The history of Rugao Wu Kiln and Hejiazhuang

Since there are no relevant literature references and no historical sites to support it, the history of an ordinary village cannot be tested.

Judging from the history of nearby villages, when the village was first established, there were already some surrounding villages, such as Donghuantuo (the village was established in the Song Dynasty), Zhongmenzhuang (the village was established in the late Song Dynasty), Maojiatuo (the village was established in the Tang Dynasty) ).

Historically, there have been frequent wars here, especially after the "Battle of Jingnan" (the King of Yan swept the north), the place was desolate and sparsely populated.

Many villages in this area were built by Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and Hejiazhuang is one of them.

According to "Fengrun Place Names", Hejiazhuang was built in the second year of the Yongle Year of the Ming Dynasty (1404 AD). The general named He came here to occupy the property and establish a village according to the imperial edict. .

"Beihe Family Tree" records: "The genealogy of Yu He is unknown in the last generation. He was a resident of Jinling City, Nanjing during the Yuan Dynasty.

The first ancestor Dingguo, the second ancestor In Yongnian, the third generation ancestor came to Gang, Gangzi He Fu

Yuan Jinmingxing, the fourth generation ancestor He Fu, he became a Jinshi in the second year of Hongwu, and became the general of Weibei, serving as Emperor Jianwen of King Yan's southern expedition. Fu followed the expedition in the Northern Expedition, and it was difficult to achieve meritorious service in the bloody battle. He did not want to be a nobleman, but retired to serve the people. He led more than 300 family members on his behalf and moved north to Gengyang County, which was 45 miles south of the desert. , the family worked hard for the people, and later there were too many people, so it was established as a village named Hejiazhuang."

The administrative division of Fengrun County in the Ming Dynasty can be summarized as "Eight Miles, Five Maps, and Two Guards".

Two of them are Xingzhou Qiantunwei and Kaiping Zhongtunwei.

Hejiazhuang is located in Hancheng Town and belongs to Tun 55.

The "Fengrun County Chronicle" of the fourth year of Longqing's reign in the Ming Dynasty contains "Bei He Jiazhuang". Due to unclear photocopied information, "Nan He Jiazhuang" is not found in the record, but it can be inferred that there must be "Nan He Jiazhuang" at that time. Family Village".

According to Gao Junfan, the late elder in the village, the earliest village in Hejiazhuang was named Gaobali, which originated from the fact that the village was located on the high ground eight miles northwest of Hancheng.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the Manchus surnamed Tong settled in Hejiazhuang. They had great political power and tried to change the name of the village to Tongjiazhuang.

To this end, a stage was specially set up in the village to sing operas, and villagers from eight villages around were invited to watch the opera. They also took care of the food, and solemnly announced on the stage that Hejiazhuang would be renamed Tongjiazhuang.

Although they sang operas and ate for several days, people were still accustomed to Hejiazhuang, which continues to this day.

Legend has it that the reason why Lao He's family prospered was because there was an earth dragon underground in the west of the village.

In order to destroy the tradition of the old He family, the old Tong family moved the temple that was originally located in the west (now the primary school) to the current location of the primary school (it was changed to a school after 1949), but they still did not suppress it. Feng shui of living in He family.

For this reason, another well was dug in front of the temple, and the dragon veins were dug this time. It is said that the water that came out at that time was red. From then on, the Feng Shui of the He family was destroyed.

Before the 1976 earthquake, there was still water in that well, but it was a bitter well and not suitable for drinking.