Brief introduction of Liu Yong's ancestral home

In recent years, the party committee and government of Huangdun Town have held three seminars on Liuyong culture. Zhang Qifeng, professor of Weifang University and director of Liuyong Research Institute, Zhang Chuanxi, professor of Peking University, descendants of Liu (including a Tugezhuang branch in Zhucheng) and other people from all walks of life unanimously recognized that Liuyong's ancestral home was in the village. Caojian Village is located 8 kilometers northwest of Huangdun Town, lanshan district, bordering Juxian County in the west. Formerly known as "Magpie Nest". It was renamed "Cao Jian" during Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang (1368- 1398), the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, organized the largest migration activity in the history of China. In the third year of Hongwu (1370), Liu's ancestors moved northward from Dangshan County in the south of the Yangtze River and settled in Quechao Village in Rizhao, where they flourished and gave birth to Fu, Lu, Shou, Shi, Shu, Zhong and Hou Bazi. Later, due to the disaster of family fire, the Liu brothers scattered around, and only the fourth son stayed in his hometown. The eldest son Liu Fu and the second son Liu Lu moved to Daliujiagou Village (now Sanzhuang Town, Donggang District), the third son Liu Shou begged and settled in Zhuangzi, Liu Jia (now Sanzhuang Town, Donggang District), the fifth son Liu Shi settled in Xiliujiagou (now Zhonglou Township, Juxian County), the seventh son Liu Zhong moved to Liujiazhuang Village, lanshan district, Linyi, and the eighth son Liu Houding settled in Liujiadian, Yishui County. After this change, the magpie forest under the Phoenix Ridge was desolate everywhere, and the Liu family also lacked the happy scene of the past. Liu Siyuan was very sad to hear the news, so he renamed the Magpie Nest "Cao Jian" during Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty.

During Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty, the eldest son Zhigan and the second son Zhizhen were entrusted to Liu, and they moved to Bogezhuang (Zhucheng County, Qingzhou Prefecture, now gaomi city) with their third son. After several generations of entrepreneurship, the family has gradually changed from poverty to well-off. Many of his descendants passed the imperial examinations, especially Liu Tongxun of the ninth generation, Liu Yong of the tenth generation and Liu Yong of the eleventh generation, all of whom served in the imperial court. The Liu family became a "three-phase" and caused a sensation in the ruling and opposition parties.

At the end of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, Liu Yong's descendants invested in the establishment of Liu's ancestral hall in the village to pay homage to their ancestors. The ancestral hall covers an area of 1.2 mu, and there are boxwood, ginkgo and cypress trees in the courtyard. There are five main halls of the ancestral hall, with brick and wood structures and heavy beams and columns. East and west peaks, steel fork hand. On the front of the ancestral hall, the horizontal plaque of Qing 'ai Hall is hung, and the coffin of ancestor Philip Burkart is placed in the hall. In the middle of the ancestral hall is dedicated to the position of Liu Yong, the heavenly official of the official department. On both sides of the incense table in front of the throne, there are three ceremonial ceremonies, such as three flags, golden melons, axes, pedaling heaven, half a set of armor, dragon and phoenix sticks, gongs and so on. A pair of imperial gauze lanterns are hung on the eaves of the main entrance of the ancestral temple, which are radiant. The whole ancestral hall is resplendent and solemn. According to legend, all the civil and military officials who passed by here in the Qing Dynasty walked three miles to Liu Ancestral Hall to give gifts and pay homage. There is a towering cypress next to the ancestral hall, and an ancient pagoda tree on the east side of the woodland, about 50 meters high and thick and folded. There is a white fire stone weighing thousands of kilograms in front of the forest. Philip Burkart's descendants are all over the country, including Zhucheng, Linyi, Juxian, Yishui and Ganyu in Jiangsu. Before the "four clean-ups", Liu's descendants often went to the ancestral grave to pay homage and mourn. The society is also called "Great White Flintstone Liu".

There is Liu's ancestral forest in the southwest of the village, and there is a cliff in front of it as a natural shadow wall. The stream on the Caojian River flows from northwest to southeast and is surrounded by jade belts. There are tombs of 1 1 Liu's ancestors who moved first and their descendants here, which is a must-see place for the Liu family to seek roots and worship their ancestors over the years.

Caojian Village is backed by mountains. Seen from the south, three peaks are juxtaposed, just like a phoenix spreading its wings, hence the name Phoenix Ridge. The trees on the east and west wings are lush and green. In front of the village is a flat valley with dense bamboo forests and fertile mulberry fields. Caojian River passes through the village, flows through Phoenix Ridge and flows south into Huangdun River. The nine mountains in Fenghuangling are like nine dragons, which surround the whole Caojian village into a pattern of "Suzaku in the front stream, Xuanwu in the back mountain, Qinglong in the left mountain and White Tiger in the right mountain". The crescent river in front of the village is distributed in the shape of a water dragon belt, echoing the mountains on three sides, forming a "three satellites, satellites and dragons" feng shui layout.