Laozi’s hometown is Guoyang, Anhui. Read reliable documents, documents that can provide circumstantial evidence.
"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 wanted to go, but I got seriously ill only when I got to Luyi, 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: Luyi, onwards. 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 first year of Qianfeng. The name was changed. In the first year of Daichu, it was called Xianyuan, in the first year of Shenlong, it was called Zhenyuan, and in the second year of Tianbao, it was called Taiqing Palace.
4. The "Legend of Laozi" in Guoyang, Anhui in 2015. In 2021, Guoyang Hu Zhi was the representative inheritor of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects "The Legend of Laozi". Comfort, Henan Luyi Laozi Ceremony 2021 fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects list, please note that the keyword is just a ceremony.
5. Ancient poems cannot be faked: Purple. The cloudy air holds half of the rock, and the lotus peak and the craggy palms stand against the cold water in the evening. The sun is setting in the sky and the Baierguan Mountain is supporting the jade seat. The geographical features of Laozi Temple are consistent, and there is a river in front of the building, which is also in line with Feng Shui. The two words in front of the temple also prove everything: Luyi built Laojun Temple on the south bank of the swirling water - it would be terrible without culture. Five professors, including Professor Chen Qiaoyi, director of the Geographical Research Center and an authoritative person in the study of "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 course is a natural The river course has never been changed. 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, the ruins of Wo River through the ages. Time has changed. The temple has been destroyed and the temple is empty. The Nine Dragon Well is surrounded by rubble and is the birthplace of Laozi. The picture below is the ancient Meteor Garden. Stone plaque.
7. In 1992, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage stated in a document “Approval for Woyang County to Accept Donations from Outside Mainland China.” Mr. Ma Bingwen, a Taiwanese compatriot, organized the "Preparatory Committee for the Reconstruction of Laozi's Taiqing Palace in Areas Outside Mainland China" to donate funds to the maintenance and restoration of ancient buildings such as Laozi's hometown, Zhongtaiqing Palace in the county.
8. The famous Taipei Taoist College Professor Ma Bingwen has led Hong Kong tycoon Mr. 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’s birthplace was where the Zhongtai Qing Palace in Woyang was located. The results of this field inspection. 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. Zhong 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. Jiulongjing (after Laojun was born, nine dragons emerged from the ground and spat out water for him to bathe); 5. Bailin (the cemetery of the Holy Mother’s family); 6. Yin Xi’s Tomb: 7. Recently unearthed Ancient stele: 8. Zhong Taiqing Palace There are still two elderly Taoist priests oralizing the genealogy of hundreds of generations, saying that it has been passed down from ancient times - Laojun was born in Wuyouwei (next to Zhong Taiqing Palace); 9. East Taiqing Palace; 10. Confucius asked Department of Rites; 11. Wujia River (ancient valley water).