The family, which had been adrift overseas for 381 years, finally returned to China to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, and the genealogy was Chinese
Finally found it!”
Welcome home!”
One day in September 2004, Tian Lianping, from Handan, Hebei Province, met with a group of South Koreans in Qingdao, Shandong Province. This group of Koreans took out a "Tian family tree", and Tian Lianping also showed the "Tian family tree" that he had always kept.
Comparing the two genealogies, Tian Lianping was surprised to find that the genealogy held by the Koreans actually matched perfectly with the one in his hand. It turned out that there was a gap in this "Tian clan genealogy" in China 381 years ago.
So, what exactly caused the loss of the genealogy 381 years ago?What is the true identity of this group of Koreans?
A merchant during the Ming Dynasty, who was exiled to North Korea, was born in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and his family background was quite prominent. At this time, Tian Haoqian's father and grandfather had moved the family to Fengzheng Village in Handan City, Hebei Province, leaving their hometown in Hongdong, Shanxi.
According to historical records, the Tian family in Fengzheng Village has emerged many ** who held important positions in the Ming Dynasty regime. According to the established family trajectory, Tian Haoqian should have successfully entered the career in the Ming Dynasty bureaucracy.
However, Tian Haoqian had no interest in politics, and although he had studied literary classics in depth, he never let the desire for fame and fortune erode his heart. Tian Haoqian is kind and unassuming, and he does not have the typical style of an official eunuch.
As he grew older, Tian Haoqian decided to pursue a big career. After much deliberation, he set his sights on the army. However, this decision was strongly opposed by the father.
Tian's father firmly believes that the Tian family has been a civilian official for generations, and there has never been a tradition of stepping into the military in history. However, Tian Haoqian insisted that serving the country should not be bound by form, and that going to the battlefield is as valuable as climbing the court.
Eventually, Tian Haoqian succeeded in becoming an officer in the Ming Dynasty. When he was assigned to the military camp on Shunyi Island in Shandong, he thought he would start from the grassroots level, but there he met a confidant who changed his fate.
This bosom friend turned out to be Tian Haoqian's fellow countryman, and he was also a figure who had friction, named Dong Shiyuan. Compared with Tian Haoqian, Dong Shiyuan's reputation is not very good in the township. During the day he wanders around the village, and at night he engages in shady deeds.
However, as time goes by, Dong Shiyuan is finally caught, and the person who captures him is none other than our protagonist Tian Haoqian.
After the theft, Dong Shiyuan had to leave his hometown and defect to the army. Fortunately, he found his love in the army, and now he has been promoted to the position of general.
Knowing that his former competitor was now promoted to a superior leader, Tian Haoqian subconsciously felt that his future might not be peaceful. However, Dong Shiyuan believes that it was Tian Haoqian's original actions that shaped his current situation.
Unexpectedly, Dong Shiyuan had no resentment towards Tian Haoqian, but regarded him as a VIP and entrusted him with some paperwork. However, this comfortable time did not last long.
In a battle, Dong Shiyuan was unfortunately killed, and Tian Haoqian inadvertently fell into an ambush of the North Korean army when he led the remnants of the army to flee.
Fate favored Tian Haoqian again!The Koreans mistakenly thought that he was a military advisor of the Ming Dynasty, so they spared him his life and allocated him land and property.
However, Tian Haoqian was nurtured by the education of his father, always maintained the national integrity of the Chinese, and was unmoved by the ** treatment and rich land provided by North Korea.
However, the situation soon changed. The Ming Dynasty, which originally supported Tian Haoqian, collapsed. The collapse of spiritual beliefs also made Tian Haoqian more submissive.
On the other hand, North Korean officials, who learned of the drastic changes in China's political situation, began to intensify their psychological offensive. Under the internal and external attacks, Tian Haoqian had no choice but to compromise and accept North Korea's conditions and become its **.
Because Tian Haoqian was good at civil and military affairs, he was warmly welcomed by the North Korean high-level and even received by the king of North Korea in person. In view of the political instability in China at the time, Tian Haoqian decided to live a quiet life in North Korea and consider returning to China when the time came.
However, Tian Haoqian did not expect that his decision to return to his homeland would not be realized by his descendants until the 21st century, 381 years later.
After spending some time in North Korea, Tian Haoqian married a Chinese woman from Yiwu, Zhejiang. Despite being in a foreign country, they have always maintained their identity as Chinese.
Decades later, Tian Haoqian has become a general political doctor in North Korea. From a contemporary point of view, Tian Haoqian is a person with a successful career, a harmonious family, a smooth career, and a prosperous life. The only thing that didn't satisfy him was the long isolation from his homeland.
Because he misses his parents, brothers and sisters in Fengzheng Village, Tian Haoqian expresses his desire to return to his hometown to visit relatives whenever he has the opportunity. However, North Korean officials have not been able to agree to it out of fear that he will not return.
As the number of rejections increased, Tian Haoqian gradually understood that it might be difficult for him to realize his dream of returning to his hometown for the rest of his life, so he had to entrust this wish to his children.
In family education, Tian Haoqian's first lesson to his children was: "We are the descendants of the Tian family in Quang Binh Prefecture, and no matter where we are, we must remember that our roots are in China." ”
In addition to teaching his children to use Chinese characters and speak Chinese in their daily lives, Tian Haoqian also pays special attention to inheriting traditional Chinese customs. Every Chinese New Year's Eve night, he will lead his children to worship in the direction of their hometown, taste dumplings with them, paste Spring Festival couplets, and welcome the New Year's ......
