Cultural Development of Laozi Culture

1. A public memorial ceremony to commemorate the 2581st anniversary of the birth of Laozi

On March 30, 2010 (February 15th of the lunar calendar), a public memorial ceremony to commemorate the 2581st anniversary of the birth of Laozi was held at the place where Laozi taught—— A grand ceremony was held in front of Xuanyuan Hall of Mingdao Palace. Provincial and municipal leaders and all walks of life presented grains, animal sacrifices, flowers and elegant music to commemorate this great local sage. The major media reported it with pictures and texts.

2. Laozi Temple Fair

The one-month Laozi Temple Fair will be held from March 30 (February 15th on the lunar calendar) to April 28 (March 15th on the lunar calendar), 2010 Held in the Luyi Laozi Hometown Tourist Area. The Laozi Temple Fair is fully prepared and planned, with rich activities, including theatrical performances, Tai Chi performances, waist and pan drum performances, bamboo performances, martial arts performances, basketball performances, suona competitions, "Tao Te Ching" reciting competitions, and fine cultural relics exhibitions. , famous and high-quality specialty product exhibitions, mass street activities, economic and trade activities, and martial arts events in Luyi, highlighting the concept of "increasing aura, gathering popularity, and generating wealth", and have been well received by all walks of life and relevant media.

3. Laozi Cultural Lecture Hall

On April 12, 2010, Laozi Cultural Lecture Hall was held at Yingjun International Hotel. Professor Sang Jingmin, a well-known Laozi expert from Beijing University of Technology, gave a wonderful explanation on the topic of "Understanding Laozi", focusing on Laozi's historical status, the environment of Laozi's hometown, the origin of Laozi's thoughts, and Laozi's influence on the world. The participants experienced a A journey of the soul, which received an enthusiastic response. 1. "Daoyuan" magazine

After the "Daoyuan" magazine was launched in the winter of 2009, it published four volumes of spring, summer, autumn and winter in 2010, with 12,000 volumes, including leadership monographs and celebrity treatises. Tao, the Gate of Wonders, Introduction to Classics, Laozi’s Hometown, Laozi’s Stories, Ways of Health, Cultural Corridor and other columns promptly publish the major decisions and measures of the Luyi County Party Committee and the Luyi County People’s Government on the development and promotion of Laozi culture , which introduces the latest research results on Laozi and his thoughts from academic circles at home and abroad. It reflects the insights of the cadres and masses in Laozi’s hometown who have learned from the old, studied the old, and understood the Tao. The social influence is expanding day by day.

2. Zhonghua Laozi website

After its official launch in October 2010, the Zhonghua Laozi website has always adhered to the purpose of publicizing and promoting Laozi culture. It is not kitsch, does not follow trends, and does not follow trends. Be superficial and not impetuous to create characteristics and form a style. Due to its healthy content, diverse styles and distinctive features, it stands out among many Laozi Taoist cultural websites. It has published more than 500 articles and more than 1,300 pictures, and has been linked to many websites, with a click rate of more than 300,000 at home and abroad.

3. Laozi culture and scientific development topic

This topic is researched in cooperation with experts from the Henan Academy of Social Sciences. Phased results have been released, and the final results will be completed across the years and published in a monograph. Format closing. 1. Communicate with the Henan Laozi Society

On July 5, 2010, I participated in the second member representative conference of the Henan Laozi Society in Zhengzhou. The hardware and software construction carried out by the Woyang County Party Committee and the Woyang County People's Government around the development and promotion of Laozi culture, the series of festival activities held and the research results achieved are among the best in the province and have been well received by leaders, experts and scholars attending the conference. .

2. Exchange with Hebei

In August 2009, I was invited to participate in the Second Taihang Mountain Cultural Festival in Shahe City, Hebei Province. Director Chen Daming represented Laozi’s hometown and talked about Laozi himself, A special report was given on the historical status and modern value of Laozi's thoughts.

3. Exchange with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

On November 13, 2010, with more than 10 experts from the Institute of Religion of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences who visited Taiqing Palace and Mingdao Palace in Luyi We conducted in-depth discussions on issues such as the research and development of Laozi culture and Taoist culture, and the creation of the Taoist ancestral home, and reached a broad understanding. 1. "Luyi and the Root of the Chinese Li Surname"

The book contains more than 60 surnames and cultures from scientific research institutions, colleges and universities, and social groups such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Hunan Academy of Social Sciences, and the Anhui Academy of Social Sciences. Experts' research results on the origin of the surname Li, its reproduction and development, and the achievements of the surname Li further sang the Li culture of "the world's Li surname, rooted in Guoyang, prosperous in Longxi, and distributed to Hangzhou" New ideas. The book was officially published by Henan People's Publishing House.

