Teng Fude, chairman of Weifang Shanyuan Public Welfare Service Center
On January 1, 2024, the volunteers of Weifang Shanyuan Public Welfare Service Center, under the leadership of Tengford, chairman of the center, came to Xujiahekou Village, Yingqiu Town, Changle County, Weifang City, the hometown of the chairman of the public welfare base, to express condolences to the villagers.
Xu Yujing, Secretary of the Party Branch of Xujiahekou Village, Yingqiu Town, Changle County, Weifang City, delivered a speech
The event was held in the "moral lecture hall" of filial piety and respect for teachers in the village, and the villagers waited at the scene early in the morning, first by Xu Yujing, secretary of the party branch of Xujiahekou Village, to deliver a speech.
The scene of the "Moral Lecture" activity
Ding Shuhong and Ding Lihua, the sixth-generation representative inheritors of the East Road Drum of Shandong Province's intangible cultural heritage project, were invited to perform the traditional repertoire of Anqiu East Road Drum "Ding Xiuying Panfu", the fragment of Lv Opera "Wang Hanxi Borrowing the Year", and the Huangmei Opera "Husband and Wife Watching the Lantern" and other programs, and then Chairman Tengford awarded medals and honorary certificates to the volunteers who supported the operation and development of the "Moral Lecture Hall" and "Yuhua Free Vegetarian Restaurant for the Elderly" in Xujiahekou Village.
Teng Zhaoguo, Secretary-General of Shandong Teng Culture Research Association, and Teng Zhenguo, head of the Zhangqiu District Peasant Art Troupe, cordially talked with Secretary Xu Yujing
Teng Zhaoguo, Secretary-General of Shandong Teng Culture Research Association, and Teng Defu, Chairman of Weifang Shanyuan Public Welfare Service Center, took a group photo
Teng Zhaoguo, Secretary-General of Shandong Teng Culture Research Association, introduced the cultural origin of Teng surname
Teng Zhaoguo, secretary general of Shandong Teng clan culture research association, introduced the origin of the surname Teng and the inheritance of the good culture of the Teng family, and Teng Zhenguo, head of the peasant art troupe of Zhangqiu District, Jinan City, sang "Happiness with Parents" and "Mother" for everyone.
Teng Zhenguo, head of the Zhangqiu Peasant Art Troupe of Jinan City, sang
The scene of the performance
The distribution of gifts, the atmosphere reached a climax, crowded, orderly, representatives of each family have received gifts, unanimously said that the excellent traditional Chinese culture books are rare, is to send wisdom to the door, the preparation of military coats is also thoughtful, rural usually drive to work just to keep out the cold.
Since 2004, for 20 consecutive years, Chairman Tengford has visited his hometown of Xuhekou Village every New Year's Day to personally fund gifts and visit the villagers. Chairman Tengford said that in the most difficult stage of his career, it was the education of the sages of traditional culture Xi who saved him, so that he found a way out of the problem and the direction of life, he is the beneficiary and witness of the Xi of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and it is the land of Xujiahekou's hometown that raised him, he should repay the fathers and villagers on this land, thinking that if everyone can learn Xi sage education, how good it would be to benefit from it, so in 2017, after redecorating his hometown house, he built a "moral lecture hall of filial piety and respect for teachers". Televisions, DVD players, tables, chairs and benches and other Xi facilities were purchased, traditional cultural books and CDs were placed as public learning Xi places in the village, and teachers were invited to teach everyone from time to time.
In 2018, on the basis of the successful holding of the moral lecture hall, the "Yuhua Respect for the Elderly Free Vegetarian Restaurant" was opened, providing free vegetarian lunches to the villagers on the first and fifteenth days of each month, gathering the love of volunteers, and using a "small rain flower" to create ripples of "respecting the old and loving the old", and advocating "I am for everyone, everyone is for me" by promoting the purpose of Yuhua's "family culture" In the past six or seven years, the effect of changing customs has been remarkable, not only in Xujiahekou Village, but also in the neighboring villages, and the phenomena of neighborhood fights, discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and unfilial piety to parents have basically disappeared.
The ancestral hall of the ancestors of the surname is under construction
In 2023, it will fund the construction of the "Ancestral Hall of Ten Thousand Ancestors" in the village, which has been completed and is expected to be completed and used in 2024. Xujiahekou Village is mainly based on the surname Teng and Xu, as well as other surnames such as the surname Wang, and the establishment of the "ancestral hall of the ancestors", the purpose is to make up for the lack of current causal education, the decline of clan culture, advocating that there are gods on the head, cause and effect are not fallible, the Chinese surname is a family, in addition to the festival "worship the ancestors", it can also be used for marriage, funeral, longevity, joy and other activities to serve the villagers.
Gift distribution site
Villagers distribute gifts at the scene
Weifang Shanyuan Public Welfare Service Center is a non-profit private non-enterprise organization, founded in 2015, with a total of 20 initiators and more than 60 volunteers. With the purpose of "spreading good fortune and spreading public welfare", the center is committed to promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and the center consists of Weifang High-tech Zone Tianma Building Charity Public Welfare Lecture Hall, Changle County Yingqiu Town Xujiahekou Filial Piety and Respect Teacher "Moral Lecture Hall" two, Kuiwen District Beihai Road Street Nanhu Community Yihexing International Community, Changle County Yingqiu Town Xujiahekou Yuhua Respect for the Elderly Free Vegetarian Restaurant two, in the construction of Weicheng District Chengguan Street Office Caojiaxiang Community, There are two free vegetarian restaurants for the elderly in Honghe Trade City, Honghe Town, Changle County, and two free vegetarian restaurants for the elderly, which are planned to open in May and June 2024. Since its establishment, it has held more than 500 public welfare activities such as public welfare lectures and forums, free clinics, youth Chinese culture classes, assistance and assistance for the needy and disadvantaged, and rescue of juveniles involved in crimes, benefiting more than 100,000 people, and making positive contributions to the construction of a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation.
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