Locust Tree 大槐树
Chinese title (trad.):
大槐樹
Chinese title (simpl.):
大槐树
Russian title:
Дерево саранчи
Release year:
2007
Country:
China
Number of episodes:
42
Episode running time:
45 minutes
Genre:
historical, war, drama
Language:
mandarin
China release date:
Type:
TV series
Description:
The Hongwu migration of the Ming dynasty was the largest and longest organized and planned ethnic relocation in Chinese history, involving a million people and three great peoples — Han, Mongol, and Hui. Its momentum was immense and its scope vast, unparalleled in history. It held certain historical significance for promoting ethnic integration and cultural exchange in our country.
Since ancient times there has been a folk saying: "Ask where our ancestors came from — the great locust tree in Hongtong, Shanxi." Show more The Hongwu migration not only rationally distributed the living space of the population, but also, through long-term intermingling and exchange between migrants and local natives in culture, psychology, and customs, inevitably brought regional civilizations into mutual enrichment and cultivated new seeds of civilization. This played an undeniable role in the great fusion of the Chinese nation, left a brilliant mark in the ancient history of Chinese migration, laid the foundation for the Ming Empire to become the most powerful nation in the world at that time, and contributed to the development of Chinese national culture.
In the early years of the Ming dynasty, due to years of war, epidemics, and repeated floods of the Yellow River, Huai River, and Grand Canal, the population of the Central Plains and Jiangnan plummeted, while Shanxi, untouched by major battles, was densely populated. The combined population of Henan, Hebei, and Shandong was less than half that of Shanxi. In the eighth year of Hongwu, a great flood burst forth and submerged Shandong. In Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, and Anhui, the flood broke through sea dikes, and seawater poured in, destroying the salt fields — the main tax revenue of the Ming court. The Central Plains became a vast expanse of barren land where people were rarely seen. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang resolved to carry out a large-scale migration from Shanxi to repair river dikes, restore salt fields, and develop production, increasing the population of the Central Plains and Jiangnan. The imperial scholar Lin Yi, a native of Shanxi, witnessed with his own eyes how Shanxi migrants, like prisoners, were bound by soldiers, wantonly humiliated, and the dead discarded in the wilderness. The imperial migration commissioner, Duke of Qi, General Ma Rong, in order to fulfill the emperor's fixed quota of migrants, used deceit to seize people and force them to relocate. Although Lin Yi held a low official rank, he disregarded life and death and angrily submitted a memorial, risking death to plead with the emperor to stop the migration that was destroying the people. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious at Lin Yi's audacity. At this time, Lin Yi's elder brother Lin Feng — an investigating censor — discovered through investigation that the migration commissioner, Vice Minister of Revenue Su Peiwen, was guilty of embezzlement: wealthy households could avoid migration by bribing him. Migration officials and some local gentry colluded, seizing the opportunity to forcibly take the land and property of common people and amass great fortunes. Lin Feng intended to report this to the court, but Su Peiwen and Pingyang Prefect Ceng Ke learned of it, sent assassins to kill Lin Feng, and falsely reported to the court that Lin Feng had been killed by rioters unwilling to migrate. Lin Yi petitioned the emperor to go to Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi to investigate the case. Lin Yi's mentor, Grand Secretary Zhang Siwei, who strongly advocated migration, knew Lin Yi's abilities and recommended the upright and unyielding Lin Yi to go to Shanxi to handle the case. The imperial commissioner Su Peiwen was the son-in-law of Prime Minister Hu Yan. Under extremely dangerous circumstances and enormous pressure, Lin Yi investigated the case and deeply realized: Shanxi's land is poor and its people numerous, while Shandong, Henan, and other places have vast fertile fields but sparse populations. To make the country rich and the people strong, large-scale migration was necessary. After returning to the capital, Lin Yi petitioned the emperor to serve as migration commissioner and proposed a series of migration policies: granting migration silver, giving migrants land, and exempting them from taxes for three years. The emperor approved and appointed Lin Yi as migration commissioner to oversee the migration. But Prime Minister Hu Yan, Shanxi Governor Chen Xiuren, Prince Qing, and others, for their own interests, were determined to stop the migration and put Lin Yi to death.
