Henan people say: Lao Tzu, is from Henan;
The Anhui people said: Lao Tzu is from Anhui.
For decades, the dispute over Lao Tzu has not been broken.
It seems that there has been no result in the struggle, so that now, whenever Lao Tzu's hometown is mentioned, there will always be a different statement.
Henan people say: Lao Tzu's hometown, in Luyi County, Henan Province, is Lao Tzu's hometown.
Luyi has Taiqing Palace, Ming Dao Palace, Lao Tzu Taoist culture is rich, do not believe you can come to see, contrast, true and false self-evident.
And Anhui people said: Lao tzu's hometown, in Woyang County, Anhui Province, in the 90s of the last century, when the local archaeological excavations, many historical sites have been excavated, and facts have long proved that Lao Tzu is a Person from Woyang, Anhui.
There are two unique landscapes in Woyang, "Meteor Garden" and "Jiulongjing".
According to the "Orthodox Daozang Yulong Biography" and various texts, when Lao Tzu was born, there was an ancient wonder in the sky above the "Xun Shui", "ten thousand cranes soaring in the air, flying dragons spitting water, bathing in a holy posture, where the dragon came out, because it became nine wells".
For a time, it can be said that the public is justified, the mother says that the wife is reasonable, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false!
Anecdotally, there have been rumors, legends: before the 90s of the last century, there was no dispute in Lao Tzu's hometown, all the disputes originated from a donation and so on.
In short, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false!
Compared with more than a decade ago, in the past ten years, the dispute in Lao Tzu's hometown seems to have cooled down.
However, local controversy still exists, and it is said that not long ago, Henan has begun to act.
Not long ago, the Luyi Toll Station of Henan Yanluo Expressway was officially renamed Laozi Hometown Station.
Really fake?
Of course it is true, there is a picture and there is truth, please see the picture above.
As soon as the news came out, the people of Anhui could not sit still, especially in Anhui Woyang County, which is known as the "hometown of Lao Tzu", and it had a great impact.
Friends who have Woyang posted in the circle of friends: People in Henan have already taken action, why are we still so calm in Anhui? In this way, in a few decades, future generations will mention Lao Tzu again, and what they may remember is Luyi, not Woyang!
However, there are also friends, said: This is actually a toll station renamed, there is no need to do too much interpretation, people are also spreading Laozi culture, besides, In Taoist philosophy, it advocates the accumulation of virtue and goodness, there is no dispute with the world, fighting around, no meaning.
Let me briefly share my views on this.
I think that there is really no need to fight around, because fighting and fighting is really not in line with Taoist thought.
If Lao Tzu knew, his psychology would certainly not be good, after all, Anhui Woyang and Henan Luyi, the two banks of the Vortex River, the birthplace of Taoist culture, are only 80 kilometers in a straight line.
There is really no need to argue so much.
Instead of such a dispute, it is better to cooperate in the development of Laozi's hometown scenic spot, so that the two banks of the Vortex River will become an important birthplace of Lao tzu culture, and at the same time, drive the development of tourism on both sides of the Vortex River and benefit the people!
Let the increasingly neglected Taoist culture once again become popular and famous at home and abroad.
I think this is also what Lao Tzu is happy to see! What do you think?
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