Putian people immigrated to other places for the following reasons: Putian's humanities developed early and developed, and it was the first Jinshi county in Fujian with the strength of two counties, and it was also the main residence for people from the Central Plains to enter Fujian in previous dynasties, with a large number of talents all along. Putian culture is particularly developed, and the officials in the examination are all over the Central Plains. Most of the officials sent by the court to Hainan and Chaoshan are Putian people. A large number of Putian people were sent out by the court as officials. For example, Cai Xiang, the magistrate of Quanzhou, Huang Daozhou, the minister of rites in Ming Dynasty, and Fang Xianfu, the minister of official department, all originated from Putian County, and settled down in the local area after becoming an official (Fang Xianfu settled down in Guangzhou). Weng Wanda, the minister of the Ming Jiajing Military Department, "lived in Putian, Fujian in the past, and was a famous man. He moved to the village." To Wanda is the seventh generation. In the history of Guangdong Province, three of the nine top scholars were originally from Putian. Chaozhou Lin Daqin, Wuchuan Lin Zhaotang (descendants of Putian Jiumulin), etc.
Putian has been a gathering place for immigrants for the longest time. Before the tide of immigration extended to Huiyang and Hainan Island, the Zhongyuan people had lived in Putian for more than 1,3 years, and the least for more than 2 years. They had become authentic Putian people and were different from the later Zhongyuan people, which is also very different from Zhuji Lane and Shibi Township. Putian people are not only greatly different from the later Zhongyuan people, but also very different from Fuzhou people next to them. Like Zhujixiang and Shibi Township, they received a batch of Zhongyuan people who came to Putian to avoid war. During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang in Ming Dynasty, the government clearly designated Putian as a gathering place for immigrants, but this time the scale was smaller than that in the last years of Southern Song Dynasty. Putian is the most prominent contradiction between people and land in southern Fujian. Putian immigration is a very famous event, but what is the reason? Why did you decide to go south to Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Chaozhou? Why do you not hesitate to travel long distances and cross the ocean to remote Zhanjiang, Leizhou and Hainan? Putian's emigration began in the Tang Dynasty, and was more common in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Guangdong and Hainan provinces are the most important destinations for immigrants. Chaozhou, Shantou, Zhanjiang and other places in Guangdong generally have the saying that "ancestors moved from Putian", which proves that history, genealogy and words are true. However, many Chaoshan people and Hainan people regard Putian as their hometown. The genealogy systems in Chaoshan and Hainan are quite complete, and these genealogies clearly record the "ancestors moved from Putian" and clearly remember the names of the ancestors who entered the local nationality from Putian. Putian people immigrate to Hainan, Guangdong Province for the following reasons. There were frequent social unrest and disasters in ancient times. Putian was the most stubborn area against the Mongolian army and the Qing army at the end of the Song Dynasty, the hardest hit area ravaged by "Japanese pirates", and even the harsh coastal relocation of the Qing Dynasty, which led a large number of Putian ancestors to embark on the road of immigration in order to escape the war, flee and participate in the war. Historical records: Xinghua (Putian) in Fujian is the smallest, but the resistance is the strongest! Putian dialect has been squeezed by Fuzhou dialect for hundreds of years, but it has never changed the foundation of Putian dialect and Minnan dialect! Putian people are orthodox original Zhongyuan people.
Qiu Wencai, the ancestor of Qiongqiu, was defeated by Zhang Shijie in the first year of Xiangxing (AD 1278) and settled in Chengmai County. Song Jinshi, who was born in Qiongshan County, and Zhou Xiumei, a great scholar in the Hanlin Academy, were born in Jiangmen, Huazhou and Wuchuan at the end of the Song Dynasty. Chen Baxuan and Chen Ruzhen (anti-Yuan heroes of Chen Wenlong), the Fang faction of Jiedong Denggang Hantao, whose ancestor was Fang Zhen, came to Jieyi Peach in the Southern Song Dynasty for six years (1233). In order to avoid the war, they came to Jieyi from Hanjiang in Putian, Fujian Province. As well as Chen's family in Gantang, Zhanjiang, Zheng's family in Zhengwu Village, Zhongshan, Wuchuan, Lin's family name in Liaodong Village, Shen's family name in xishan village, Lei's family name in Nanluo Village of Haikang, Huang's family name in Pingshan Village of Lianjiang, Du's family name in du cun, Wuchuan, Xiao's family name in Xiaowan Village, Cao's family name in Xuwen Caojia Village, Cai's family name in Beiying Village, Fang's family name in Chaoshan Houyu (Hongyang area), and so on, Putian has a long tradition of doing business since ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty and Putian, it became an important commercial center in Fujian. In the Northern Song Dynasty, its business area covered Guangdong, Hainan and other places. For example, Fang's family in Fangkeng Village, Denggang Town, Jiedong County, whose ancestor was Fang Taoxi, entered the tide of business in the Southern Song Dynasty, and then settled in Jiedong with their families from Putian, Fujian. Tang surnamed Tang Zhaoji, the ancestor of Qiong, crossed Qiongshang from Putian in the late Yuan Dynasty and settled in Wenchang County. In the Ming Dynasty, Chaoshan became one of the strongholds of materials distribution and import and export in eastern Guangdong, southwestern Fujian and southern Jiangxi. The good business environment attracted businessmen from all over the world, including many early Putian businessmen. Wang in Yingtang Village, Fengxi District, and his ancestor, Wang Chunsou, settled in this area in the early Ming Dynasty (about 14) after going to Chaozhou for business, and then developed the Wang in Yingtang.
in addition to the above factors, Putian's narrow land and dense population also forced some Putian people to emigrate. There are also people who have settled in Hainan, Guangdong and other places because of marriage, military service and so on. Compared with other so-called "immigration transit places" and Putian, there are obvious differences. The genealogy systems in Chaoshan and Hainan are quite complete. These genealogies clearly record the "ancestors moved from Putian" and clearly remember the names of the ancestors who entered Putian as local citizens. Most of them are authentic Putian people. Their ancestors have lived in Putian for more than ten generations and dozens of generations, and the least time they have lived in Putian is more than a hundred years. Even the surnames of most of the naturalized ancestors are well-known families in China, which originated in Putian. For example, most of the Lins in Chaoshan, Zhanjiang, Hainan and other places are "Jiumu Forest" which originated in Putian, most of the Huang family are "Puyang Yellow", and most of the Zheng family are "South Lake Zheng in Putian". Putian is the hometown of ancestors in Chaoshan, Zhanjiang, Hainan and other places, which is in line with historical facts.