China people have the idea of returning leaves to their roots. No matter how far you wander, it is the wish of everyone in China to be buried back to your hometown after a hundred years. Yes, influenced by thousands of years of traditional ideas, a person, whether an official, a businessman or a coolie, has a deep nostalgia for his hometown. Falling leaves after death is the greatest wish of everyone in China. I have been wandering outside for half my life, always hoping to return to my hometown. The man we are going to talk about today has made great contributions to the country, the nation and the court. After his death, he was buried in Jinan, a spring city thousands of miles away from his hometown of zhijin county, Guizhou. He is the adult of Yat Sen's etiquette Ding.
Guizhou Plain Ancient City (Zhijin)
According to relevant historical records, Ding Baozhen (1820- 1886) was born in Pingyuan, Guizhou (now Zhijin). Xianfeng three years (1853), aged 33, was admitted to imperial academy and changed to Jishi Shu. After that, he entered the official career and became the editor of imperial academy. Ding Baozhen was an important member of the Westernization Movement. From the official to the governor of Sichuan, he once killed An Dehai, an arrogant and illegal eunuch. Ding Baozhen's work is of great significance, flexible, pragmatic and clean in politics. In his life, he was famous for his courage and strict management. He founded Sichuan Machinery Bureau, the first machinery factory in modern Sichuan, and managed the Yellow River and Dujiangyan in Sichuan successively. He was called an ancient water conservancy expert. His main works include Sichuan Salt Law Records and Ding Wencheng's Public Performance.
Ding Baozhen Exhibition Hall
In the list of important officials of Zhongxing in Qing Dynasty, Ding Baozhen was tied with Zuo, Zhang Zhidong, Li Hongzhang and others, showing his great contribution to the country.
There are many records about Ding's honest and fair law enforcement, which can be described as overwhelming once collected online, so I won't repeat them here. Interested friends can consult.
Statue of Ding Baozhen
Ding Gong was promoted from Shandong Governor to Sichuan Governor on 1876 and died in Chengdu on1April 2, 886. Sichuan is adjacent to Guizhou, so it is more convenient to be buried in zhijin county after death. It is also in line with the concept of China people returning to their roots. After leaving Shandong for ten years, why did his coffin have to travel long distances from Chengdu to Jinan? With this question, the author searched online and finally found an interview with Ding Baozhen's five generations of grandchildren, finally knowing the reason why Ding Yuan was buried in Jinan.
Ding Baozhen Memorial Hall
According to Sun's fifth Ding Baozhen, his great-grandfather (Ding Baozhen) was buried in Shandong. First, because he is a scholar, he admired the hometown of Confucius and Mencius since he was a child. He has been an official in Shandong for more than ten years, and he regards it as his second hometown. Second, because he is homeless. After winning the scholar, he went home to pay his respects because his mother was ill. At this time, the Pingyuan generation in Guizhou was in trouble. He resolutely sold all his possessions and recruited rural volunteers to defend his hometown. From then on, he began his military career. Later, because of his outstanding military achievements, he was transferred to Shandong.
Fengxi Academy where Ding Baozhen once gave lectures.
Ding Jian said: According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, an official who moved from one place to another could not settle in his place of work. However, after Ding Baozhen came to Shandong with his family and brothers, his wife Chen and his second brother died successively, so it was impossible to bury their relatives in their original place. Therefore, they asked the court to buy ten acres of land in Jinan. Ding Jialinzi and Ding Family Courtyard in Laojunmen Lane near Zhudian, in this case, they should get special approval from the court. After Ding Baozhen's death, the imperial court ordered that the coffin be buried in Jinan, so that it can go straight all the way and tear down every family. The descendants of Shi Ding were afraid of disturbing the people, so they chose to return to Jinan by water, and they walked for nearly a year and a half.
Ding Baozhen Exhibition Hall
Ding Jian said that his great-great grandfather Ding Baozhen had five sons and five daughters, all with official titles, and his great-great grandfather was often the eldest son. He has successively served as the magistrate of Datong, the magistrate of Lu 'an, the provincial judge of Gansu, the minister of Guangdong and the nursing governor of Guangxi. Ding Tichang has two sons. The eldest son, Ding Daozhou, was Ding Jian's grandfather and served as the deputy director of the Mint Bureau of the Ministry of Finance during the National Government. During the Japanese puppet regime, Ding Daozhou was unwilling to work for the Japanese and avoided living in the Tianjin Concession, resulting in a poor family. After the death of 1942, the Ding Family Courtyard was forced to be sold to the descendants of giant businessmen as a dowry for her daughter and later became the property of her son-in-law yang shen. After selling the house, Ding Jia continued to rent the garden until 1948. Ding Daozhou's wife, Qufu Kongshi, has five sons and five daughters. When she was a child, she lived in Ding Family Courtyard. Ding Zeting, the eldest son of Ding Daozhou, is Ding Jian's father. He has been working in Jinan since the founding of the People's Republic of China. In her early fifties, Ding Jian had a daughter studying in Jinan University. Therefore, Ding Baozhen's descendants have lived in Jinan for six generations.
Text: Zhao Nayong
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