At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Xiang was born in Nanrenli, LangyaDu Township, on the slope of the earthen slope east of the Government of Baishabu Town, near the Yi River, where the Wang clan of Langya lived since the Western Han Dynasty until the Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid flooding, moved to the bank of the Xiaogan River.
Seat of government of Pak Sha Bu Town
Wang Xiang's life is extremely legendary. He lost his mother at an early age, his stepmother abused and mutilated him, but he complained to his stepmother, complained with virtue, and also had the story of "lying on the ice and asking for carp", and even in order to take care of his stepmother, he lived in seclusion for more than thirty years, and only entered the army at the age of nearly sixty, and finally ranked third duke, the official to Taibao, and was buried in Nanrenli after his death, called "Taibaolin".
Lying on the ice for carp
Since the Western Jin Dynasty, successive dynasties have praised Wang Xiang. In the thirteenth year of Jiajing (1534), when Emperor Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi toured Linyi in the south, he hand-wrote a plaque of "Xiaoyou Getian" and renamed Nanrenli "Xiaoyou Village", and the name of the village has been used to this day; in the sixteenth year of Qianlong (1751), when Qianlong southern toured, Wang Xiang, Wang Lan brothers, Yan Gaoqing, Yan Zhenqing brothers, and Zhuge Liang were included in the Five Sages Ancestral Hall, and the inscription was personally inscribed.
Today's Xiaoyou Village
Now on the bank of the Xiaohe River, there is a filial piety cultural theme park - Xiaoyuan Garden, and there is a pavilion on the river surface, which has a stone stele of "Wang Xiang Lying Carp Place", it is said that in winter, only the water surface here does not freeze; and "Xiaohe Ice" is also one of the eight scenic spots of ancient Langya; there are also ten lotus flowers in the Xiaohe River, and the Xiaohe lotus is produced with one more eye than other lotuses, which was designated as a royal tribute during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, and is a national geographical indication product.
Filial Piety Garden
Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Filial Piety Shrine has set up a special sacrifice official, and the sacrifice ceremony will be held every year on the third day of the lunar calendar and the Chongyang Festival on the ninth day of September, until now, the local government will also hold a filial piety cultural festival in the annual Chongyang Festival, care for the elderly, and promote the filial piety culture.
Filial Piety Temple
Wang Xiang's filial piety culture also has a deep influence on Linyi City, beicheng new area has both Xiaohe Road and Xiaosheng Road, and xiaohe river has also been re-routed, north and south through the Beicheng new area, until Nanjing Road into the Yi river.
North section of Xiaohe City
Of course, Wang Xiang's most deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is the five family precepts he left before his death: "Husband's words and deeds can be overturned, and his faith is also the best; Tuimei has been introduced, virtue is also; fame and dignity are also known; brother Yiyi, clan is happy, and compassion is also; And there is no more than let go of wealth: these five are the foundation of the establishment." ”
Wang Xiangjiaxun
From the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the Langya Wang clan produced more than 90 prime ministers and more than 600 cultural celebrities, and was known as "the largest family of Chinese bureaucrats", and Wang Xiang was a key figure in this family.
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