Upon arriving in Gushi, there is a feeling of being a wanderer returning home, and our hearts are filled with joy. "Zhang Changshui, director of the Minnan Cultural and Ecological Protection Center in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, who returned from exploring the origins of Gushi, said in an interview with China News Service on the 6th that" the relationship between Zhangzhou and Gushi has a long history, and we have felt a sense of closeness along the way. "From July 30th to August 2nd, the research and interview team of" Seeking Chen Yuanguang's Cultural Footprints in Fujian and Opening up Zhangzhou "visited Gushi County, Xinyang City, Henan Province to explore the origins. The research and interview team visited various places such as the Chen Family General Temple, Grandma Temple, Gushi Root Ancestral Pavilion, Three Kings Memorial Hall, and Tangren Root Seeking Tower to explore the Gushi Root Ancestral Culture, and to gain a detailed understanding of the historical reasons for the "Tangren Hometown, Fujian Taiwan Ancestral Land", the historical traces of the ancestors who migrated south, and the current development achievements. From July 30th to August 2nd, the research and interview team of "Searching for Chen Yuanguang's Cultural Footprints in Fujian and Opening up Zhangzhou" visited Gushi County, Xinyang City, Henan Province to explore the source. The picture shows a research and interview team visiting the Chen Family General Temple. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the father and son of Chen Zheng and Chen Yuanguang were ordered to march south to suppress the rebellion and establish Zhangzhou in Yunxiao, opening a new chapter in the development of civilization in Zhangzhou and even the entire southern Fujian region. More than 1300 years later, a research and interview team composed of cultural and historical experts, scholars, and journalists from Zhangzhou set off from the clouds and embarked on a journey to trace the roots of Minnan culture. The Chen Family General Temple, also known as the Chen Yuanguang Ancestral Temple, located in Chenji Town, Gushi County, is one of the important root seeking bases in China and has significant implications for the study of root culture and surname culture. Chen Yuanguang set out from here towards southern Fujian and never returned. This is his home, his roots According to Chen Yan, the interpreter of the Chen Family General Temple, it was built by Chen Feng, the legitimate grandson of Chen Yuanguang, known as the "Holy King of Kaizhang". It has been over 1200 years and is a must visit place for believers, compatriots from Fujian and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese to seek roots and worship their ancestors. From July 30th to August 2nd, the research and interview team of "Searching for Chen Yuanguang's Cultural Footprints in Fujian and Opening up Zhangzhou" visited Gushi County, Xinyang City, Henan Province to explore the source. The picture shows a research and interview team visiting the "Grandma Temple" located in Anshan Forest Park, Gushi County. The "Grandma Temple" located in Anshan Forest Park, Gushi County, photographed by Li Lin, was built to worship Mrs. Wei Jing, the grandmother of Chen Yuanguang. According to the staff of Anshan Forest Park, Wei Jing, also known as Zhen, with the courtesy name Yu Jue and the pen name Yun Xiao, led troops on behalf of her children during the great cause of opening up Fujian and Zhangzhou. She assisted her children and grandchildren in managing government affairs and made immortal contributions to quelling rebellions and promoting the establishment of the Zhang dynasty. She was revered as the "Mother of Wei" by the people of Yun Xiao. Gushi is known as the "first hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains". In history, there were four large-scale migrations to the south, and their descendants gradually migrated to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, the Philippines, Malaysia, Europe, and America. Therefore, it has created the phenomenon of "root culture" of "visiting ancestors from Taiwan to Fujian, and tracing back to the roots of the Zhangjiang River". During the event, the research and interview team also had a discussion and exchange with Chen Xuewen, the founder of Gushigen culture. During the event, the research and interview team also had a discussion and exchange with Chen Xuewen, the founder of Gushigen culture. As the pioneer of the rooted culture in Gushi County, Chen Xuewen has been studying the historical experience of Gushi's outward migration for decades. In his view, the blood and family ties between Fujian and Taiwan and Gushi in the Central Plains were able to blend, and Gushi became a destination for Fujian and Taiwan compatriots as well as overseas Chinese to seek roots and pay respects to their ancestors. Rooted along the Anshan Spring River, close to the banks of the Wuyi Minjiang River... Polygonum flowers bloom to send your message, and you can be safe and sound in your foreign land... "The theme song of the Gushi County Roots Culture Festival," Polygonum flowers bloom and look forward to your arrival, "tells the story of endless homesickness. The research and interview team and the Gushi villagers sang together on the journey to explore the source, expressing a thousand year old bond of roots. This research and interview activity is guided by the Minnan Culture Research Association of Fujian Province, jointly organized by the Propaganda Department of Zhangzhou Municipal Party Committee, the News Office of the Municipal Government, the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and the Party History and Local Chronicles Research Office of the Municipal Party Committee. It is divided into four stages. According to the organizer, the research and interview team will conduct in-depth research and interviews in Xinyang, Henan, Putian and Longyan, Fujian, Chaoshan, Zhangzhou Xiangcheng, Zhangpu, Yunxiao and other places by exploring the footprints and influences of Chen Zheng and Chen Yuanguang's "garrison in Fujian and Guangdong, opening up Zhangzhou, and consolidating southern Fujian". (New Society)