在我国的许多地方,特别是在河北、河南、山东、苏北、皖北一带,常常听到这样的民谣“问我祖先来何处,山西洪洞大槐树,祖先故居叫什么,大槐树下老鹳窝”。正象这首人们代代相传的民谣所说的那样,几百年来,这一带的人们一直把洪洞大槐树当作故乡。一棵树,怎么会被这么多的人当作故乡,受到人们这样的崇拜呢?这就要从明朝初年的迁民说起了。 In many parts of our country, especially in the areas of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Northern Jiangsu and Northern Anhui, we often hear such folk songs “Where did my ancestors come from? Stork nest under the tree. ” For hundreds of years, people in this area have always regarded the Honghuai Ash Tree as their hometown, just as the first folk songs handed down from generation to generation said. How can one tree be the hometown of so many people and be worshiped by people like this? This must start with the relocation of the early Ming dynasty.