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A Taiwanese girl found her ancestor’s hometown based on the “Qing Dynasty address”. Why was the girl’s behavior so touching?

Because the girl’s actions allowed us to see her sincere heart, it was touching.

Times are changing so fast. Many old places have become completely different from what they used to be. However, people have aspirations in all directions and cannot stay in one place forever. There will always be people wandering around. It is for this reason that many younger generations cannot find where their ancestors’ hometown is. However, even though I don’t know where my ancestors are, I still have a constant love for them. Therefore, when we see a Taiwanese girl looking for her ancestral homeland, we know that she is also a girl with very fine traditions and understands the importance of having the same bloodline.

Taiwanese girl takes Qing Dynasty address to find her ancestor’s hometown.

The thing is like this, a Taiwanese girl who has worked in Beijing for four years planned to travel to Fujian during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so her father gave it to her in order to let her experience the place where her ancestors had lived. A Qing Dynasty address. In order to find the hometown of her ancestors, the girl went to verify it in person during the holidays. With the help of netizens, she quickly confirmed that this was her ancestor's hometown in a place called Xintian Village in Fujian. When the girl found it, she was very emotional and said that the threads that had been broken for more than 300 years were connected again.

This sincere heart for seeking roots is touching.

After seeing these news on the Internet, netizens expressed that they were very touched because they felt that the girl was really caring. Her actions let us see the sincerity of a Chinese person seeking her roots. When we were children, adults would always tell us that a long time ago, we didn’t live here, but somewhere. At that time, it still felt very far away. I have never heard of anyone actually looking for the place where their ancestors lived. Nowadays, I really saw someone trying to find someone through unremitting efforts, and I felt a kind of indescribable touch and excitement inside. This is the blood of family ties that have been lost over time.