Wang Jinghong’s hometown

According to the "Ningyang County Chronicle·Zhongguan" (Kangxi 31st edition): "Wang Jinghong, a native of Jiningli, accompanied Taizong during his hunting tour in the Ming Dynasty. , Hereditary Nanjing Jinyi Guards Thousands of Households." This is the earliest record of Wang Jinghong's birthplace. It is 47 years earlier than Zhang Tingyu revised "History of the Ming Dynasty" and wrote "The Biography of Zheng He". In addition, in the entry of "Longyan Prefecture Chronicles·Characters·Zhongguan" published in the third year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, it is also recorded: "Wang Jinghong, a native of Jixianli, Longyan". "Zhangzhou Fu Zhi·Wuxun" clearly records "Wang Jinghong, a native of Xiangliao in Jixianli". Xiangliao Village is located at the junction of Zhangping, Longyan and Yongan cities in Fujian. It has jurisdiction over 6 natural villages with a total of 1,587 people and 89 surnames. It is a nationally famous "people's village". According to on-site research by Cao Muwang, director of the Zhangping Municipal Tourism Bureau, and Luo Xuansheng, director of the Zhangping Municipal Museum, Wang Jinghong is a native of Xujiashan Natural Village, Xiangliao Village. According to local elders, Xujiashan had a population of more than 200 people at its peak. However, due to war and banditry, it has now become an abandoned village. The ruins of large-scale ancient residential complexes can be seen everywhere in the village, as well as remaining wall foundations, stone mortars, stone foundations, ceramic fragments, and broken stone flagpoles. Wang Jinghong’s descendants disappeared from the world. Fortunately, in the stele of the Xiangshan Bridge rebuilt in the 24th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1819), we found the list of silver donations from the Wang Jinghong family of Xujiashan, including the hometown guests Wang Yingwen, Wang Renrong, and Wang Zhitong; the supervisors Wang Boyuan, Wang Dayuan, and Wang Yansi; the tribute students Wang Dianwen; Ten people including Wang Renhuang, Wang Siyi and Wang Guoyen donated forty-seven taels of silver. From this, it can be seen that in the late Qing Dynasty, the Wang family in Xujiashan was still prosperous and prosperous.