This drama follows Lin Yi's fate as the main thread, showing the difficult and tortuous process of handling and resettling migrants, and his complex emotional journey amid family conflicts and love; at the same time, it depicts the migration experiences and life changes of migrants Wang Chengzu, the Daxi family, the Fuquan family, and Lin Zhi, Lin Jun, and others. It presents a panoramic view of this great migration during the Hongwu era, from high court officials to common people. The drama is highly suspenseful and story-driven, with intense conflicts, suspense in every episode, and several climaxes in each. The characters are vividly drawn, and the scenes are grand. It is a historical epic with rich content and great entertainment value. The main plotlines are:
The Pingyang Blood Case: Investigating censor Lin Feng was assassinated in Zaoyang. Pingyang Prefect Ceng Ke reported that Lin Feng was killed by the brothers Wang Chengzu and Wang Jizu of Hongtong County, who were resentful of the migration. Migration commissioner Su Peiwen and the Shanxi surveillance commissioner also concluded that the Wang brothers were the killers. But the Wang brothers fled and the authorities were hunting them. Imperial scholar Lin Yi learned from Lin Feng's subordinates that there was more to Lin Feng's murder. It was understood that before his death, Lin Feng was investigating the embezzlement of Su Peiwen and another commissioner, Duke of Cheng, General Ma Rong, in the migration. Lin Yi petitioned the emperor to go to Shanxi to investigate the murder. Ma Rong's daughter, Princess Ma Yuan, worried about her father, secretly memorialized the emperor and empress, requesting to "assist" in the investigation and secretly monitor Lin Yi's every move. Lin Yi went alone to Shanxi. Su Peiwen and Pingyang Prefect Ceng Ke were prepared, and Lin Yi faced danger at every step. With extraordinary courage and wisdom, he finally solved the mysterious case, brought the true culprits Su Peiwen and Ceng Ke to justice, and won Ma Yuan's heart.
Since ancient times there has been a folk saying: "Ask where our ancestors came from — the great locust tree in Hongtong, Shanxi." Show more The Hongwu migration not only rationally distributed the living space of the population, but also, through long-term intermingling and exchange between migrants and local natives in culture, psychology, and customs, inevitably brought regional civilizations into mutual enrichment and cultivated new seeds of civilization. This played an undeniable role in the great fusion of the Chinese nation, left a brilliant mark in the ancient history of Chinese migration, laid the foundation for the Ming Empire to become the most powerful nation in the world at that time, and contributed to the development of Chinese national culture.
In the early years of the Ming dynasty, due to years of war, epidemics, and repeated floods of the Yellow River, Huai River, and Grand Canal, the population of the Central Plains and Jiangnan plummeted, while Shanxi, untouched by major battles, was densely populated. The combined population of Henan, Hebei, and Shandong was less than half that of Shanxi. In the eighth year of Hongwu, a great flood burst forth and submerged Shandong. In Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, and Anhui, the flood broke through sea dikes, and seawater poured in, destroying the salt fields — the main tax revenue of the Ming court. The Central Plains became a vast expanse of barren land where people were rarely seen. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang resolved to carry out a large-scale migration from Shanxi to repair river dikes, restore salt fields, and develop production, increasing the population of the Central Plains and Jiangnan. The imperial scholar Lin Yi, a native of Shanxi, witnessed with his own eyes how Shanxi migrants, like prisoners, were bound by soldiers, wantonly humiliated, and the dead discarded in the wilderness. The imperial migration commissioner, Duke of Qi, General Ma Rong, in order to fulfill the emperor's fixed quota of migrants, used deceit to seize people and force them to relocate. Although Lin Yi held a low official rank, he disregarded life and death and angrily submitted a memorial, risking death to plead with the emperor to stop the migration that was destroying the people. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious at Lin Yi's audacity. At this time, Lin Yi's elder brother Lin Feng — an investigating censor — discovered through investigation that the migration commissioner, Vice Minister of Revenue Su Peiwen, was guilty of embezzlement: wealthy households could avoid migration by bribing him. Migration officials and some local gentry colluded, seizing the opportunity to forcibly take the land and property of common people and amass great fortunes. Lin Feng intended to report this to the court, but Su Peiwen and Pingyang Prefect Ceng Ke learned of it, sent assassins to kill Lin Feng, and falsely reported to the court that Lin Feng had been killed by rioters unwilling to migrate. Lin Yi petitioned the emperor to go to Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi to investigate the case. Lin Yi's mentor, Grand Secretary Zhang Siwei, who strongly advocated migration, knew Lin Yi's abilities and recommended the upright and unyielding Lin Yi to go to Shanxi to handle the case. The imperial commissioner Su Peiwen was the son-in-law of Prime Minister Hu Yan. Under extremely dangerous circumstances and enormous pressure, Lin Yi investigated the case and deeply realized: Shanxi's land is poor and its people numerous, while Shandong, Henan, and other places have vast fertile fields but sparse populations. To make the country rich and the people strong, large-scale migration was necessary. After returning to the capital, Lin Yi petitioned the emperor to serve as migration commissioner and proposed a series of migration policies: granting migration silver, giving migrants land, and exempting them from taxes for three years. The emperor approved and appointed Lin Yi as migration commissioner to oversee the migration. But Prime Minister Hu Yan, Shanxi Governor Chen Xiuren, Prince Qing, and others, for their own interests, were determined to stop the migration and put Lin Yi to death.