2. "Laozi's Moral Thoughts and the Construction of Diligent and Honest Government"

This book is to further explore the cultural connotation of diligent and honest government, enrich the cultural content of diligent and honest government, and expand the content of Laozi's moral thought. The influence of the values ??of diligence and honesty provides strong spiritual support for the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption. It was compiled under the leadership of the Woyang County Discipline Inspection Committee. The whole book consists of three parts: introduction, main text, and the original text of "Tao Te Ching". The main text is divided into six parts, each with ten sections, totaling 60 sections, about 230,000 words. Based on the idea of ??diligent and honest government contained in the "Tao Te Ching" and combined with typical cases to conduct in-depth and simple analysis, it is a textbook on clean government culture that is close to life and the reality of leading cadres, and is informative, interesting and instructive. The book was officially published by the Central Literature Publishing House in December this year. 1. In August 2010, the script of the TV series "Laozi" has been approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and preparations are underway to hold a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and other matters to start filming.

2. In October 2010, he participated in the filming of "Aiming for the Central Plains - Henan Historical Image Reproduction Project Series Documentary Series Characters: Laozi". Director Chen Daming was hired as the cultural consultant of the documentary Laozi. One year, the people of Ku County were hit by disasters. They were flooded first and then drought. The crop yields were reduced or even stopped. Only two crops, soybeans and millet, were not harvested. They miraculously came to life and harvested part of them. Other crops are not good, some have no harvest, and some only harvest a little. People are afraid, how can they survive. Many families harvested only a small amount of millet and soybeans for the elderly and children to eat. The young and middle-aged laborers went out to escape or work. If they couldn't work, they just needed food, so they stayed at home and starved to death anyway.

One day, an old man with a white beard came to Ku County, carrying a medicine gourd in his waist, or maybe a wine gourd, and a cattle whip in his hand. He walked to the crossroads and blew up the whip with a wave of his arm. "Ah," he said; "Drink thin and don't eat dry, and you will live for dozens of days longer."

Some people paid attention to what the old man with the white beard said. There is already a disaster, and there can be no more. To live a normal life, I peeled off the millet skin, soaked the soybeans, grinded them into a paste after soaking, then put them in a pot and boiled them. One person would eat two bowls and then some. Wild vegetables, elm bark and the like, wouldn’t this be the end of the year? Everyone, please stop going out. If you go out, you might starve to death outside.

Everyone passed it on to ten, and they all guessed that it was me who told everyone not to go out, drink porridge with some wild vegetables, leaves and elm bark, etc., and make do with wheat, so that they would not be able to Starve people to death.

This change is really effective. Every household no longer goes out. After planting crops for a year, people put the soaked soybeans and millet together in a mill, and then pushed them on the mill. The juice from the ground beans and rice was boiled in a pot. It looked very thick, and you drank it in your mouth. It's so delicious that it doesn't cover your mouth. To this day, momo paste is still a special food in Woyang cuisine. Not only people in the county like to drink it, but guests from other places also like to drink it. Even if a senior leader drinks a bowl, he will drink it. like.

Luyi Mama’s delicious food is actually left by me. We should all respect him. He has done so many good things for the people!

Later, people reprocessed and re-created it, and sprinkled the cooked soybeans on the paste to make it taste better and more appetizing. Everyone says that the dog meat in Shishi Town is good, especially the dog meat in hot sesame pancakes, not to mention how delicious it tastes! Why is dog meat from other places not as delicious as dog meat from Shiliang Town? This matter is related to Lao Tzu, so let’s tell this magical story.

History knows that when Wang Mang became emperor, Liu Xiu was not convinced. Under the banner of restoring the Han Dynasty, he gathered tens of thousands of people to overthrow Wang Mang and re-establish the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the surname Liu. , no one else can sit.

At that time, Wang Mang's troops were very strong, and he was a martial artist, so he fought without risking his life. In every confrontation, Liu Xiu failed, but Liu Xiu did not show weakness and insisted on fighting Wang Mang to the end.

