Laozi is now from Luyi County, Zhoukou District, Henan Province. Lao Zi's surname is Bo Yang, the second son of Dawn, also known as Lao Dan and Taishang Laojun, and he is regarded as the ancestor. He is an outstanding thinker and philosopher in ancient China, the founder of Taoism, a world historical celebrity, and the author of the Tao Te Ching with 5,000 words.

Here are two folklores about Laozi, which are widely circulated in Luyi County and even in the rural areas of eastern Henan.

First, Lao Tzu was born. Luyi County was called Ku County in ancient times. East Shili, the county seat, is the place where Laozi was born, and it is called Taiqing Palace. According to legend, one day, the daughter of an old member in Taiqing Palace enjoyed the cool under a plum tree in her yard and took a nap. I dreamed that a colorful auspicious cloud floated from the southeast sky to the plum tree overhead.

When she woke up, she felt thirsty and reached for a round and big purple plum to eat. Just put the plum to her mouth, and the plum actually rolled into her stomach. After 998 1 year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, I broke my mother's underarm ribs and jumped out. I was eighty-one years old when I was born, with white eyebrows and a long face, so I was called Laozi. I can speak when I was born. He pointed to the plum tree in the yard and said, The name of that tree is my family name? . They are also called Li Er and Lao Dan because of their earlobes and shoulders when they were born. My mother died shortly after I was born and was buried in Taiqing Palace.

Later, Lao Tzu's mother was canonized by Wu Zetian as? Congenital queen mother At present, there is a tall mound in Taiqing Palace, covering an area of 27 mu, and 200 1 is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit, that is, the tomb of the Virgin Mary in Laozi's mother's tomb.

Second, the legend of Laozi's mountain. In ancient times, there was a mountain between Guxian (now Luyi County) and Taiqing Palace, ten miles east of Guxian. The mountain is towering into the sky, and wild animals often haunt it, which harms people and animals in Ku County and brings a lot of inconvenience to people's lives. Lao Tzu came to the foot of this mountain with a mountain whip in his hand, praying for God's help, waving the mountain whip and chopping on the peak. I saw a loud noise, darkness, lightning and thunder.

The whole mountain sank into the ground, and the place with mountains became Ma Pingchuan. Lao Tzu's mountain whip was also broken into two pieces, one of which was thrown by Lao Tzu on the platform of the old man in Kuxian County, and the other collapsed into the Taiqing Palace. At present, in front of Laojuntai Temple in the northeast corner of Luyi County and Taiji Hall in Taiqing Palace, there is an iron column with a thick bowl mouth, which is buried deep underground. More than 3 feet on the ground, one person can shake it, 10 people can't pull it out. It is said that these two thick iron pillars at the mouth of the bowl are the mountain whips used by Lao Tzu when he drives the mountain.

Third, the story of the Peace Monument Now Laojuntai in Luyi County is the place where Laozi cultivates immortality, hence the name? Landing in Sendai? 、? Worship Sendai? , has a history of more than 2000 years. The platform is 8.84 meters high, and there are 33 layers of bluestone steps under the mountain gate, which is consistent with the 33 layers of Laozi's theory of heaven. Under the old man's stage, stands a square column with Japanese, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese and English engraved on all sides? We hope that the world will be peaceful? . This peace monument was erected by Japanese artillery Mei Chuan Taro and others who invaded China in 1938.

On June 1938, Japanese invaders attacked Luyi County. The Japanese army mistakenly thought that the tall building like Laojuntai was the national government's anti-Japanese war fortification, so it ordered mortars to attack this tall target. Thirteen shells fired in a row did not explode, and the commander and artillery were shocked and froze. The Japanese army climbed onto Laojuntai and saw that the hall on the stage was a sacrifice? Too old gentleman? When I learned that this was Lao Tzu's ascension to Sendai, the Japanese army was all tongue-tied. All Japanese troops knelt down in front of the main hall, kowtowing and bowing, asking? Old gentleman? Forgiveness.

In the early 1980s, Mei Chuan Taro, a gunner who bombarded Laojuntai with mortars, climbed onto Laojuntai with the help of his entourage and knelt in front of the statue of Laojuntai in the main hall. 1September, 999 19, Aso Yokai respectfully placed the white square pillar Taiping Monument flown from Japan in front of the old gentleman, sincerely apologizing and praying that there would never be a war between China and Japan. The story of the Japanese invaders shelling Laojuntai with thirteen unexploded bullets is by no means groundless, nor a myth, but a true story. At present, there are still unexploded and rusty shells fired by the Japanese invaders on the old throne platform for people who come to visit and visit.