The Endless Giant Locust Tree: Ancestral Memory, Home Symbol and Ethnic History
by Zhao Shiyu
About This Novel
The issue of immigration to the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi is a topic that is truly appreciated by both refined and popular people, and is well-known to women and children. Even in history, it was an issue that both the gentry and the people paid great attention to and devoted a lot of efforts to. This is a good starting point for understanding the sharing and interaction of cultures in history, and for understanding the history of Shanxi and even North China. What is more worthy of discussion is the process of local historical changes reflected in the legend of the immigrants from the Big Sophora Tree, the legend of the immigrants from Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong, Guangdong, and the legend of the immigrants from Shibi Village among the Hakkas. This issue involves regional development issues, clan issues, belief issues, gentry issues, ethnic issues, and especially military system issues in the historical period. Only in this way can we truly or more accurately understand the origin and spread of such legends. This step-by-step in-depth process also reflects the author's thinking and elaboration on the methodological significance of regional social history or historical anthropology.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
Well written, maybe I don't have enough understanding
Well written👍Maybe I don't have enough understanding ability
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
Well written, maybe I don't have enough understanding
Well written👍Maybe I don't have enough understanding ability