One day when they came to Luyi, Liu Xiu's soldiers were dispersed. Liu Xiu lost contact with his troops. He was running around alone in the area of ????Test, Wang Mang's soldiers were chasing him, and he was caught immediately. possible. I was riding a green bull in the clouds and was about to go back to my hometown for a visit. When I came to the sky above the trial area, I looked down and saw a man who could hardly run. There were soldiers chasing him not far away. This man had auspiciousness on his head and was not an ordinary person.

I pressed down the clouds and blew, and a plow and an animal harness appeared. I harnessed the green ox, raised my whip, and drove the green ox to plow the ground.

The man who couldn't run was Liu Xiu. When he saw an old man plowing the field, he begged the old man to save him: "Old man, please save my life. If I don't die this time, I will repay you when I become emperor." "The pursuers are coming soon. My name is Liu Xiu. Please help me!" I didn't say anything and pointed at the deep soil moisture ditch with my whip stick. Liu Xiu understood very well and immediately lay down in the soil moisture ditch. He came back and plowed again, turned up the soil and pressed it on Liu Xiu, so that no one could be seen.

The soldiers caught up with Liu Xiu but saw an old man plowing the field. He asked the old man: "Did you see a person just now?" I said: "Yes, he ran to the east. Now run." It won't be too far, so hurry up and chase him!" Wang Mang led the army to chase eastward, but he didn't know that Liu Xiu was buried in the ditch! After the army passed, Liu Xiu came out of the ditch, knelt on the ground and kowtowed like a chicken eating rice: "Thank you, old man. If you don't want to be emperor, let's be emperor. If you are emperor, I will treat you as my own father and let you enjoy happiness."

While talking, a wild dog came and sniffed around on the plowed ground. I stretched out my whip and beat the wild dog to death. He said to Liu Xiu: "Maybe you are thirsty and hungry, so use Let this dog satisfy his hunger. There is a ruined temple in front of him, and there are a few beggars living in the temple. You all can share it." After that, I disappeared, leaving Liu Xiu alone, and a dead dog lay there. There, Liu Xiu thought: "This is a god coming to rescue me. I don't deserve to die."

He pulled the dead dog to the ruined temple, skinned it with several beggars, and tore open the dog meat with his hands. , put it in a rotten pot and cook it.

The dog meat is cooked, you and I eat it piece by piece. Liu Xiu felt that the dog meat was very fragrant and tasty. After eating the dog meat and drinking the soup, he was no longer thirsty or hungry, so they dispersed.

An old man named Cui who was picking up dung saw dog meat soup in a broken pot. It smelled very fragrant. He went home and picked up a pot with a nose to scoop up the soup. He weighed it and poured it home. In the pot, add water, skin the dog you bought, and cook it in the pot. The cooked dog meat will be much more delicious than before. Until now, the Cui family still uses old soup to cook dogs, which is cooked again and again. Now it is popular all over the country and is also sold all over the country.

Why is the dog meat you tried so delicious? Because after I became an immortal, even his green ox became an immortal, and his bullwhip was also full of immortal energy. When I whipped the wild dog, a fairy spirit penetrated into the dog meat along with the dog's blood, so the cooked dog meat was particularly delicious and had a special taste.

Liu Xiu later defeated Wang Mang, founded the Later Han Dynasty, and became emperor. After eating all kinds of delicacies, he still felt that it was not as delicious as the dog meat he tried, so he ordered the palace to cook dog meat for him. To eat, some chefs used a lot of ingredients, but when Liu Xiu tasted the cooked dog meat, it didn't taste good. He also ordered someone to go to Guoyang to try to buy Cui family dog ??meat. When he got it back, it tasted really delicious. Later, the Cui family's dog meat became a tribute, and people were sent to deliver it to the palace on horseback.

Now I go to the Cui family to buy dog ??meat to eat, and it is still very delicious. If I hadn’t saved Liu Xiu, there wouldn’t be good dog meat for the test.

Later Liu Xiu knew that it was Mr. Li who had rescued him, so he personally led thousands of troops to the Taiqing Palace to pay homage to him. He also went to Shiliangji to thank the folks there, and rewarded the Cui family with many silver taels. , made the Cui family rich, listed the test of dog meat as a tribute, and also allowed the Cui family to serve as officials in the court, and was named the Royal Master - the master of cooking dog meat. This was passed down from generation to generation, and until today, the test of dog meat has become a good story. I resigned from my job and came to my hometown. I saw frequent wars and was very uneasy, so I decided to go to Qin, a stable place, to give lectures.