As he grew older, Tian Haoqian's desire to return to his hometown became stronger and stronger. In order to fulfill his father's wishes, Tian Haoqian's sons rebuilt a "Fengzheng Village" in North Korea according to his description.
Tian Haoqian's life was coming to an end, and when he was dying, he clasped the hand of his second son, Tian Huiyi, who held an important position in North Korea, and said: "If you have the opportunity to return to China, you must go to Fengzheng Village, Quang Binh Province to find your roots, and tell the Tian clansmen there that Tian Haoqian did not die in the war that year." ”
Surprisingly, Tian Huiyi later actually became the envoy of North Korea.
After dealing with the diplomatic affairs of the two countries, Tian Hui set out to inquire about the current situation of the Tian family in Quang Binh Prefecture. Fortunately, there happened to be a new imperial examiner Tian Siqi from Fengzheng Village in the Qing court at that time. It's a pity that Tian Siqi returned to his hometown due to the death of his mother, and he has not yet arrived in the capital at this time.
The day of return was approaching, and Tian Huiyi did not wait for Tian Siqi's arrival. In desperation, he left the token entrusted to him by his father to Tian Siqi's classmate and friend Hu Yumei to hand it over.
When Tian Siqi returned to the capital after dealing with his family's affairs, he saw the token left by Tian Huiyi, and he didn't dare to delay, he galloped back to his hometown again, and handed over the relics left by Tian Haoqian to the old man Tian for identification. In the end, the elders of the Tian family unanimously determined that these items belonged to Tian Haoqian, who had disappeared at the beginning.
Tian Haoqian wrote a letter on his deathbed, hoping that his hometown people would re-record his name and that of his descendants on the family tree. Knowing Tian Haoqian's last wish, the descendants of the Tian family in Guangping Mansion were deeply moved, and added the genealogy belonging to Tian Haoqian's branch according to the agreement.
However, for a long time after that, there was no news of Tian Huiichi from distant North Korea. Therefore, the descendants of the Tian family in Guangping Mansion can only keep Tian Haoqian and Tian Huiyi for future generations to replenish.
However, no one expected the wait to last three centuries.
Local feelings Fallen leaves have never seen the descendants of Guangping Mansion with their own eyes, Tian Huiyi, like his father, is full of regrets. Although he could not personally witness the condition of the descendants of the Tian family, he firmly believed that the descendants of the Tian family, who were separated from each other, would eventually meet again. Therefore, he established an ancestral precept for the family, stipulating that after the death of the Tien clan in Korea, the five characters "Gwangpyeong Fu Tian clan" must be engraved on the tombstone.
And the Tian family base camp in Fengzheng Village also has an unwritten rule, that is, every descendant who comes out of Fengzheng Village should always remember that there is still a small tribe in a foreign land, and when the conditions are ripe, they must be urged to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.
However, the seclusion of the country in the early and middle Qing Dynasty and the turmoil in the late Qing Dynasty led to the long-term inability of the people of the two places to get in touch. In fact, as early as the 20s of the 20th century, the Tian clan of Fengzheng Village sent two young descendants to North Korea to look for relatives, but due to various reasons, the two were unable to make the trip.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, during the period of North and South Korea, the Tian clan people who were displaced from their homeland changed from Koreans to Koreans in name only.
Among this group of Koreans with Chinese blood in their veins, there was a man named Tian Wenjun who became the CEO of Korea Shipping Co., Ltd. Due to his strong economic strength, Tian Wenjun has become the most important figure of his generation to find relatives.
On September 5, 2004, according to the clues left by his ancestors, Tian Wenjun contacted Tian Lianping, then secretary of Fengzheng Township, Handan City, and the two sides agreed to meet in Qingdao, Shandong.
In fact, both parties were very nervous before the meeting. For Tian Lianping, the last time Tian Haoqian's descendants were contacted was during the Qing Dynasty, and three centuries have passed in between, and there may be many unknown variables.
For Tian Wenjun, the mood is full of excitement and uneasiness. You must know that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the urban and rural systems in various parts of China have changed, and Fengzheng Township this time cannot be 100% confirmed as the Fengzheng Village contacted by Tian Huiyi at that time.
However, once both sides came up with their respective genealogies, all doubts and uneasiness vanished.
The genealogy in Tian Lianping's hands is relatively more complete, except for the lack of information about Tian Haoqian's branch;The genealogy in Tian Wenjun's hands started with Tian Haoqian, and the two merged to form a complete "Guangping Mansion Tian Family Tree".
After the meeting, both sides conveyed the good news to their respective clansmen.
Since that meeting, a steady stream of descendants of the Korean Tian clan have returned to Fengzheng Township from all over the world to identify their ancestors and find their roots. After 381 years, through the Ming and Qing dynasties and the new China, this story has finally come to a perfect end. This root-seeking story has also inspired and touched hundreds of millions of Chinese children and grandchildren through ** reporting.
Conclusion: The historical tradition of agrarian society has given birth to the local complex of Chinese sons and daughters returning to their roots. No matter how long the Chinese children are away from their homeland or where they are in the world, this local complex will inspire and guide them, and make them feel the warmth of their family and hometown.
Of course, we also hope that every wanderer can embrace the local feeling, no matter what country he is in, he must deeply remember that he is a Chinese in his bones!