A Qing Dynasty archway located in the north field of Beiliumen Village, Taigu, Shanxi Province, with delicate carving and beautiful patterns, the Liu family who are also only talking about this archway.
The master of The Taigu Liu Clan Jiacheng was an official, this official's name was Liu Yao, who was born as a prisoner, who had served as a Hubu Lang official and a candidate prefect during the Jiaqing and Daoguang years, and was an official in the same dynasty as Qi Liaozao, so it is not surprising that he can get the inscription of Lord Qi. Liu Yao's great-grandfather was a famous big businessman in Taigu, whose business reached Zhangjiakou in the north and Hankou in the south, gathering strong financial resources, and his father Liu Jitong was ranked among the top three of Taigu's great wealth, but it was old and had been forgotten by today's people.
Liu Wugong, the ancestor of the Liu family in the second northern liumen, made a fortune in zhangjiakou in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, and then moved to Taigu Luomu Village (today's North Liumen Village), and later Liu Wugong, because his son Liu Farong died early at the age of seventeen, had a son named Liu Guanjun under his knees, but because he was too young to inherit Zhangjiakou's old business, Liu Wugong sold the Zhangjiakou industry and barely made a living because he was old.
Liu Guanjun went to Hanyang to do business for the sake of his family in order to plan for his family, just in Time hanyang, the situation was not quiet, there was war, there was no news, Liu Guanjun's son Liu Jitong remembered his father's heart, and went to Han alone to find his father, in the chaos of the war, found his elderly father, and took him back to his hometown in Shanxi. After the situation stabilized, Liu Jitong pitied his father for his old age, and wished to go to Hanyang on behalf of his father to do business, and was very successful, revitalizing the family business and becoming a famous rich man in Sichuan.
After Liu Jitong became a family, he did not want his son Liu Yaokun to continue to do business but let his son take the meritorious name Guangzong Yaozu, and his son Liu Yaokun was named in the Taiyuan Provincial Examination examination, serving as a Hubu Langzhong, and Qi Shuzao as an official in the same dynasty, Liu Yaokun had meritorious service to the country during his tenure, and the Daoguang Emperor rewarded him, which may be the origin of this archway. There is a suicide note that the Liu family has 20,000 mu of land in Beiliumen Village, more than 300 houses, and more than 100 soldiers. Wait, so the Liu family, which ranks sixth among the thirteen rich families in Jinshang, is by no means empty.
Later, after the Xinhai Revolution, several of Liu Yaokun's sons went to serve in the people, and finally after the defeat of Taiwan, the family property of Liu Men in the north was also returned to the public, and after liberation, the Liu family was destroyed except for one archway that survived.