanks to our ancestors. Pass on three men, it should be quite abundant to teach marriage. In the middle, there are many branches and leaves, and the grain is abundant. ..... is the thought of woody water, which arises spontaneously. Dare to annihilate what my ancestors did? In order to discuss brothers and uncles, there is a way to edit the score. We have to wait for a little knowledge, just imitate the laws of Europe and the Soviet Union, talk about friends and relatives, remember the names of our ancestors, marry their families and die, so that those who care for them will not lose themselves. " Dundun teaches future generations and conveys the idea that "where there is a good house, there must be Qing Yu". In the third year of Daoguang Ding (1847), the descendants of Mingguang rebuilt their genealogy. Starting from the third generation of Mingguang Gong, there appeared a collection of bells, namely, Mao Gui, the son of the fifth generation Mao Gui, and Zi Huaxuan in Xiting, who advocated "raising a warehouse" in autumn. "It's hard to talk to laymen, but it's ok to talk to people who know the ropes. A layman only knows that he is a skeleton, who cares about others. A visionary must make long-term plans. Qiu Gong prospered, with the whole word, No.1, and was the son of Mao Guigong's season. Young people are smart, slightly older and their parents are old, so they are not rich. He abandoned his career, took charge of housework, supervised farming, wore a Dai Yue and worked hard in the fields all the year round. There are abundant winds every year. Kunzhong five people work together to make a living. If you spend your spare time as a part-time businessman, 1 100 million yuan will be repeated. Nature is rich and prosperous. Ancestors lived in caves in lakes and gradually spread. It was in the forty years of Qianlong that he bought the source place and moved here with his eldest brother. Supervising agricultural courses is beneficial to families. Where there is a nearby industry, there is no internal and external relationship. Later, at the age of 18, Jain re-created going upstairs and going downstairs, which was impressive. Brothers get together. As a result, there were more and more Ding Kou, so during Jiaqing's years, Kun Zhong was in a different position, both rich and clean, while the public regarded themselves as self-sufficient. It is better to accumulate wealth than to accumulate gold and jade. Because my family is small, it is inconvenient to make, and I have accumulated Yin Gong. Although full of prosperity, I know my descendants are ridiculous. Communicate with neighbors in hometown; Qi Youzhi does not help; Bridges and roads have been repaired by abandoned people and by lost people. Such as the hammer on the anvil cliff of Laoya Mountain, and the road beside the spring is like a rock. Although it cost a lot of money, it is not compassionate. As a traveler, I still paid attention to the virtues of the masses and failed. Whew! Volkswagen is really excellent. Those who are diligent in the world, those who enjoy wealth, those who are steadfast in others, those who seek their kindness and generosity, and those who spend money generously do not count. If you do business with public interests in mind, don't touch your own name, but silently pay endless benefits, then there is no end to heaven's reward. "

Secondly, it is also manifested in the construction of temples and the restoration of ancestors. Hakka immigrants in Shanghang remember that the ancestral temple is the resting place of ancestors, the spiritual symbol of the people and an important link to maintain family unity. Therefore, to sacrifice ancestors, we must first "build shrines to make them fragrant and smooth." Take Ho as an example. The Ho family of Zhongdu moved into 76 branches in Yining Prefecture, the earliest branch was 16, and the latest branch was the 23rd branch. It was a huge clan of eight generations, which lasted for more than one hundred years. There are dozens of shrines, large and small, recorded in detail in He Family Tree, just to mention one or two. In Zhongdu, the dream of Stanley Ho XXIII has been born for thousands of years, and the number is more and more abundant. The candidate Chief Secretary asked to be promoted to the second grade, and began to collect books in Wuxiang, Wu Geng, Jiaqing (1750), while Gong Peng even went back to his ancestral land and hanged himself. "Together with grandfathers and grandfathers of Zeng Shu and Bo Zuwenfeng, we built a temple on Zhongdu Dafu, with double halls, three floors behind the left and right temples, a tile-roofed house, and Yan Yue on the third floor side by side. There is also a three-story tile-roofed house on the left, which is side by side with the third floor. Yan said,' Sanyitang'. Several enviable houses, Yu Ji and Chi Yuan Tiantu are divided into three parts, equally divided. It's just that the more I moved from Gong Peng to Ningyuan, the more I wrote. According to the house industry, I trust four families: gold, jade, exhibition and inheritance, and take care of them in Du Kai forever. " In the 22nd generation, Zongda gave birth to three sons, and moved from Minting to Kaiji of Qiaoting Kiln in Zhang Yuan, Xia Feng Township, Ningzhou, Jiangxi Province. The second son, Rong Sheng, was born in