Tv dramas often appear to recognize ancestors and return to their ancestors. How important is he? What do you know about genealogy?

Genealogy culture

Towering trees must have roots; The water in the mountains must have its source. Yanhuang is concentric, and Huaxia is a pulse; Blood is thicker than water, and fallen leaves return to their roots. China genealogy culture has a long history and is profound. "The husband's family has a genealogy, the country has ambition, and the state-owned history is synonymous." Zhang Xuecheng, a famous historian in Qing Dynasty, even compared genealogy with national history and local chronicles.

The significance of genealogy culture

China's genealogy generally has family rules and family instructions, which are of positive significance for regulating life and educating children. The strict family instructions of the ancients, Liu's family instructions and Zhu Bolu's family instructions are all good moral education textbooks. Historians such as Sima Qian, Ban Gu and Chen Shou used genealogy in Historical Records, Hanshu and History of the Three Kingdoms respectively, which made the history books more accurate and complete.

"Genealogy, also known as genealogy, genealogy, genealogy, genealogy, genealogy, genealogy, genealogy, etc. Different names have the same connotation, but different extensions. Now it is generally called genealogy or genealogy. Genealogy is a historical picture book that systematically records the lineage characters or concurrency of a blood group. Surname is a sign of "a blood group", and genealogy is an album that records the blood relationship between family members of a surname. Genealogy culture is an important part of Chinese excellent culture and a unique phenomenon of Chinese civilization. In order to protect the inheritance of genealogy culture, experts and scholars are calling on China Genealogy to declare intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, it is necessary for every descendant of the Chinese nation to know something about genealogy.

The origin of genealogy culture

Genealogy, as a sacred symbol of the clan, has always been hidden among the people and kept secret from others. Yu Lili, Secretary-General of China Surname Culture Research Association, said: "Genealogy is the testimony of the 5,000-year-old civilization in China. In the past, it was a norm of family system, which could regulate interpersonal relationships and was an important supplement to social laws and systems. For the present age, genealogy can be used as a display of traditional culture and can relive the excellent culture of ancestors. Another significance of genealogy is its literary, social and historical value. After all, the records of official history are limited and too broad, and genealogy can be a useful supplement to historical research and more vivid. If we cherish and cherish genealogy now, it will also be a model for future generations to understand us. "

There have always been several opinions about the origin of China's genealogy: one is from the Zhou Dynasty, the other is from the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, the other is from the Song Dynasty, and the other is from the oral genealogy and knotted genealogy of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Jinwen and even before the Zhou Dynasty. According to the records of documents of past dynasties and the textual research of Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed from Yin Ruins in this century, we believe that it is credible that China's genealogy originated in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Respect for genealogy is a manifestation of respect for ancestors. People in China have simple ancestral beliefs, not only in China, but also in South Korea, Japan, Singapore and other countries greatly influenced by China's traditional culture. South Korea has preserved many complete genealogies, and its presidents Roh Moo-hyun and Lu Taiyu both came to Shandong to recognize their ancestors.

China has always said that foreigners come to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. Shouldn't we recognize our ancestors and return to their ancestors?