Cultural Construction of Zheshan Town

Construction of "Laozi Culture" project: On the basis of developing and inheriting "Laozi Culture", Zheshan Town further expands the social, historical and cultural meaning of "Laozi Culture" and builds a new socialist countryside. Not only did "Laozi" live, collect medicine, and live here, but his descendants also established villages here, which have been passed down from generation to generation and continue to this day. There are many existing ruins: such as "Laozi Temple" and "Laozi Village". To this end, the Party Committee and Government of Zheshan Town have developed the "Laozi Culture" tourism project of Zaiyao Mountain and built a "Laozi" cultural square integrating leisure and entertainment in the "Laozi Village" at the foot of the Zaiyao Mountain to activate the local people's amateur life. cultural life.

In Zheshan, there is the beautiful and tall "Medicine Picking Mountain" that towers into the clouds. When you climb the mountain, you can see the sea and sky to the east. At that time, I was optimistic about this geomantic treasure land, so I dug a cave on the mountainside. After settling down, he went up the mountain every day to collect various medicinal materials. Through the "eye of the sea", he absorbed the water from the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea and refined it into "Laozi's elixir", which was widely distributed among the people to cure diseases and provide disaster relief. In order to appreciate Lao Tzu's kindness, later generations called him "Lao Tzu"; the mountain where I lived to collect medicine was called "Lao Tzu's Mountain"; the cave where I lived and made alchemy was called "Laojun Cave"; the road from the cave to the top of the mountain was called "Lao Tzu's Cave". "Lijiaxiang", the place where Laozi collected herbs and rested is called "Lijiading", and the village named Li at the foot of the mountain, where the town is located, is called "Laozi Village". Many tourists come here for sightseeing on holidays and Sundays every year, especially on the "March 15th" of the lunar calendar every year. Thousands of tourists from all over the country come to the Laozi Temple on the top of the mountain to "burn incense and make wishes" and worship "Laozi". ". Since 2000, the local government has invested a lot of money in mountain closures, afforestation and road construction, making the mountain greener and more beautiful. The road has also been built halfway up the mountain. Developing "Laozi culture" is conducive to further inheriting and carrying forward "Laozi culture" and promoting the common development and prosperity of local social, economic and cultural undertakings.

Zheshan, also known as Laozi, is famous for its medicine-picking mountains. According to legend, Laozi, the great philosopher and thinker in ancient my country and the founder of the Taoist school, once wrote the first chapter of the "Tao Te Ching" on this mountain. 》. Zhaiyaoshan has a high forest coverage rate, rich cultural heritage, good natural resources and long history and culture, forming a rare cultural and ecological tourist attraction. The town continues to develop and explore Laozi culture in depth. In 2008, the construction of Laozi Cultural Plaza was started. In 2010, it was rated as one of the "Top Ten Rural Cultural Plazas in Shandong Province". In 2011, an expansion project was carried out on Laozi Cultural Square and a new "Shou Sheng Garden" was built. In the same year, Laozi Cultural Square was recognized as a national AA-level tourist attraction. At present, Zheshan Town's Zaiyao Mountain Ecological and Cultural Tourism, Zheshan's "Three Mountains and Four Rivers Tour", and "Xuejiazhuang Millennium Sandalwood Forest Original Ecological Tour" have become famous. Every weekend and holiday, there is an endless stream of tourists from all over the country.