According to historians' research, since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a large number of Central Plains Han families have moved south due to wars, famines, military disasters and government awards and other arrangements in China's history. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Han people in the Central Plains who moved southward once gathered in Shibi. The ancient stone wall is an open basin surrounded by mountains, where the soil is fertile and the forest is dense. Looking from a height, it looks like a green barrier, so the ancient stone wall is known as the "jade screen". In this "safe haven", the Han people who moved south reclaimed land and colonized, lived and multiplied, and constantly interacted and merged with the local indigenous people, which gave birth to a profound Hakka culture, formed a unique Hakka people, and created a Hakka spirit of perseverance, hard work and pioneering spirit. Since then, this group of Hakkas and their descendants have taken this place as a new starting point, taken solid steps, traveled all over the South China and the Central Plains, and then crossed the ocean and rushed to five continents and four oceans. Today, there are/kloc-0.2 billion Hakka descendants in more than 80 countries and regions around the world. One third of Chinese in Hong Kong are Hakkas, and one fifth to one quarter of the population in Taiwan Province are Hakkas. In the mainland, except Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces, there are quite a number of Hakkas in Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan provinces. Overseas, there are many Hakkas in Southeast Asian countries, Australia, the United States and Canada. Most Hakkas in the world claim that their first ancestor came from Shibi, Ninghua, and Shibi became the ancestral home of Hakkas in the world and the birthplace of Hakka culture.
Hakka people are a branch of the Han nationality and belong to the Central Plains Han nationality. Due to the war, a large number of Han people in the Central Plains left their homes and moved to the Fujian-Jiangxi joint area centered on the stone wall in Ninghua. At that time, Hakkas who lived in Ninghua or Shibi came from more than 50 counties in 8 provinces, which also showed that they were scattered before Ninghua and did not form a special ethnic group. There are two main reasons why Hakkas gather in Ninghua (Shibi) from all directions: First, natural conditions. Shibi is a flat basin with an area of 200 square kilometers. The fertile land provides excellent conditions for living. The mainstream of Hakkas comes from Jiangxi, with Wuyi Mountain at the border between Fujian and Jiangxi. The pass from Shicheng to Shibi is lower than other passes at the border between Fujian and Jiangxi, with convenient transportation. Ninghua is the source of Minjiang River, Ganjiang River and Hanjiang River, with convenient waterway transportation. The second is artificial conditions. Ninghua, especially Shibi, was developed earlier, and there was no war and social stability in this area before the Southern Song Dynasty. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huang Chao Uprising Army went from north to south, from Jiangxi and Zhejiang to Fujian and Guangdong, and then went north to Jiangxi, making a big turn, but did not enter Ninghua, which became a "paradise". As Taiwan Province Chen Yundong said in the book Hakka: "Ninghua, Fujian, is bordered by Gannan, surrounded by mountains in the northwest, just like a paradise, especially the safest place to take refuge at that time, so this group of people who have fled have moved to Ninghua for the most." Hakkas who moved to Shibi as the center have lived and multiplied for hundreds of years in a stable environment. They combined the culture and language of the Han people in the Central Plains with the local culture and language, and produced a culture and language that not only preserved the ancient style of the Central Plains but also had new changes. It was different from other ethnic groups of the Han nationality and was called Hakka culture and Hakka dialect, which also formed the Hakka ethnic group. According to textual research, Hakka clan was formed in Song Dynasty. Ninghua is a Hakka area. Not only does she have typical Hakka culture and language, but many of them were formed in Ninghua and spread to other Hakka areas. The territory of Ninghua clearly reflects the phenomenon of Hakka culture and language connecting the past with the future. Ninghua (or Shek Pik) is not only called "the central region where the Hakka people are formed", but also called "the cradle of Hakka culture and language".
According to historical records, the Hakka ancestors who once settled in Shibi (or other places in Ninghua) had a surname of 130 or above. Their descendants are based all over the world, with outstanding talents, pioneering spirit and brilliant achievements. Hakka people are known for their traditional virtues of patriotism, love for their hometown, cautious pursuit of the future and respect for their ancestors and ancestors. Since the reform and opening up, there has been an upsurge of "Hakka seeking roots" overseas. Since the completion of the Hakka Public Temple in 1995, a "ancestor worship ceremony for the world's Hakka Shibi ancestral land" has been held every year, and 10 is designated as the "ancestor worship month" every year. During the ancestor worship ceremony, many domestic and foreign guests traveled thousands of miles to find their roots, gathered in the stone wall and paid homage to their ancestors, and participated in the grand ancestor worship ceremony, which included five procedures, such as birthday sacrifice, ceremonial ceremonies, music and dance, officiating and ceremony. Then, they consulted genealogy and other historical materials, savored Hakka winemakers, and enjoyed Hakka folk songs, dances and other artistic performances. The ancestor worship ceremony was solemn and solemn. Shek Pik Hakka Ancestral Scenic Area * * * receives 270,000 tourists from domestic 19 provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government, autonomous regions and 24 overseas countries and regions, including 207 overseas root-seeking ancestor worship groups and more than 80 overseas Hakka groups. Shek Pik Hakka Ancestral Area has increasingly become a pilgrimage center for Hakka people from all over the world.
Shibi Town: Shibi Town is located in the west of Ninghua County, 7 kilometers away from the county seat/kloc-0. It was called Yuping in ancient times and renamed as Shibi in the middle of Tang Dynasty. The area of the whole town is 136.5 square kilometers, the area of cultivated land is 3.190,000 mu, and the area of forest land is148,700 mu. It has jurisdiction over 22 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee, 242 villagers' groups with a total population of 37,266, and the town government is located in Hekou Village. Shibi Town is a famous Hakka ancestral home at home and abroad. Since 1995, there have been 2 1 World Hakka Stone Cliff Sacrifice Ceremonies, with more than 100 from five continents.