I rode a green ox and set off from Ku County. My first stop was at Liujia Store at the south end of Xuanwuji. This store also sells hot steamed buns. I asked the old man in charge of the store how the business is lately. Old man Liu said: "Open a small shop and add a steamed bun shop. If you can make a living with both businesses, just make do with it."

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"Who doesn't want to do a good job in his business, make a lot of money, and live a good life?"

When I heard what Old Man Liu said, I got excited and said: "Remember These four sentences:

Press the noodles with a stick a hundred times,

Break the Thousand Layers and it will taste better.

Eat this steamed bun to eliminate disasters,

Young and old will laugh and laugh.

After Lao Tzu said these four sentences, he added: "This requires great hardship and endurance, and it is not enough to have less than a thousand layers of flour."

Old man Liu said: "As a farmer, I am not afraid of hardship. As long as I can make money, I will be successful in everything."

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Just do it. Old man Liu called his two sons over and told them the method of kneading noodles that I said. The two sons also liked to do it this way. First, pour the noodles into the basin, Then add water, knead the noodles into lumps, then take out the lumps of noodles and rub them on the table. Rub them with your hands many times, then tie one end of the stick to the standing post, then open the other end, and rub the noodles into pieces. Put it under the stick and press it over and over again to make the surface layer into layers. The surface layer is thinner than the vermicelli. Then make the dough pieces into steamed buns one by one and steam them in a pot. The steamed buns that come out are broken open by hand, and they are all layer by layer. When you put them in your mouth and eat them, they are chewy and sweet, almost like eating meat. Soak them in cold water and they will fall apart. It soaked in hot water quickly and took it to Xuanwu Street to sell it the next day. Old man Liu said: "Here are the broken buns. Let's try them first before buying." "As soon as he finished speaking, many people gathered around him and tasted the steamed buns. Hey, it was delicious. It tasted much better than the previous steamed buns.

When the old man left, He said: "This was passed down to me by my aunt. My aunt said it was passed down to her by my grandma. I don't know what else is going on." Although this method of making steamed buns is a bit tiring, it tastes delicious, sells quickly, and makes money quickly. You should work hard and pass this steamed bun-making method from generation to generation. This is your way of life. I want If I go to the West to give lectures, don’t send me away. "

Can you guys refuse to send him away? I will keep him alive and live for a few more days. I insist on leaving. Old man Liu and his sons sent him outside the west gate of Xuanwu. Standing at the gate of the village, he waved to me and shed tears.

Old man Liu led his children and grandchildren to run the steamed bun shop very well. He also recruited a few more workers and set up ten large steamed bun pots. They couldn't afford what they bought from other places. They got rich and couldn't forget me. Every time during the holidays, the whole family would kneel on the ground, light incense paper and red wax, and pray from the bottom of their hearts: "God bless Li Laodan for good health." , live a long life. "

Later, the steamed buns of the Liu family in Xuanwu were called "thousand-layer steamed buns." One day, Li Er went to Guantang to give a lecture. After the lecture, he was a little hungry. What should he eat? He looked at the street. There was a seller of sesame slices, and he wanted to taste them. The boy looked at Li Er and said smoothly, "Teacher, let's try the sesame slices from this store." "Li Er said: "That's good."

The two of them approached the seller of sesame chips. The seller of sesame chips was a young man who was very enthusiastic. He moved a bench for me to sit down and took out the sesame chips from the workshop. Put the newly made sesame slices on the plate and let me eat them, shouting like a fairy. I felt very satisfied as soon as I ate the sesame slices, Li Er frowned and his teeth stuck. , the aftertaste was bitter, he said to the young man: "You entertained me very warmly, and I am very satisfied from the bottom of my heart, but your sesame slices are not delicious, and you haven't figured out the skills here yet." With that, he walked in In the workshop, he saw a group of workers making sesame chips. He saw the person frying sesame seeds resting for a long time, as if he had fallen asleep, and was very lack of energy. Li Er said: "You are about to turn the sesame seeds, why are you still turning them slowly? ? This will be uneven, and when fried, it will be either old or tender, and the resulting sesame chips will have no aftertaste. ”

After that, the person who fried sesame seeds went to see the person who made sesame chips. He watched them mix honey and sugar into the noodles. After a while, they made sesame chips and then baked them. The whole process was completed. It's over, it's very simple.

After reading it, Li Er said to the young man: Remember my four sentences, the sesame chips you make will be delicious in the future, that is:

You will not grow old. It needs to be stirred evenly when it is tender.

The heat should be controlled correctly when making it.

