Fujian, China has such an ancient castle. The castle was built in the Ming Dynasty, and after hundreds of years of ups and downs, it still maintains the integrity of the main structure.
The locals call this castle Zhaojiabao, because all the people living in this castle are surnamed Zhao. This castle combines life function and defense function, which can not only resist the invasion of the enemy, but also ensure the comfort of the residents. However, this kind of building is extremely rare in Fujian, China, where most of the population is She, while Zhao is obviously Han.
Then the question is, why do Han people go to Minnan to build castles?
In fact, the secret was buried for hundreds of years, until recently, an old man accidentally revealed it.
First of all, the discovery of an old man
The secret was revealed by an old farmer in Zhaojiabao. The old man's family is very poor, and the whole family lives by farming.
One day, the old man plans to expand the vegetable garden so that he can grow more vegetables. A vegetable garden is very different from an ordinary field. If you want to turn an ordinary field into a field where you can grow vegetables, you must level the land, remove weeds, loosen the soil, and then get some fertilizer to raise the field, so that you can grow vegetables.
After clearing the weeds in the field, the old man is going to clean up the extra stones in the field. But when cleaning up the stones, the old man found two very big stones.
Although the old man is old, his physical fitness has always been good, not worse than some young boys, and he directly turned these two big stones over. When the old man was about to take these two stones outside and throw them away, he suddenly found words engraved on them.
Although the old man didn't know these words, he realized that it was probably a treasure and thought about it several times. I still called the staff of the Cultural Relics Bureau.
Second, mysterious ancient stone tablets.
After hearing that the carved stone had been found, the experts came to the old man's castle non-stop. Experts found that the two stones were originally integrated and should have been broken before, so they looked like two stones. With everyone's help, the two stones were spliced together. After splicing, the stone immediately showed its original shape, and the words on the stone were clear. Experts have been studying on rocks for a long time.
How did the expert ask the old man about this stone?
The old man answered the expert and said, "This stone was found when I was preparing to clean up the vegetable fields. It should be handed down by the ancestors. "
Later, the expert asked, "Do you know the history of these two stones?"
The old man replied, "I don't know. I don't even know the words on it. Why don't you study them yourself? " After hearing this, the expert was very helpless and had to continue his research.
After research, experts found that this stone tablet is a monument. In ancient times, jade cards could not be used by anyone, only the royal family could use them, which was a symbol of status. This jade tablet depicts a county king named Zhao Ruohe in the Song Dynasty.
This discovery surprised the old man very much. He never understood where this Zhao family came from.
Now I finally know that my ancestor's identity seems quite noble. He was the monarch of the Song Dynasty.
Third, the final answer
But experts are very strict, and will not confirm the origin of this stone tablet because of these short words. Then experts read historical data. According to the History of Song Dynasty, Zhao Ruohe died in the Southern Song Dynasty with the emperor Zhao Min. It stands to reason that Zhao Rehe should have died long ago, so why are there stone tablets handed down?
Later, the expert asked the old man, "Do you know who your ancestors were?" This problem is extremely complicated for the old people who grew up in mountain villages. The old man thought and thought, but he couldn't remember any information about it.
The expert thought that our country has thousands of years of clan history, so he asked the old man, "Do you still have a genealogy at home?"
The old man thought for a moment and replied, "there is a family tree, but we can't understand anything written on it." You can borrow it if you want. If you have the information you are looking for, it is naturally the best. "
Hearing the old man's answer, the expert was very excited and immediately set out to borrow genealogy to watch.
Opening the genealogy, the preface on the first page reads, which surprised the experts. This is a record of what happened hundreds of years from the establishment of the Song Dynasty to the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. Experts immediately understood that this genealogy is actually a brief history of the Song Dynasty.
The signer of this article is actually Zhao Ruohe. The expert's mind is full of questions. How did the name Zhao Rehe appear again? Didn't he die in the sea with the emperor?
With this question, the expert continued to look at the genealogy, and then recorded that Zhao Ruohe had been pursued by the Yuan army, and he was forced to go to heaven without any choice. Finally, I fled to the seaside, where I found a fleet of more than a dozen ships. Zhao Ruohe ran to the ship with joy, finally escaped the pursuit of reinforcements, and then settled overseas for a period of time.
Living abroad made Zhao Ruohe uncomfortable, and he soon returned to the shore, which is now Zhangpu County, Fujian Province. At that time, the world was in chaos, and Zhao Ruohe dared not return to his former residence, so he had to settle in the local area. However, the local area in Zhangpu County is not so safe, so under the leadership of Zhao Ruohe, a castle with both defense and life functions was built.
The amount of work in this building is so great that Zhao Ruohe didn't see the final completion of the castle when he died, but it was only in his grandson's generation that it was initially completed.
Finally, with the restoration of the castle by each generation, it is what it is now.
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After the discovery of the stone tablet, a mystery in history was solved through various discussions. It turns out that the original royal family in the Song Dynasty was not extinct by the Yuan Army, but some of them lived and settled in China. Unfortunately, these data do not show the end of Zhao Min, the last emperor of the Song Dynasty.
History is like this. When you try your best to study him, you won't find any results. When you don't want to study him, suddenly a historical document will pop up and reveal the secrets of that era.