Chapter 294 Returning to One’s Roots! [2]

According to Yang Ming's identity and status, he should go to the Yang's ancestral hall in Longchuan County to hold the ceremony of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestral home.

Yang Ming did not plan to go there, and held it directly at the Yang's ancestral hall in Sanjiaotang.

Yang Ming was brought to the Yang's ancestral hall by Yang Shuhai.

Now the Yang's ancestral hall in Sanjiaotang is inside the Weilong House.

When he came, almost all the people in Sanjiaotang came.

However, according to custom, women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, and those women can only wait outside.

In addition, the Yang's clan members in Longchuan County, as well as the Yang's clan representatives from Laolong, Tucheng, etc., came. They suddenly received a notice last night that Mr. Yang would formally recognize his ancestors today, and they hurried here early in the morning.

When Yang Ming arrived, even though Yang Ming was in a wheelchair, they still thought that Mr. Yang was really good.

The auspicious time for recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestral home was 8:48 in the morning.

This was the auspicious time calculated by Chen Bo and Song Shaoguang at the same time.

At this time, there were about ten minutes left before the auspicious time.

Now, inside and outside the ancestral hall, all are men, including the elderly, middle-aged people, and children, all from the Longchuan Yang clan.

The person in charge of presiding over the ceremony of Yang Ming's recognition of his ancestors is a 70-year-old man in the Longchuan Yang clan who is knowledgeable, highly respected, and deeply trusted by the Yang clan members.

The old man used to be a middle school teacher. After retirement, he was responsible for some matters related to the Yang clan members. In addition, he also participated in and presided over the re-editing of the genealogy of the Yang clan.

This time, Mr. Yang came back from Hong Kong to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestral home. In addition, Mr. Yang's status is not simple, so the Yang clan members invited him to come forward to preside over this ceremony of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestral home.

This is a very complicated ritual process.

Yang Ming came to the outside of the ancestral hall and had not yet entered the ancestral hall.

Ah Zhu, Zhong Chuhong, Lin Xiuzhi, and Li Yufang were all outside.

None of them could go in.

However, they could be outside the ancestral hall.

Looking at this ancestral hall, although it is also part of the Weilongwu, it does look very old. The Sanjiaotang Yang Clan Ancestral Hall has existed almost since the Weilongwu existed.

"Peter, how do you feel?" Li Yufang asked, looking at her son dressed like that now.

Li Yufang also has a ceremony of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan, but it is still somewhat different from the Hakka ceremony of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan here, so she can't make the decision on many things.

"Mommy, it feels okay."

If it was before liberation, this would actually be a very serious matter.

However, since the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, families, clans, etc. have been greatly suppressed and suppressed, and they are no longer as strong as before.

For a family or a village, if many things cannot be solved, they can still be solved by convening a clan meeting.

In Yang Ming's view, this is actually not good for the development of the rule of law in the country.

At the local level, it is almost the same in this era.

Other relatives and representatives who came to participate and witness Mr. Yang's recognition of his ancestors and returning to the clan all greeted Mr. Yang.

8:45 am.

The sound of firecrackers outside was getting louder and louder, and the ceremony of Yang Ming's recognition of his ancestors was getting closer and closer.

8:48 am.

Yang Shuhai took Yang Ming into the ancestral hall.

The old man of the Yang family was there.

After washing his hands and respectfully taking out the Yang family genealogy.

He began to worship the heaven and earth first, and then the ancestors here according to the customs of the Hakka people here.

There were many spirit tablets of the ancestors of the Yang family in Sanjiaotang.

As for what Yang Ming should do and how to do it, he started like a puppet, and the old man of the Yang family and Yang Shuhai guided Yang Ming to do it.

Others watched this sacred scene from the side.

Including Chen Bo and Song Shaoguang who were allowed to come in to visit. As the Feng Shui masters of Hong Kong invited by Mr. Yang, they are now also highly respected.

These customs that seem to have existed for many years, in the eyes of Chen Bo and Song Shaoguang, they did not expect that they were still maintained in China.

It's just that they may have been destroyed in the past, and many of them have disappeared.

