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Yangyuan, Hebei: The folk sentiments of Liu Yuan, a recorder of a thousand-year-old castle

author:Hebei News Network

Hebei News Network News (correspondents Tong Hui, Zhang Xiaoying, Ma Zhiye) in The village of Kaiyangbao in Futujiao Township, Yangyuan County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, sits a thousand-year-old castle, named Kaiyang Fort. Kaiyang Fort was founded in the Warring States and flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and was once the political, economic and cultural center of this region, and the merchants were everywhere and extremely prosperous. After a thousand years, it is no longer prosperous, accompanied by a Kaiyangbao Rural Museum that also has a rich history and culture, which attracts many tourists to visit every year with its unique charm and historical heritage.

Yangyuan, Hebei: The folk sentiments of Liu Yuan, a recorder of a thousand-year-old castle

Elder Liu Yuan explains the history of "old objects" to tourists. Photo by Zhang Xiaoying

The owner of the Kaiyangbao Rural Museum is named Liu Yuan, who is over seventy years old this year and loves to collect "old objects". Since returning to his hometown eight years ago, he has set up a rural museum here, and his exhibition hall displays nearly a thousand old objects including farming tools, brick sculptures, and home ornaments, exuding a strong sense of nostalgia. Every tourist season, there will be children to accompany the elderly, parents with their children to touch the history and reminisce about the past. Liu Yuan said that he is not only the recorder and narrator of this thousand-year-old castle, but also spends his life energy as the guardian of this ancient castle and inherits the history and culture of the ancient castle.

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