the Hundred Days of 1898 (1838). In the fifteenth year of Yu Fengxiang, Xianfeng Gengshen (1860) was built in the direction B of the Lotus-shaped New Mountain in the Kremlin on July 15th. In the twenty-second fight, he dared not go north, moved from Shanghang to Yining, Jiangxi Province, and started a family from scratch. Later, a temple was built at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in Wuzheng Village. The 18th Yang Ting, named Yu Yu, moved to Li Dayuan, Wu Xia Township, Yining District, Jiangxi Province. Later generations built a shrine in the Hu-shaped Longbentang Chenglun Temple and enjoyed the winter steaming festival. Illumination, Xuan Ming, Chinese characters, literary test names, martial test names, auspicious dragons, skilled in medical skills, genealogy, and ancestral temples. Ancestors are the essence of ancestors, and family development is "the protection of ancestors". Therefore, it is an important event for Shanghang Hakka immigrants who emigrated overseas to worship and repair their ancestors and write the name of Miracle's ancestral grave. Hakka immigrants in Shanghang made a sacrificial period for their ancestors in their own genealogy. For example, Qiu's genealogy is from "Seven days before Tomb-Sweeping Day: ancestors Qiu Gongba and Mandy were buried in the golden plate of plum blossom in Guantianshan and carried to Zhujiashan; ..... Five days before Tomb-Sweeping Day: the ancestor Qiu Gong was buried in the east bank of Nankeng Shuikou Society; ..... On the day of Qingming Festival, Chen Cong, the seventh ancestor, was buried in his hometown and cut the * * * point of Mo Ke and his grandson Wang De with the sacrifice "; At the end of Yi Genealogy, it was recorded that Jingrou Naishi was attached to the tomb of Bozu 'an, Zhongdu, Fuhang, "... * * * There are 38 points in the tomb, and there is no epitaph, so I dare not carry it in vain. My birth lineage is a certain ancestor, but every year the descendants of the ancestor have to sacrifice the tube, which is attached to the tube so as not to lose their ears. From the records of genealogy documents, it is not difficult to see that the compilation of genealogy, the repair of ancestral temples and ancestral temples of Shanghang Hakka immigrants basically took place in the second and third generations, while the construction of ancestral temples was mostly carried out in Kaiji ancestors.

Third, Shanghang Hakka immigrants respect education, enter the imperial examination and respect their ancestors. According to the Records of Yining Prefecture, the Hakkas living in Yining Prefecture have made unremitting efforts to obtain the same admission qualifications as the local aborigines and take the imperial examinations. "In April and May of the second year of Yongzheng (1724), indigenous gentlemen besieged the state department, prevented the Hakkas from taking the naturalization test, and beat the children who took the test. Liu Zhishe, not afraid of coercion to uphold justice, asked the court to grant the Hakka citizenship. " Finally, the court established Huaiyuan Capital in Yining Prefecture in the third year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1725) and won. The article said, "When the shed people request compilation, those who plough the mountains will compile the fields, and those who have property will set up another capital map. The name of Huaiyuan means recruiting talents. " Allow "those who plough the mountains to compile Jiabao, those who have property to set up another capital map, and allow all students to participate in scientific research." When Shanghang Hakka immigrants get the imperial examination tickets, the first thing to do is to revitalize education and cultivate talents. In the 24th year of Jiaqing, Shanghang Hakka immigrants donated money to establish the first Huaiyuan College in the county: Tiyun College. During the Qianlong period, Zhang's genealogy contained the name of pyroxene. During the Qianlong period, he moved from Fujian to Nanjing, Orange to Yangzhuanglong, and the public "advocated the establishment of a good ancestral tomb, helped drum the stone bridge, and helped donate the expenses of Tieyun Academy, Binxing and military training". Palace, word taboo bin, word, number, living in Fujian and Hangzhou, became a noble family when he was young. Ji Zi took the word "three" and the number "autumn sail" as an example, "advocating the construction of Binxing Academy and compiling genealogy of ancestral halls"; He Genealogy, He Juzhen and his brothers moved to Thirteen Fairy Gardens in Yi 'ning 'an Township, Jiangxi Province. The second generation Feng Qi and his nephew "donated their names together with Tonggu Kuiguang Hall and Academy, and * * * led the Academy to donate tickets and papers". He Guangshui, whose real name is Yinglan and Haimen, was afraid of Han Yun and was ordered to discuss eight items. On May 9th, Xianfeng Mao Yi (1855) was martyred in the city, and his kindness was inherited from the cloud. In Daoguang 14 (1845), Guangshui donated rent to help repair Tiyun Academy; It is particularly worth mentioning that the Chen family (formerly known as Chen) who moved from Zhongdu, Shanghang, to Xianyuan, Shisanduhu, Yi 'ning 'an Township, contributed to the revitalization of education. According to