Am I from Guoyang?
Laozi was born in Ku County, Chu State, and is now a native of Guoyang, Anhui. There are reliable documents, documents that can be corroborated.
"Historical Records: Biography of Laozi and Han Fei": "Laozi was from Qurenli, Li Township, Chuku County.". Today's Woyang County in Anhui Province belonged to the territory of Chu State in Laozi's time. Luyi and Bo County belonged to Chen State. Guoyang was previously called: Zhenyuan, Guyang, and Kuxian, and it has always been a county alongside Luyi.
1. Zhenyuan and Luyi are two counties that are parallel to each other and are different places. Look at the history of the Song Dynasty: "History of the Song Dynasty·Biographies IV·Zongshi II": "Yuanyan was very weak and sick. Fortunately, Zhenyuan was ill at that time. When he arrived at Luyi, he was very ill. Jianyu returned first and asked about the fourth son. (Note: Zhao Yuancheng was the seventh son of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. I also wanted to go, but I only got to Luyi and became seriously ill, so I had to go back first.)?
2. Guyang and Luyi are side by side, not the same place. "Geographical Records": Bozhou, Wang, Qiao County in the Sui Dynasty. It led to the five counties of Qiao, Chengfu, Guyang, Luyi and Fu. In the first year of Chu, it was changed to Xianyuan, and in the first year of Shenlong, it was restored to Zhenyuan, with Laozi Temple?
3. Zhenyuan and Luyi are parallel, not the same place. Volume 28 Geography 2: Luyi, the first year. In the 13th year of Daye, the county was occupied by Heisha, and Wude was demoted in the past three years, and it was restored to the county of Wangyang. The name was changed in the first year of Feng. It was called Xianyuan in the first year of Dai Chu, and it was called Zhenyuan in the first year of Shenlong. "It is the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. There are Lingbao, but there is nothing wrong with Luyi, Henan. In 2021, Guoyang Hu Zhi is the representative of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects "The Legend of Laozi". Inheritor. As a consolation, the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Henan Luyi Festival is listed.
5. The ancient poem "Laojun" cannot be faked. "Temple": The purple atmosphere holds half of the rock, and the lotus peak and the craggy palms are in front of the temple. The cold water is in front of the temple at night, and the sun is setting in the sky with the Baierguan Mountain Fuyuzuo, which is the geographical feature of "the eddying water is in the sun". Consistent with the geographical characteristics of the Laozi Temple in Guoyang, there is a river in front of the building, which is also in line with Feng Shui. The two characters in front of the temple also prove everything: Luyi built the Laojun Temple on the south bank of Guoshui---it is terrible without culture. Professor Chen Qiaoyi, director of the Historical Geography Research Center of Hangzhou University and an authority on the "Shui Jing Zhu" in my country, and Qian Linshu from the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University in Shanghai, visited Henan and Anhui along the Wo River and agreed that the Wo River was The river is a natural river and has never changed its course. Therefore, it is impossible for Laozi's birthplace to change from the north bank of the Wo River to the south bank of the Wo River.
"Su Shi sent Li Mi to Bozhou" because he was tired of losing grain in Guan Nei, so he invited Yingzhou Fu. The governance performance can be said to be the best, the soldiers and the people will be in charge. Look, the lake is full of smoke.
6. Xue Daoheng's "Ode to Laojun Hall": The ruins of Wochuan in Laixiang have changed over time, and the temple has become empty. Temple, double stele rubble. The Jiulong Well is the birthplace of Laozi. In February 1991, the ruins of the ancient Meteor Garden and the "Hometown of Laozi" were unearthed. There is one plaque for each. The picture below is: Ancient Meteor Garden stone plaque.
7. The country has already determined this. In 1992, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage issued a document "Approval for Woyang County to Accept Donations from Areas Outside Mainland China" and "Agreed to Woyang County to accept donations from Taiwanese compatriot Mr. Ma Bingwen to organize a 'preparatory committee for the reconstruction of Laozi's Taiqing Palace in areas outside mainland China' headed by Mr. Ma Bingwen, a Taiwanese compatriot." Donations for the maintenance and restoration of ancient buildings such as Taiqing Palace in Laozi’s hometown in the county."
8. Ma Bingwen, the famous professor of Taipei Taoist College, led the Hong Kong rich Taoist priest Tan Zhao and Taoist people from Singapore, Malaysia and other places to Woyang County for field inspections many times, and they determined that Lao Tzu was born in Woyang Central Taiqing Palace. The results of this field trip to the location. There are only three places in Luyi related to Laozi, and eleven in Guoyang. Preliminary information on the situation:
A: Luyi County includes:
1. Laojun Terrace; 2. West Taiqing Palace (720 acres of temple land); 3. , the Monument of Our Lady; the place where Confucius asked questions.
B: Part of Woyang County (Note: Woyang County is a new county. A hundred years ago, most of it was formed from Hao County.
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1. Wuyouwei; 2. Zhongtaiqing Palace; (The county annals indicate that there are 3,000 acres of temple land, and there were once more than 2,000 Taoist priests.) 3. Laojun’s alchemy place; 4. Jiulongjing (After Laojun was born, Kowloon emerged from the ground and spat out water to bathe him); 5. Bailin (the cemetery of the Holy Mother’s family); 6. Yin Xi’s tomb: 7. The recently unearthed ancient stele: 8. There are still some in Zhongtaiqing Palace Two elderly Taoist priests dictated the genealogy of hundreds of generations, saying that it had been passed down from ancient times - Laojun was born in Wuyouwei (next to Zhongtaiqing Palace); 9. East Taiqing Palace; 10. Confucius asked for rites; 11. Wujiahe (ancient valley water) ).
9. The Laozi Temple in Woyang and the Tianjing Palace Scenic Spot in Woyang were established on May 28, 1993 by Ma Bingwen (Heyang), Taoist Master of Taiwan Taoist College and President of Hong Kong Taoist College. The temple was built by three virtuous philanthropists, including Taoist Master Hou Baoyuan and Tan Zhao?, director of the Hong Kong Tam Zhao Charitable Foundation. Woyang No. 4 Middle School and the former Tianjing Middle School were also donated and built by Mr. Tam Zhao from Hong Kong.