Cenic Introduction
Scenic Area Introduction
Introduction to the Hongtong Great Locust Tree Ancestral Root-Seeking and Ancestor-Worship Park
Hongtong Dahuaishu Ancestral Root‑Seeking and Ancestor‑Worship Park is a national AAAAA‑rated tourist attraction, a site of Ming‑dynasty emigration, and a key cultural relic protection unit in Shanxi Province. Renowned worldwide for the large‑scale, state‑sponsored migrations of the early Ming period, it is the only folk‑worship sanctuary in China dedicated to “root‑seeking” and “ancestor veneration,” earning the reputation of “the ancestral home of the Chinese people and the sacred land of our roots.” Today, the park features more than 60 scenic and cultural attractions, organized into five thematic zones: the “Ancient Migration Relics Area,” the “Ancestor‑Worship Activity Area,” the “Folklore Tourist Area,” the “Fen River Ecological Zone,” and the “Comprehensive Service and Supporting Facilities Area.”
“Ask where my ancestors came from—under the great locust tree in Hongtong, Shanxi. What was the name of their old home? The stork’s nest beneath that ancient locust.” According to historical records, between the third year of the Hongwu era and the fifteenth year of the Yongle era—over nearly fifty years—eighteen large-scale official migration campaigns took place at the site of the great locust tree in Hongtong, Shanxi. During this period, millions of people were relocated from that very spot to 18 provinces and more than 500 counties and cities, including Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu. After six centuries of successive migrations and generations of settlement, today, wherever there are Chinese communities around the world, you will find descendants of those who left under the Hongtong locust tree. Since 1991, the scenic area has hosted each year, around the Qingming Festival, a “Hongtong Great Locust Tree Root‑Seeking and Ancestral‑Worship Tourism Season,” with tens of thousands of descendants gathering at the tree’s ancestral homeland to jointly honor their migrant forebears and share stories of shared roots and kinship.
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