the records of Tiyun Academy, Zhu Ji, the fourth generation grandson of Chen family (the father of Chen Baozhen), donated 320 taels of silver as one of the top five donors and one of the first things. In the twenty-eighth year of Daoguang, he continued to donate 220 silver in the name of his eldest son. In the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang, he once again donated 220 silver to Binxing Society of Tiyun Academy. In the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), Chen Baozhen, the eldest son of stereotyped writing, returned to his hometown and donated 936 books and 2,000 books to Tiyun Academy. In the 18th year of Guangxu, Tiyun Academy rebuilt Tiyun Academy Annals, and Chen Baozhen wrote Tiyun Academy Annals, donating 100 pieces. The Chen family's concern for Tiyun Academy, as always, has won the respect of the Hakkas in Yining. The establishment of Tiyun Academy has trained a large number of civil servants and military commanders for Huaiyuan people. According to statistics, from Qing Qianlong to the end of Guangxu, the Hakkas in Yining started from Wenwei, and the Hakkas were reelected: there were 8 Jinshi in Huaiyuan, accounting for 47% of the Jinshi in the same period 17 in the county; 75 people, accounting for 37% of 202; Huaiyuan people accounted for 80% of the examinees in Wu Imperial Examination. Among them, the descendants of Shanghang immigrants include the Korean branch minister of Anxiang, the grandson of Shanghang Zhang Hua, who was elected as a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and Xianfeng Xinhai Cohen Yuan Kui, the father and son of Zhang Mingshan Zhang Xiangri on the north bank of Taiwan and Hunan. They will try to "grant five titles, enjoy wearing blue feathers, be in charge of Guangchang camp, be stationed for four years, and steal the people's safety"; There is Liao Huating, Liao Hua, Shanghang, who has been in Tongzhi for six years (1867). In the twelfth year of He Tongzhi, he was a juren, and in the twelfth year of He Guangxu, a juren. In the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang (1844), Qiu Yangshan, which has a high hill, was a juren. In particular, Chen, who moved from Shanghai to Hangzhou, is "a five-outstanding person": "Chen Baozhen was the only government official in China who supported and engaged in political reform, recommended reform talents to Emperor Guangxu, and founded a new school in Hunan. His son Chen, the leader of Tongguang Poetry School, was an important poet in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Chen Shiceng, the eldest son of Li San, is a famous painter in modern times, as well as Qi Baishi. The third son, Chen Yinque, is a famous historian and professor at home and abroad. He used to be the deputy director of the Central Museum of Literature and History. Chen Fenghuai, the second son of Chen Hengke and director of South China Institute of Botany, has made outstanding contributions to the construction of China Botanical Garden and is one of the founders of China Botanical Garden. The revitalization of Hakka education in Yining area and the rapid rise of Chen's cultural family in Yining not only wrote an important page in the cultural history of Yining area, but also erased the cultural connotation of ancestor worship and shrine worship in Shanghang area.

When Shanghang Hakkas immigrated to Yining area, it was the period of social and economic prosperity for three generations of Kang Yong cadres in Qing Dynasty, with social stability and economic prosperity. The timely introduction of the policy of "recruiting people by order" in Yining area has enabled Shanghang Hakkas who are brave in pioneering and innovating to rely on the profound cultural accumulation and economic strength of their ancestral lands to "focus on business and move far away to live in peace". Through the hard work of opening the base, the beautiful scene of "marginal land is very small, the long-term barren land is extremely fertile, and the barren land has to be cultivated" and "it takes a few years for the family to provide enough people, buy land and buy property, and sing in the outer suburbs" soon appeared, and the Hakka immigrants in Shanghang were able to live and work in peace and contentment. The descendants of Shanghang Hakka immigrants who settled in Yining area have a strong sense of seeking their roots and recognizing their ancestors. It is this long-standing and deep-rooted sense of belonging to ancestral home and reverence for ancestors that has made great contributions to the cultural and economic development of Yining area, which is dominated by Shanghang Hakka immigrants. Turning to the history of Chen Feng, it has been more than 300 years since Shanghang Hakka immigrated to Yining. When we follow the vein of Hakka literature, we feel the pulse of Shanghang Hakka immigrants' struggle for the economic and cultural development of Yining area and their attachment to their ancestors, and feel the cultural concept of Shanghang Hakka immigrants' ancestor worship of the Chinese nation. More than 300 years have passed, and the descendants of Shanghang Hakka immigrants who settled in Yining still hold the concept of returning to their ancestors, seeking their roots, and expressing their affection. The heart of boxing is clear.