Historical Allusions to Conghua Fengyuan Ancient Village (1)

The allusion to the registration of the fourth ancestor is about Ouyang Menglei, the fourth ancestor of Fengyuan Ancient Village, named Yingxiang (1227-1297), who moved from Shuangjing Street in Guangzhou (today’s Panfu Road area in Yuexiu District) to Conghua , settled in Conghua around 1245 and established Fengyuan Village. Ouyang Menglei also became the true founder and founder of Fengyuan Village.

The allusion to the relocation of the Sixth Patriarch is about Ouyang Ze, the sixth ancestor of Fengyuan Ancient Village, whose courtesy name was Buxin (1284-1359). Following the guidance of a Kanyu expert and Feng Shui master, he moved from the south bank of the Feng Shui fish pond in Fengyuan Ancient Village. He moved to the north bank and settled down, and the family began to prosper. Around the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the village, Fengyuan Ancient Village began to flourish.

The allusion of the golden rooster feeding the sinus: It is said that Ouyang Hanqing, the fifth generation ancestor of Fengyuan, named Fuheng (1255-1326), was buried in a mountain called "the golden rooster feeding the sinus" (this mountain is the same as the ancestor of Macun Conch Mountain, where Li Anzheng is buried, is equally famous, and both are Wangding Feng Shui treasures). The Ouyang family of Fengyuan began to reverse the situation of underpopulation. Therefore, there is a proverb that has been circulated among the people in Conghua for hundreds of years: Fengyuan Ouyang's four mountains are not as good as Macun's Li family's one conch mountain. This means that the four mountains where the emperor of Fengyuan was first buried are not as feng shui as the Conch Mountain where Li Anzheng, the ancestor of the Ma Village Li family, was buried in 1201.

Ouyang "Wang" Li Allusion: The daughters, granddaughters, nieces, and great-great-granddaughters of Ouyang Menglei (1227-1297), the originator of Fengyuan Village, all married Ma Cun. The granddaughter married Li Bohua of Ma Village, the daughter married Li Tianju, the sixth ancestor of Ma Village, and the great-great-granddaughter married Duke Guangda, the eighth ancestor of Ma Village. Among them, the niece married Li Ruojin, the seventh generation ancestor of Macun, and gave birth to five sons. She made great contributions to the Li family and has tens of thousands of direct descendants, becoming the most famous grandmother in the history of Macun. Ouyang Jingguang (named Yuesong, 1368-1449) and Ouyang Yuguang (named Yuezhu, 1372-1427), one of the eighth ancestors of Fengyuan, both married their daughters to the Li family of Macun. Throughout the dynasties, the daughters of Fengyuan have made countless contributions to the Ma Cun Li family. Of course, many Ouyang families of Fengyuan have married Ma Cun Li families. Ouyang Yuansun (Qianlu), one of the fifth ancestors of Fengyuan, had no children. In the end, he gave all the land deeds to his grandson in Ma Village, which helped his grandson's family prosper. His own god tablet was also enshrined in Ma Village. Li's ancestral hall, later generations have a historical allusion that "Grandpa Fengyuan went to worship the Li's ancestral hall in Ma Village".

The details of this allusion are as follows:

Ouyang Yuansun (1261-1307), one of the fifth ancestors of Fengyuan, was the nephew of Ouyang Menglei, the founder of Fengyuan village. Ouyang Yuansun (named Qianlu) had a son and two daughters. However, the son went missing, leaving only two daughters. The eldest daughter married Deng Cun, and the second daughter married Li Ruojin (1269-1343), the seventh ancestor of Macun. The youngest daughter Ouyang (1301-1382) gave birth to five sons for the Li family, with tens of thousands of direct descendants, becoming the most famous concubine in the history of Macun (the ancient genealogy book of Macun records: The seventh generation ancestor is Ruo Jin Gong, who is married to Ouyang, He gave birth to five sons: Renfa, Rensui, Renguang, Renqing and Renshou).

As a grandfather, Ouyang Yuansun (Qianlu) had no children, and finally distributed all the land to his grandson in Ma Village to help his grandson's family prosper. His own god tablet was also enshrined by his grandson in the Ma Village Li Family Ancestral Hall (Renqing Li Gong Ancestral Hall). Later generations have the historical allusion of "Fengyuan Grandpa went to the Ma Village Li Family Ancestral Hall", and at the same time, the "Ma Village Great Grandson" was derived. The story of practicing filial piety and accumulating blessings by "respecting the elders and getting all the land from my grandfather" (there are many versions of the story, most of which describe the story that the grandson of Deng Village was not as filial as the grandson of Ma Village and lost the chance to inherit his grandfather's large amount of land). It can be called one of the best in the humanistic history of Conghua County. Interesting anecdotes and curiosities through the ages.