Huang Tingjian, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, said: "There are surnames in the world, which are clans; There is a spectrum that contains its source and tests its reason. Dividing the world into interests is far less complicated and will not be maintained. The dispute between Zhao Mu and Mu Yi is confusing! " In fact, the big couplet of Miao Gong Hui branch in gaoyou lake West (the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui) is to let everyone know that a certain ancestor came from somewhere and a certain ancestor went from somewhere, so as to find out the root of the whole family and connect the preceding with the following. China people worship familism and familism most, forming a unique family culture. Genealogy and ancestral temple are two basic forms in this culture. Ancestral temples can also be used as an important source of genealogy, which is of great help to the people in seeking their roots and ancestors. Where there is an ancestral hall, there is a hall name. In addition to the surname, the name of the hall is usually marked on the cover of the genealogy. Therefore, the name of the hall is an indispensable part of the genealogy. In ancient times, the names of ancestral temples were divided into county hall and hall number, which is a unique category in China surname culture and a concept that China people have to be familiar with when tracing back to the source or building temples. The so-called county hall is generally a higher-level clan symbol, while the hall number is a lower-level clan symbol than the county hall.

What is the family name? The first choice is County Hope. County is an ancient administrative division name, which existed in the Warring States period, and was the most clear in the Qin Dynasty, and was designated as the thirty-six counties in the world. Hope can be understood as prestige. Wang Jun means that the ancestors of a certain surname gained prestige in an ancient "county" and became a local aristocratic family. The descendants of this family are obsessed with the glory of their ancestors. No matter where they moved later and how they developed, they believed that the source of this branch was the aristocratic family in that county, which was a true lineage and orthodox family. In ancient times, not all surnames had the title of county government, but at least 15 surnames had them. The hall number of a county is not exclusive to a surname, and the same county may be shared by several surnames. After the Song Dynasty, the county courtyards began to be unified and fixed, and there was no new name for the county courtyards. However, with the development of the clan, the number of the courtyards continued to increase. So a good county name is like a thumbs-up and can give people a compliment. For example, in the imperial examination in Qing Dynasty, it was forbidden to take part in the imperial examination without the surname of ancestral temple, and Tongsheng became a scholar through the three-level examination of county, prefecture and academy. When the imperial examination records the ranking of candidates, the top ten candidates are listed as hall numbers. If this is a county hall number, it means that Tongsheng comes from a famous family.

My Miao Gong Hui vein was built in the reign of Kangxi, located in Gangmiao Village, Jinnan Town. It is a symbol of this vein, following the name of Wulingtang County, which was handed down from the Tang Dynasty. So where is this "Wuling County"? What does it have to do with our ancestors? This will happen slowly. When we mention Wuling, we must first understand the place name "Shang Yong". The Romance of the Three Kingdoms mentioned that the "Battle of Hanzhong" between Liu Bei and Cao Cao took place here. After Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, he sent Liu Feng and Meng Da to station troops in Shang Yong. Later, when Guan Yu defeated Maicheng, he also asked for help here. According to research, Shang Yong came from the ancient Yong State in the pre-Qin period, and by the Spring and Autumn Period, it had become a powerful vassal state with Zhushan as its capital. In 6 1 1 BC, the state of Yong was destroyed by the State of Chu, and Yong became the territory of the State of Chu. Wuling County is newly established in Zhushan, the capital of Shang Yong (the name of Wuling originates from Wuling River in Zhushan), which belongs to Hanzhong County. It should be noted that this "Hanzhong County" is not Hanzhong City in Shaanxi today, but Yunyang area in northwest Hubei and Ankang area in southwest Shaanxi now. Hanzhong was a very important place in the Warring States Period, the contact point between two great powers in Qin Chu, the focus of political and military struggle and the birthplace of Chu people. Now Hanzhong never belonged to Chu State during the Warring States Period, and it has always been the sphere of influence of Qin State.

In 224 BC, the Qin Dynasty destroyed Chu again, Chu people moved south, and famous place names such as Wuling and Dayong also moved south to Wuling Mountain in Changde, Hunan. After Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu, Wuling County was established in Xupu County, Hunan Province in the Western Han Dynasty, and moved to Changde Forest Garden in Hunan Province in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which caused the embarrassing phenomenon that Wuling County and Wuling County coexisted in different places for a period of time. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Wuling County was abandoned, leaving only Wuling County (located in Zhushan County). According to the research of some historians, the relocation of ancient place names in China is quite serious, and some place names with a long history are often copied to other places, which brings considerable trouble to modern traceability. In 202 BC, after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang established the first vassal state "Changsha State", which governs Wuling County, Guiyang County, Lingling County and Changsha County. The whole control area is equivalent to the whole of Hunan today plus parts of Hubei, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and Jiangxi. Among them, "Wuling County" has the widest jurisdiction, reaching Changyang, Wufeng, Hefeng and Laifeng in Hubei in the north, Sanjiang and Longsheng in Guangxi in the south, Xiangxi in the east and eastern Guizhou in the west, with an area equivalent to that of a medium-sized province now. When Liu Fa was appointed king, he worked hard to manage his own "one acre and three points", and Changsha finally became prosperous.

Having said that, we have to mention an important historical figure-Miao Sheng. According to historical records and the introduction of Miao genealogy in various places, there were Miao students in Chu State in Zhou Dynasty, who were famous economists. The Chu State of the Zhou Dynasty mentioned here is the Chu State of the Warring States Period, not the Chu State of the Western Han Dynasty. There is a certain basis for saying that Miao Sheng was a Chu State in the Zhou Dynasty, because my surname Miao was around 6 10 BC, and my descendants lived in Shaanxi. By rights, I am a descendant of Qin Miao and should be a citizen of A Qin. What is the state of Chu? I think this is because the two major vassal states of Qin Chu are antagonistic and often fight, which leads to frequent changes of ownership in border areas, that is, "constant changes of hands". And this place should be Wuling in Hanzhong. My ancestor Miao should live in this land. Later, due to the destruction of Chu by Qin and the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, some people stayed in Xianyang, and some people moved from Hanzhong to the newly established Wuling County (Hunan) in Changsha. Later, Miao Sheng was appointed as the civil history of Changsha (equivalent to the prime minister) and held a high position. Wuling Miao became an aristocrat. Lu was a native of Pengcheng in his early years and worked as a Chinese medicine practitioner in Chu, a vassal state of the Western Han Dynasty. Miaosheng moved to Lanling after he was discharged from the army. From then on, the Miao family in Lanling flourished and became the four big noble in Lanling. Later, with the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, the nobles in the north moved to Jiangzuo, and my Miao ancestors also crossed the Yangtze River in the south and lived in western Zhejiang. Celebrities have come forth in large numbers and prospered from generation to generation.

In order to cherish the memory of our ancestors, remember the great achievements of our ancestors and the glorious glory of our family, inspire future generations to work hard, make positive progress, and enhance the pride and cohesion of our people, I, Miao Zisun of Lanling, take the county "Wuling County" as the name of the ancestral hall, which is truly deserved. After I moved to Axi Village, Xiping, gaoyou lake (Gangmiao Village, Jin Nanzhen), I never forgot to respect my ancestral temple and set up a ancestral hall. I still take "Wulingtang" as my name, which is actually a tribute and gratitude to my ancestors. It is to let future generations remember the virtues and contributions of their ancestors. Qi Xin made concerted efforts, worked hard and contributed to the prosperity of the Miao family, so as to tell their ancestors that they were in heaven.

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