This time, because of Yang Ming, it was brought out according to the traditional etiquette.

This is actually a testimony and preservation of traditional culture.

At this time, the old man of the Yang family read: "This time, Yang Ming, a member of the Yang family, recognized his ancestors and returned to the Yang family. The Yang family members expressed their welcome to his return to the Yang family. It has been confirmed that his grandfather is Yang Shuquan, the 26th generation of the Yang family, and his father is Yang Jirong, the 27th generation of the Yang family. In the early 1950s, his father Yang Jirong went to Hong Kong to develop, and then married Li in Hong Kong and had a son Yang Ming, who is the 28th generation of the Yang family."

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"Yang Ming is a descendant of Yang Jirong of our clan, with the same generation name. Now the Yang family members agree that he recognizes his ancestors and returns to the Yang family."

Yang Ming's grandfather Yang Shuquan belongs to the generation name of "Shu".

Yang Ming's father Yang Jirong belongs to the generation name of "Ji".

By the time of Yang Ming, it has become the generation name of "Yi".

However, when Yang Jirong and his wife named Yang Ming, they did not use the "Yi" generation name from their hometown. If it is recorded in the family tree, Yang Ming's real name in Sanjiaotang is Yang Yiming.

Yang Ming is mainly called by his English name in Hong Kong, and he is usually called by other names. It doesn't matter whether he uses the "Yi" generation name or not.

The old man of the Yang family spoke and read in Hakka, which Yang Ming basically couldn't understand.

However, he was sitting in a wheelchair, facing the ancestors' spiritual tablets here, and he was thinking silently, No need to blame, I am already a real member of the Yang clan, and I hope the ancestors of the Yang clan can continue to bless him.

Yang Ming knew very well that he inherited the body of the original Yang Ming, but his real soul came from the future.

This ceremony of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan was very complicated. During the ceremony, when the old man Yang was reciting blessings, Yang Ming felt as if he was singing.

It really is like singing.

It took nearly two hours for the old man to finish this step.

This can be regarded as reducing a lot of rituals.

Next, the old man Yang picked up the thick family tree and opened it to the page of Yang Jirong.

Pick up the brush and write Yang Jirong's wife - Mrs. Li next to Yang Jirong's name.

Write Yang Yiming's name below the couple.

Originally, Yang Ming's identity was not simple. A lot of things had to be added, including Yang Ming's experience in Xiangjiang, his achievements, etc. These are all for the descendants of the Yang family to watch.

Not much can be written on it now.

The old man of the Yang family just wrote with a brush that Yang Ming was born in Xiangjiang on a certain day of a certain year, and became the richest man in Xiangjiang on a certain year and a certain month. He returned to his hometown from Xiangjiang on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month. Recognize the ancestors and return to the clan every day of the month, etc.

When we rewrite the genealogy of the Yang family in the future, Yang Ming will be the focus of the close-up. Now it is only officially confirmed that Yang Ming recognizes his ancestor and returns to the clan, and his identity is added to the Yang family tree, becoming the Longchuan Yang family. The 28th generation descendant.

Next, it was Yang Ming's turn to speak.

Originally, these had to be written in advance and read accordingly.

When Yang Ming faced these Yang clan members, he did not read any manuscripts and said directly: "Today I can come back to recognize my ancestors and become a member of the Yang clan. I hope that I can continue to pioneer and make progress in front of my ancestors." , I hope to be blessed by Yang’s ancestors.”

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In Yang Ming's view, Hakka people are all over the world, but things are a little different here in his hometown. In addition to geographical location and other factors, there is also a big reason, that is, they are not open enough and even a little xenophobic.

If a place is too exclusive, intolerant, or inclusive of various cultures, it will be difficult for it to develop.

This is also Yang Ming's own hope. He knows that if he wants to change his hometown so that everyone in his hometown can live a life of food, clothing, and even prosperity, then the original conservative and xenophobic ideology and culture must be gradually changed, so in In the next thirty years, amidst the great changes in the country, only the Hakkas in their hometown, and even the Hakkas in other places around them, will be able to have a place.

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