Only when the country has a history, can you have ambitions and a family have a genealogy. Looking for the roots and asking for the ancestors is a Chinese cultural tradition. Genealogy originated in the Shang Dynasty, entered the folk in the Song Dynasty, and after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, editing genealogy gradually became a trend. The family tree continues the family blood and inherits ethical norms and family traditions. In order to inherit family culture and enhance family cohesion, famous families and even families with ordinary conditions will compile family genealogy. According to folk customs, the genealogy is generally "one small continuation in 10 years and one major repair in 30 years."
Towering tree must have its roots; Huaishan water must have its source. Nowadays, perhaps only in some rural areas, the cultural custom of cultivating family trees is still preserved. This kind of cultural custom is preserved in Xiazhai Village, Weiji Town, Shangshui County. The villagers of Xiazhai Village believe that editing a family tree is a big deal. If the person who compiles a genealogy does not have a certain degree of culture and popularity, it will be difficult to complete. At the suggestions of the villagers, in the spring of 2016, Xia Guangyao began his genealogy editing ...
More than a thousand days and nights are just one thing
Xia Guangyao, a villager in Xiazhai Village, was once the chairman of the Weiji Town Education Trade Union. , principal of Guqiang Town Key Middle School and vice principal of Weiji No. 1 Middle School. He was once named " Zhoukou City Model Teacher" and "Advanced Moral Education Worker in Zhoukou City". After retiring in 2002, he returned to his hometown Xiazhai Village to live.
From the spring of 2016 to the autumn of 2021, he completed the revision of the Xiazhai Village family tree in 5 years. When editing a genealogy, you cannot be impatient or perfunctory, and you must not make up content randomly. You must be careful and persistent. This is also to be worthy of your ancestors and descendants after the work is completed.
In order to make the family tree more complete and accurate, in addition to referring to the old family tree and finding local county annals information, he also called villagers from Xia who worked outside to inquire about basic information. According to statistics, he has made more than 2,000 calls in the past five years, each time he has been in charge of the publication. Each call ranges from 10 minutes to 1 hour. On his small desk were stacked with manuscripts, and above the desk was a map of Xiazhai Village that he had worked very hard to draw.
More than 80,000 words of beautiful family traditions passed down from generation to generation
According to Xia Guangyao, this time the revision of the family genealogy adheres to the key points of writing by the predecessors, making it easier for the Xia clan to find the roots and ask the ancestors, so that the various veins will not be disordered and difficult to distinguish between generations. Don't know the closeness or distantness. By familiarizing yourself with the genealogy, we will enhance the cohesion of the Xia clans, whether farming, doing business, working, or using literature, military, or officials or people, be fair, be united and friendly, live in harmony, and be loyal to our ancestors to win glory. Be a role model for future generations. The newly compiled Xiazhai Village genealogy is divided into 17 parts, more than 80,000 words and more than 80 pictures. After editing, Xia Guangyao also gave the Xia family genealogy a resounding name - "Xia's Spring and Autumn ".
Xiazhai Village
He also took out a 5-month pension to find someone to type and print. Due to limited funds, he printed 180 copies. As of now, he has sent more than 40 copies to Xia celebrities from all over the country. "People cannot forget their roots. Only by remembering the teachings of their ancestors, relying on themselves and becoming ambitions to become talents can they be worthy of their ancestors." Xia Guangyao said that some tribe members surnamed Xia settled in other places, and he wanted to send this "concern" to them to think about it." When I was at home, I asked them to take a look at the younger generation who had never returned to Xiazhai and pass on the Xia family genealogy.
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