Locals say it's because of a kind of herbal medicine called flowers and plants. For more than 700 years, the village rules and regulations handed down from generation to generation have been strictly written: don't marry outside, don't marry outside, and keep the secret of changing flowers and grass. It is understood that Wu, the ancestor of the village, proposed to control population growth and asked the village name to make village rules and regulations: a couple is only allowed to have two children, and whoever has more children will be punished according to the village rules and regulations. Those who have serious children will be expelled from the village forever and will not be allowed to return to live here.
From 1952 to 2000, the natural population growth rate in Li Zhan was almost zero for 48 years. 1952, there were 168 families in Dongzhai, with a total population of 729. In 2000, there were 154 families with a total population of 739. In the agricultural society, this classic population thought has had an impact: the per capita paddy field area of Lizhan Village is more than twice that of the whole county, which is higher than the per capita cultivated land area of the whole country.
More than 600 years ago, Li Zhan's ancestors fled from Jiangsu to Wuzhou, Guangxi to escape the war. They returned to Liujiang, the capital city, and finally found this land of geomantic omen and settled down. Li Zhancun got its name from its ancestors "Wu Zhan" and "Wu Li". They cultivate land here and live a self-sufficient and affluent life like a paradise. I don't know when, from the initial few families, Li Zhan people quickly developed into more than 100 families. With the rapid growth of population, all the surrounding forests have been reclaimed, and various contradictions and struggles have begun to appear in the originally harmonious families. The picture shows a woman threshing millet. The villagers live a self-sufficient pastoral life.
What is the reason for a village that marries nothing but outsiders? Exploration map of villages outside except married and unmarried.
At this point, Li Zhancun's ancestors have to actively explore to find a good way of life, otherwise, in the long run, future generations will have no land to farm. It is understood that Wu, the ancestor of the village, proposed to control the population growth, so he called the villagers to gather in the Drum Tower in the village to discuss and set up a village rule: a couple is only allowed to have two children, and whoever has more children will be punished according to the village rule. Those who are seriously super-born will be expelled from the village forever and will not be allowed to return to live here.