The Great Scholar Tree (大槐树)

"gen" it means roots










That's the fake tree the put up after the real one finally died




Map of the migrations










Lunch in a cave dwelling (窑洞)



This is another pretty famous landmark around here. Located up in Hongtong county (洪洞县), this tree commemorates a large scale migration that took place after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty (明代 1368-1644). Other areas of China had been greatly devastated by wars, so the government organized several migrations to other parts of the empire over a 50 year period. Today many Chinese are able to trace there roots back to this part of the country.