It is difficult to find in the world for all ages. >The young man did it according to the method I said, and it worked really well. The sesame slices he made were fragrant and crispy, with an endless aftertaste. It couldn’t be better!

Since then, this young man’s business has been going great! Well, I have made a lot of money, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the advice I gave him.

It has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has been passed down to this day. The sesame chips in Guantang are still delicious. I have done so many good things for the people. ! Now open and reformed, Guantang Mahua is sold all over the country and abroad, and it is integrated with the world. An old man with a white beard walked east from Kongji and came to Xinji. The business wasn't very good either. He came to the pot where the fried twists were being fried, covered the oil pan with his hand and said, "You haven't boiled the oil enough yet. I'll bake it later and the fried twists will taste better than this. I don't believe you." Give it a try. "The young man frying mahua rolled his eyes and looked at the old man with a white beard and said, "Just do as you say. If you make a mistake, I will cause trouble for you.

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The young man did as the old man with the white beard said. When the oil was boiling hard and the dough was all close together, the old man with the white beard said: "Now make the twist! "

When the twists were ripe to a certain extent, the old man said: "Use a fishing rod to catch it and put it in front of me. I will taste it first." "

The young man put the fried twists in front of the old man with the white beard and let him taste it. After the old man tasted it, he said to the young man: "Try it again."

The young man I also tasted it, eh! It’s strange, it’s so fragrant and crispy, and it has an endless aftertaste that makes people want to eat it.

After a while, many people came, and the young man took out the freshly fried food. The twisted twists are free for everyone to taste. Once everyone eats them, they are very delicious.

The old man with the white beard said again: "Don't use up the oil. Use it every day. You can't use it completely." New Fried Fried, also, you take out the pen, ink and paper, I will write you four sentences. "The young man hurriedly took out a pen, ink and paper and put it in front of the old man with a white beard. Without any politeness, he wrote four sentences with a swipe of his pen:

The deep fried green oil is tender and yellow,

Mortals can become gods after eating it.

It is like a magic pill to prolong life.

A filial son buys it back to honor the old man.

Write below: Shi Bazi, The old man with a white beard said: "My surname is Shi and my name is Bazi. Because I have eight brothers and I am the youngest, so I am named Bazi. "

The old man with the white beard disappeared after saying that. Some capable people guessed that the old man with the white beard was none other than Mr. Li, whom we respect every day. "Shi" and "十" are the same pronunciation, and "cross" Add the word "Ba Zi" below, what does it mean if it's not "Li"?

This young man who fried mahua hired dozens of people to help him, but he couldn't sell it. People from various states and counties came to buy it, and they used cars to pull it from afar. He made a fortune and became famous. He built a temple in Xinji and erected a statue of Laozi. He paid respect to Laojun every day and thanked Laojun for bringing him wealth. He also built a school for future generations to study. , the name of this school is "Lao Dan Academy"

Why is Xinji's twists so delicious? It's because I put my hand on the oil pan and the fairy spirit penetrated into the oil and fried. Can the mahua be delicious? In this area of ??Luyi, if everyone is present at a meeting, you can say in a postpartum manner: "The walnuts in Jiatan are full of people!" ”

This remark is also related to me.

One day, I went to Jiatan to give a lecture. The lecture venue was located in the big walnut forest. This walnut tree was tall and lush. I can't see the sky when I look up, and the grass is covered with my head. Sitting here in the summer, it's cool and soft.

I was already a semi-immortal at that time. If I just say a word, something or something will come to me. After he finished his lecture, he chatted with people and asked: "Are these walnuts ripe? ”

People replied: “It’s not yet ripe, it’s only half kernel”

“I think it’s already full of kernels”

“That’s not the case. Walnuts are not ripe until the wheat is gone. There is a saying: when the wheat comes on, the walnuts are full of flesh. This is still a month before the wheat harvest, so no. "As he said, one fell from the tree. The children scrambled to grab it. The adult said: "It's useless if you pick it up. If you don't use bricks to break it open, it must be half-hearted. ”

The children rushed to smash it. After smashing it open, they were all surprised. The walnuts were full of kernels. This was really a great miracle.

Later people knew that I was not a mortal. In a word, the walnuts are really ripe and full of kernels.

The walnuts in Jiatan have thin skin and are easy to smash, and the kernels are fragrant and crisp. The taste is different from the walnuts in other places. I feel like I haven’t eaten enough.

After the weather changes, I will crack the walnuts again, but the taste remains the same and the kernels are full. People still think about me! < /p>