When Ma Ying-jeou paid homage to his ancestors on the second day of the Lunar New Year, he talked about the Ma family's "Fufeng Hall" and said that their Ma family's original surname was Zhao. What is going on?
Former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou went to Majiazhuang in Fengshuli, Tongxiao Town, Miaoli County on the morning of February 1, the second day of the Lunar New Year, to worship ancestors with local clan members. This was also the 25th year that Ma Ying-jeou went to Majiazhuang to worship ancestors.
Ma Ying-jeou worships ancestors
As the former leader of Taiwan and the former chairman of the Kuomintang, Ma Ying-jeou has insisted on going to Majiazhuang to worship ancestors every Spring Festival in recent years. Except for not going there in 2018, being able to persist for 25 years is a good job, but it is not easy.
After Ma Ying-jeou paid his respects, when talking to the Ma clan, he also talked about the origin of the surname Ma in history from the name of the Ma family's "Fufeng Hall". This is not the first time that Ma Ying-jeou has talked about it. When he went to Majiazhuang to worship in the past few years, he also talked about the origin of the name "Fufeng Hall" and the origin of this horse surname more than once. This shows at least two points. First, Ma Ying-jeou is very proud of the glorious history of his Ma family. Second, Ma Ying-jeou attaches great importance to historical inheritance and cultural roots. He often traces his origins so that he can not forget history and retain his roots.
The name of Ma Ying-jeou's Ma family in Majiazhuang
is "Fufeng", which is Fufeng County in Shaanxi Province in the hinterland of Qinchuan , which is 800 miles away. It is the hometown of Ma Yuan, the famous general of Eastern Han Dynasty. Ma Yuan is the descendant of Zhao She, a famous general of the Warring States Period. After Zhao She defeated the Qin State, he was named "Ma Fujun" by King Zhao, so the clan members changed their surname to Ma. Therefore, the descendants of this family named Ma were originally named Zhao.
The people surnamed Ma moved to Jiangxi and then to Hunan during the Wu Huan period. Because they believed that Fufeng was the root of their Ma family, the descendants of the Ma family took "Fufeng" as their hallmark no matter where they went. There are many "Fufeng Halls" with the surname Ma across the country, and the "Fufeng Hall" in Majiazhuang, Fengshuli, Tongxiao Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan, is just one of them.
According to the records of Hunan's "Hutian Ma Clan Genealogy" and Fujian and Jiangxi's Hakka Ma Clan Genealogy, the Ma family has prospered since its birth and has been passed down from generation to generation. Each generation has clear written records.
Ma Ying-jeou's grandfather Ma Lian
Ma Ying-jeou's grandfather Ma Lian was born in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. He was a generous country gentleman with profound traditional cultural heritage. At that time, the Ma family owned a cast iron pot factory, a slaughterhouse, a rice factory, etc. There were also many shops, and the business was very prosperous. From the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, Ma Lian presided over regiment training for more than 10 years, and often used his own silver to reward troops passing through nearby areas. This kind act was highly praised by people in Xiangtan and Hengyang , and he was therefore respected as "the first regiment general in central Hunan".
Ma Ying-jeou's father, Ma Heling
Ma Ying-jeou's father, Ma Heling, was admitted to the Central Political University in 1941 and joined the army in 1944. He served as a bodyguard of Chiang Kai-shek , and later served as a lieutenant colonel in Chiang Kai-shek's "National Salvation Corps". He went to Hong Kong in 1949 and Taiwan in the autumn of 1951. He successively served as secretary of the Yangmingshan Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang, deputy chairman of the Taipei City Party Headquarters, and deputy director of the Central Assessment and Discipline Commission. After retiring in 1992, he organized the "World Chinese Peace Building Association" and looked forward to cross-strait unity and cooperation. In May 1995, he, his wife Qin Houxiu , his daughter, and his son-in-law returned to the mainland to visit relatives. In April 2005, another group was organized to visit Handan, Hebei Province, the ancestral home of the Ma family, to search for their roots and worship their ancestors. Mr. Ma Heling passed away in November 2005.
In theory, Ma Ying-jeou should be the 69th grandson of Zhao She and the 22nd grandson of Ma Ziyi, the ancestor of the Ma family in Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province. Ma Ying-jeou's name was given to him by his father. His original name was "Ma Ying-jiu". Ying-jiu means chest, which refers to the chest and the mind.
In 1974, Ma Ying-jeou went to the United States to study law with the Kuomintang's Sun Yat-sen Scholarship. After graduation, he worked in the United States for a short period of time. Returning to Taiwan in 1981, it happened that Chiang Ching-kuo was looking for an English secretary, and Ma Ying-jeou was introduced to the candidate list.Because Ma Ying-jeou came from an innocent and simple family background, Chiang Ching-kuo arranged for him to serve as his English secretary and engage in translation work. Ma Ying-jeou entered the core circle of the Taiwan authorities at a very young age, which gave him the opportunity to continuously improve. Although he experienced some mutual strife, he was elected mayor of Taipei City in December 1998, laying the foundation for his subsequent impact on a higher "big office".
Ma Ying-jeou and his family members surnamed Ma are together
In this case, it should not be easy for Ma Ying-jeou to not forget the origin of the Ma family and often talk about the title of "Fufeng". I just feel that Majiazhuang, hidden among the maple trees in Tongxiao Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan, is too small to contain the long history of the Ma family, let alone the grand ambition of Ma Ying-jeou's father who wanted him to embrace the world.
In fact, Ma Ying-jeou should be like his father. He should not only insist on going to Majiazhuang to worship his ancestors, but also go to Hunan to worship his ancestors. He should also go to Jiangxi and Shaanxi with a longer history to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan, especially to worship in Fufeng, Shaanxi, which is the root of the "Fufeng Hall" he often talks about. In addition, we should not only worship the ancestors of the Ma family, but also go to Handan, Hebei to worship the ancestors of the Zhao family.
Of course, the form of worshiping ancestors is only one aspect, and the inner recognition of the family is more important. I hope Ma Ying-jeou can pass on and carry forward this good habit of recognizing ancestors. I hope more Taiwanese compatriots will not forget their hometown, their ancestors, and where their roots are, and they can keep their roots deep in their hearts.
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As the saying goes, I am a Gonggenniu
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