Laozi’s hometown is Woyang County, Bozhou, Anhui Province. There has never been any controversy in history. At the same time, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan also consider it to be Guoyang. There are reliable documents, documents that can be corroborated.
"Historical Records: Biography of Laozi and Han Fei": "Laozi was from Qurenli, Li Township, Chuku County.". Today's Woyang County in Anhui Province belonged to the territory of Chu State in Laozi's time. Luyi and Bo County belonged to Chen State. Guoyang was previously called: Zhenyuan, Guyang, and Kuxian. It has always been a county alongside Luyi.
1. Zhenyuan and Luyi are two counties that are parallel to each other and are different places. Look at the history of the Song Dynasty: "History of the Song Dynasty·Biography IV·Zongshi II": "Yuanyan was very weak and sick. Fortunately, Zhenyuan was ill at that time. When he arrived at Luyi, he was very ill. Jianyu returned first and asked about the fourth son. (Note: Zhao Yuancheng was the seventh son of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. I also wanted to go, but I only got to Luyi and became seriously ill, so I had to go back first.)?
2. Guyang and Luyi are side by side, not the same place. "Geographical Records": Bozhou, Wang, Qiao County in the Sui Dynasty. It led to the five counties of Qiao, Chengfu, Guyang, Luyi and Fu. In the first year of Chu, it was changed to Xianyuan, and in the first year of Shenlong, it was restored to Zhenyuan, with Laozi Temple?
3. Zhenyuan and Luyi are parallel, not the same place. Volume 28 Geography 2: Luyi, the first year. In the 13th year of Daye, the county was occupied by Heisha, and Wude was demoted in the past three years, and it was restored to the county of Wangyang. The name was changed in the first year of Feng. It was called Xianyuan in the first year of Dai Chu, and it was called Zhenyuan in the first year of Shenlong. "It is the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. There are Lingbao, but there is nothing wrong with Luyi, Henan. In 2021, Guoyang Hu Zhi is the representative of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects "The Legend of Laozi". Inheritor. As a consolation, the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Henan Luyi Festival is listed.
5. The ancient poem "Laojun" cannot be faked. "Temple": The purple air holds half of the rock, and the lotus peak and the craggy palms are in front of the temple. The cold water is in front of the temple in the evening, and the sun is setting in the sky with the Baierguan Mountain Fuyuzuo, which is the geographical feature of "the whirlpool is in the sun". Consistent with the geographical characteristics of the Laozi Temple in Guoyang, there is a river in front of the building, which is also in line with Feng Shui. The two characters in front of the temple also prove everything: Luyi built Laojun Temple on the south bank of Guoshui - it is not as scary as culture. Professor Chen Qiaoyi, director of the Historical Geography Research Center of Hangzhou University and an authority on "Shui Jing Zhu" in my country, and Qian Linshu from the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University in Shanghai, visited Henan and Anhui along the Guohe River and agreed that the Guohe River was The river is a natural river and has never changed its course. Therefore, it is impossible for Laozi's birthplace to change from the north bank of the Wo River to the south bank of the Wo River.
6. Xue Daoheng's "Ode to Laojuntang": Laixiang Jiuli, Wochuan. Relics. Through the ages, the temple has been destroyed and the temple is empty. The Nine Dragon Well is surrounded by rubble and is the birthplace of Laozi in 1991. In August, the ruins of the Ancient Meteor Garden were discovered, and an ancient stone plaque for "Ancient Meteor Garden" and "Hometown of Laozi" were unearthed. The picture below is: The stone plaque for the Ancient Meteor Garden
7. The country has long identified it. In 1992, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage issued a document "Approval for Woyang County to Accept Donations from Areas Outside Mainland China" and "Agreed to Woyang County to accept donations from Taiwanese compatriot Mr. Ma Bingwen to organize a 'preparatory committee for the reconstruction of Laozi's Taiqing Palace in areas outside mainland China' headed by Mr. Ma Bingwen, a Taiwanese compatriot." Donations for the maintenance and restoration of ancient buildings such as Taiqing Palace in Laozi’s hometown in the county."
8. Ma Bingwen, the famous professor of Taipei Taoist College, led the Hong Kong rich Taoist priest Tan Zhao and Taoist people from Singapore, Malaysia and other places to Woyang County for field inspections many times, and they determined that Lao Tzu was born in Woyang Central Taiqing Palace. The results of this field trip to the location. There are only three places in Luyi related to Laozi, and eleven in Guoyang. Preliminary information on the situation:
A: Luyi County includes:
1. Laojun Terrace; 2. West Taiqing Palace (720 acres of temple land); 3. , the Monument of Our Lady; the place where Confucius asked questions.
B: Part of Woyang County (Note: Woyang County is a new county. A hundred years ago, most of it was formed from Hao County.)
1. Wuyouwei ; 2. Central Taiqing Palace; (The county annals indicate that there are 3,000 acres of temple land, and there were once more than 2,000 Taoist priests.) 3. Laojun’s alchemy place 4. Jiulong Well (after Laojun was born, nine dragons gush out from the ground and spit water 5. Bailin (the cemetery of the Virgin Mary’s family); 6. Yin Xi’s tomb: 7. The recently unearthed ancient stele: 8. There are still two elderly Taoist priests in the Zhongtai Qing Palace who dictate the genealogy of hundreds of generations, saying that it has been passed down from ancient times. --Laojun was born in Wuyouwei (next to the Central Taiqing Palace); 9. East Taiqing Palace; 10. The place where Confucius asked questions; 11. Wujia River (ancient valley water).
9. The Laozi Temple in Woyang and the Tianjing Palace Scenic Spot in Woyang were established on May 28, 1993 by Ma Bingwen (Heyang), Taoist Master of Taiwan Taoist College and President of Hong Kong Taoist College. The temple was built with funds raised by three virtuous philanthropists, the visitor, Taoist Master Hou Baoyuan, and the director of the Hong Kong Tam Zhao Charity Foundation, Tan Zhao? Woyang No. 4 Middle School and the former Tianjing Middle School were also donated and built by Mr. Tam Zhao from Hong Kong.