This drama follows Lin Yi's fate as the main thread, showing the difficult and tortuous process of handling and resettling migrants, and his complex emotional journey amid family conflicts and love; at the same time, it depicts the migration experiences and life changes of migrants Wang Chengzu, the Daxi family, the Fuquan family, and Lin Zhi, Lin Jun, and others. It presents a panoramic view of this great migration during the Hongwu era, from high court officials to common people. The drama is highly suspenseful and story-driven, with intense conflicts, suspense in every episode, and several climaxes in each. The characters are vividly drawn, and the scenes are grand. It is a historical epic with rich content and great entertainment value. The main plotlines are:
The Pingyang Blood Case: Investigating censor Lin Feng was assassinated in Zaoyang. Pingyang Prefect Ceng Ke reported that Lin Feng was killed by the brothers Wang Chengzu and Wang Jizu of Hongtong County, who were resentful of the migration. Migration commissioner Su Peiwen and the Shanxi surveillance commissioner also concluded that the Wang brothers were the killers. But the Wang brothers fled and the authorities were hunting them. Imperial scholar Lin Yi learned from Lin Feng's subordinates that there was more to Lin Feng's murder. It was understood that before his death, Lin Feng was investigating the embezzlement of Su Peiwen and another commissioner, Duke of Cheng, General Ma Rong, in the migration. Lin Yi petitioned the emperor to go to Shanxi to investigate the murder. Ma Rong's daughter, Princess Ma Yuan, worried about her father, secretly memorialized the emperor and empress, requesting to "assist" in the investigation and secretly monitor Lin Yi's every move. Lin Yi went alone to Shanxi. Su Peiwen and Pingyang Prefect Ceng Ke were prepared, and Lin Yi faced danger at every step. With extraordinary courage and wisdom, he finally solved the mysterious case, brought the true culprits Su Peiwen and Ceng Ke to justice, and won Ma Yuan's heart.
Movie crew
director:
presenter:
Ding Ze-Xing, Ding Yu-Xin, Wang Ming-Jian, Zhao Shu-Xi, Li Jun-Ming, Zhai Zhong-Li
53 m.
Ding Ze-Xing
1 m.
Ding Yu-Xin
1 m.
Wang Ming-Jian
1 m.
Zhao Shu-Xi
1 m.
Li Jun-Ming
5 m.
Zhai Zhong-Li
producer:
Hao Yi-Ping, Zhao Jian-Ping, Wu Lin-Han, Guo Xue-Ping, Le You-Qing, Liu Bing-Lin, Ma Wen-Han, Zhu Zhi-Liang, Wang Zhong, Li Dai-Mei, Yang Bo, Leung Chi-Cheung, Xie Hai, Luo Qing-Yu, Huang Cui-Lian, Li Hai-Yuan, Du Xue-Wen, Liu Ying-Kui, Chen Yu-Shi, Duan Xin, Jin Ting-Rui, Lee Shui-Gap, Wang Ming-Jian
23 m.
Hao Yi-Ping
Aged 49 years
34 m.
Zhao Jian-Ping
Aged 43 years
61 m.
Yang Bo
10 m.
Du Xue-Wen
23 m.
Aged 49 years
34 m.
Aged 43 years
7 m.
Wu Lin-Han
4 m.
Guo Xue-Ping
7 m.
Le You-Qing
1 m.
Liu Bing-Lin
1 m.
Ma Wen-Han
3 m.
Zhu Zhi-Liang
5 m.
Wang Zhong
1 m.
Li Dai-Mei
61 m.
66 m.
Leung Chi-Cheung
1 m.
Xie Hai
1 m.
Luo Qing-Yu
5 m.
Huang Cui-Lian
16 m.
Li Hai-Yuan
10 m.
4 m.
Liu Ying-Kui
1 m.
Chen Yu-Shi
1 m.
Duan Xin
1 m.
Jin Ting-Rui
115 m.
Lee Shui-Gap
1 m.
Wang Ming-Jian
planning:
Hu Su-Ping, Zhang Ping, Wong Heung-Ying, Wang Jian-Chang, Wang Qi-Lian
84 m.
Zhang Ping
2 m.
Hu Su-Ping
84 m.
22 m.
Wong Heung-Ying
4 m.
Wang Jian-Chang
1 m.
Wang Qi-Lian
assistant director:
Zhang Guo-Sheng, Su Xiao-Chen, Chang Jing-Jing, Deng Ran
3 m.
Zhang Guo-Sheng
5 m.
Su Xiao-Chen
1 m.
Chang Jing-Jing
2 m.
Deng Ran
composer:
cinematographer:
art director:
lighting:
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